Ap literature terms Flashcards

14513689995	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
14513689996	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	1
14513689997	Genre	a major category or type of literature	2
14513689998	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	3
14513689999	Voice	A writers distinctive use of language	4
14513690000	Characterization	the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character	5
14513690001	direct presentation of character	author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story	6
14513690002	dynamic character	A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action	7
14513690003	flat character	A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	8
14513690004	indirect presentation of character	the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says	9
14513690005	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	10
14513690006	Irony	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.	11
14513690007	linear structure	something changes or progresses straight from one stage to another, and has a starting point and an ending point	12
14513690008	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	13
14513690009	Narrator	the person who tells the story	14
14513690010	Nonlinear structure	when the plot is presented in a non-causal order, with events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards; or in any other manner that is either not chronological or not cause and effect, for example, in medias res.	15
14513690011	Paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	16
14513690012	plot manipulation	A situation in which an author gives the plot a twist or turn unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved	17
14513690013	suspension of disbelief	a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment	18
14513690014	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	19
14513690015	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	20
14513690016	extended figure	A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem.	21
14513690017	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	22