AP Literature Terms 3 Flashcards

10976608880	free verse	poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme	0
10976608881	hyperbole	a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect	1
10976608882	idiom	a common expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region	2
10976608883	imagery	text that creates a mental picture and appeals to the senses	3
10976608884	irony	a discrepancy between appearances and reality	4
10976608885	verbal irony	occurs when someone says one thing, but means something else	5
10976608886	situational irony	takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen or what would be appropriate to happen and what actually happens	6
10976608887	dramatic irony	so called because it is often used on stage; a character in the play or story thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better	7
10976608888	juxtaposition	poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit	8
10976608889	litotes	a deliberate understatement, often expressed negatively	9
10976608890	lyric poem	a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker	10
10976608891	metaphor	a comparison of 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as"	11
10976608892	extended metaphor	metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it	12
10976608893	meter	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem	13
10976608894	metonymy	figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it	14
10976608895	monologue	a long uninterrupted speech performed by a single character	15
10976608896	mood	an atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected	16
10976608897	motif	a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work	17
10976608898	onomatopoeia	the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe	18
10976608899	oxymoron	figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase	19
10976608900	parable	relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life	20
10976608901	paradox	a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth	21
10976608902	parody	a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style	22
10976608903	personification	a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	23
10976608904	plot	the series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline	24
10976608905	exposition	introduces characters, situation, setting	25
10976608906	rising action	complications in conflict and situations (may introduce new ones as well)	26
10976608907	climax	that point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; also called turning point	27
10976608908	falling action	events following the climax in a narrative	28
10976608909	resolution	the conclusion of a story, when all or most of the conflicts have been settled; often called the denouement	29