AP Literature - List 4 Flashcards

12253643005	satire	a type of writing based on ridicule and is meant to highlight the flaws and faults in an individual, group, or system	0
12253643006	setting	the time and place of a story	1
12253643955	simile	an indirect comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"	2
12253645039	soliloquy	a speech in a play used to reveal a character's true thoughts and motivations	3
12253645903	sonnet	a 14 - line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme and written in iambic pentameter	4
12253648374	stream of consciousness	a type of narration that goes inside the mind of a character and reveals thoughts and sensory impressions, but not arranged in an orderly fashion	5
12253648375	structure	the organization and form of a work	6
12253649129	style	the unique way an author presents his ideas (diction, syntax, structure, etc. all contribute to this)	7
12253649130	symbol	something in a literary work that stands for something else	8
12253650737	synecdoche	a figure of speech that uses a part as a representative of the whole	9
12253651559	synesthesia	the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body	10
12253652327	syntax	the grammatical structure of prose and poetry	11
12253652328	theme	an underlying idea that runs through a work that the author illustrates through characterization, plot, motifs, language, symbols, etc.	12
12253653286	tone	the author's attitude towards his subject	13
12253653287	zeitgeist	the prevailing mood or attitude of a given period	14