AP Literature Terms Flashcards

12870201256	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
12870201257	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
12870201258	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
12870201259	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
12870201260	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
12870201261	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
12870201262	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	6
12870201263	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	7
12870201264	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	8
12870201265	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	9
12870201266	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	10
12870201267	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	11
12870201268	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	12
12870201269	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	13
12870201270	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	14
12870201271	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	15
12870201272	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	16
12870201273	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	17
12870201274	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	18
12870201275	denouement	final outcome of the story	19
12870201276	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	20
12870201277	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	21
12870201278	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	22
12870201279	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	23
12870201280	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	24
12870201281	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	25
12870201282	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	26
12870201283	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	27
12870201284	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	28
12870201285	narrator	Person telling the story	29
12870201286	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	30
12870201287	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	31
12870201288	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
12870201289	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	33
12870201290	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	34
12870201291	plot	Sequence of events in a story	35
12870201292	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	36
12870201293	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	37
12870201294	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	38
12870201295	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	39
12870201296	protagonist	Main character	40
12870201297	quatrain	A four line stanza	41
12870201298	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	42
12870201299	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	43
12870201300	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	44
12870201301	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	45
12870201302	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	46
12870201303	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	47
12870201304	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	48
12870201305	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	49
12870201306	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	50