AP English Literature & Composition Flashcards

14679835320	act	A major division of a play	0
14679835321	Antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character	1
14679839185	aside	a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage	2
14679841658	catastrophe	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune	3
14679843518	Catharsis	the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.	4
14679846176	dynamic character	a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude	5
14679849419	flat character	A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	6
14679851351	round character	this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background	7
14679853442	Climax	the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.	8
14679854814	comedy	A literary work which ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants.	9
14679857191	comic relief	A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood	10
14679861473	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces	11
14679862631	crisis	a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger	12
14679865046	denouement	the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.	13
14679866658	epilogue	short speech at conclusion of dramatic work	14
14679868467	Exposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.	15
14679869490	falling action	the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved	16
14701627335	farce	A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.	17
14701627892	Foil	A character who acts as a contrast to another character	18
14701629955	hero	an inspiring character who demonstrates honor and integrity and does noble deeds	19
14701629956	Hubris	excessive pride or self-confidence	20
14701630379	Monologue	(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person	21
14701631036	Prologue	A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event	22
14701631785	Protagonist	Main character in a story	23
14701631786	rising action	A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.	24
14701632171	scene	A subdivision of an act in a play	25
14701636453	Soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	26
14701636454	Tragedy	a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.	27
14701636817	tragic flaw	A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero.	28
14701637223	villain	an evil or wicked person or character, especially in a story or play	29
14701638355	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	30
14701638356	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	31
14701639362	anomatopoeia	refers to words that sound like what they mean	32
14701639363	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	33
14701639967	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	34
14701639968	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	35
15044659078	Antiromantic	contradicting or rejecting romantic aesthetics or sensibilities	36
15044660483	Animistic	the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls	37
15044666222	circumspect	careful, cautious	38
15044666819	Pathos	a quality that evokes pity or sadness	39
16006282097	anticlimax	a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events	40
16006285086	mock heroic style	when language that is usually used to describe heroes is used to describe an obviously ordinary character	41
16006285087	dramatic irony	when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't	42
16006290091	Surrealism	An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images	43
16006313182	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	44
16006330417	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	45
16006330418	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	46