AP Literature Prose terms Flashcards

10694215350	Bildungsroman	a special kind of novel that focuses on paychological and moral growth of its main character from his or her youth to adulthood.	0
10694249949	Comedy	a type of drama, opposed to tragedy, having usually a happy ending, and emphasizing human limitation rather than human greatness.	1
10694265175	Comedy of manners	comedy that ridicules the manners (way of life, social customs, etc) of a certain segment of society. 1 of 5 types of comedy	2
10694270629	Satire	a kind of literature that ridicules human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing about reform or of keeping others from falling into similar folly or vice. 1 of 5 types of comedy	3
10694297404	Scornful Comedy	A type of comedy who's ever main purpose is to expose and ridicule human folly, vanity, of hypocrisy 1 of 5 types of comedy	4
10694309687	Romantic Comedy	A type of comedy whose likable and sensible main characters are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play. 1 of 5 types of comedy	5
10694322358	Farce	A type of comedy that relies of exxaggeration, horseplay, and unrealistic or improbable situations to provoke laughter 1 of 5 types of comedy	6
10694338444	Fable	short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point, often employing animal characters that act like human beings	7
10694355034	Fantasy	A kind of fiction that pictures creatures or events beyond the boundaries of known reality.	8
10694365580	Historical Fiction	story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.	9
10694373030	Myth	any story that attempts to explain how the world was created or why the world is the way it is. Myths are stories that are passed on from generation to generation and normally involve religion. Most myths were first spread by oral tradition and the best were written down in some literary form. Many ancient literary works are, in fact, myths as myths appear in every ancient culture of the planet.	10
10694420685	Novel	a book of long fictional, narrative in literary prose	11
10694424135	Novella	(also called a short novel), a written, fictional, prose narrative shorter than a novel.	12
10694431619	Parable	a simply story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.	13
10694437662	Tragedy	drama in which a noble protagonist - a person of unusual moral or intellectual stature or outstanding abilities - falls to ruin during a struggle caused by a tragic flaw (or hanartia) in his character or an error in his rulings or judgements.	14
10694490123	Epistolary	a novel written as a series of documents	15
10694497305	First Person POV	story is told by one of its characters using the firs time person ( I, me, us )	16
10694508802	Flashback	a literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into a narrative.	17
10694517088	Flashforward	a literary device in which a later event is inserted into a narrative.	18
10694522577	In Meduas Res	(into the middle of things) is a Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique where in the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning, establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback and expository conversations.	19
10694549138	Limited POV	the author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of on each character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, or hears.	20
10694566283	Linear Structure	A plot that follows a straight-moving, cause and effect, chronological order.	21
10694571421	Objective POV	the author tells the story, using the third person, but isn't limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behaviors or tell us their private thoughts or feelings.	22
10694589981	Omniscient POV	the author tells the story, using the third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling and why they act as they do.	23
10694607220	Narrator	the speaker of "voice" of ann oral or written work. Although it can be, the narrator is not usually the same person as the author. The narrator isn't one of three type songs of characters in a given work. 1) participant (protagonist or participant in any action that may take place in the story). 2) observer (someone which is indirectly involved in the action of a story), or 3) non participant (one which isn't not at all involved in any action of the story). The narrator is the direct window into a piece of work.	24
10694649673	Nonlinear Structure	when the plot is presented in a non-casual order, with events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flash forwards; or in any other manner that i saw either not chronological or not cause and effect. For example, in medias res.	25
10694738512	Point of View	the angle of vision from which a story is told.	26
10694753317	Stream of Consciousness	narrative which presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author.	27
10694758903	Unreliable narrator	a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised. Unreliable narrators aren't usually first person narrators.	28
10694788964	Antagonist	character in story or poem who opposes the main character (protagonist), sometimes is an animal, idea, or thing.	29
10694797400	Character	1) Any of the persons involved in a story or play [sense 1] 2) the distinguishing moral qualities and personal trait such of a character [sense 2].	30
10694818603	Characterization	the process of conveying information about characters.	31
10694825714	Deuteragonist	the second most important character behind the protagonist, often a foil or eventual antagonist.	32
10694840502	Direct presentation of character	a method of characterization in which the author, by exposition or analysis, tells us directly what a character is like, or has someone else's in the story do so.	33
10694850838	Dynamic character	a character (sense 1) who during the course of a story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character (sense 2) or outlook.	34
10694867841	Flat character	a character (sense 1) whose character (sense 2) is summed up in one or two traits.	35
10694877024	Foil	a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of that other character's personality, throwing these characteristics into sharper focus.	36
10694897523	Hero	a man endowed with great courage and strength, celebrate during for bold exploits, favored by the gods.	37
10694907653	Indirect Presentation of Character	method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said or done by them.	38
10694944638	Protagonist	the main character of a novel, play, or film.	39
10694955506	Round Character	a character (sense 1) whose character (sense 2) is complex and many sided.	40
10694963165	Static Character	a character who is the same sort of person from beginning to end.	41
10694969074	Stock Character	a stereotyped character.	42
10694972708	Tragic Flaw	a flaw in the character of the protagonist that brings the protagonist to ruin or sorrow.	43
10694988402	Anticlimax	sudden descent from the impressive or significant to then lidcrous or inconsequential.	44
10694998043	Catastrophe	concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot.	45
10695021918	Comic Relief	a humorous incident introduced into a serious literary work in order to relieve dramatic tension or heighten emotional impact.	46
10695030584	Dilemma	a situation in which a character must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable	47
10695049332	Deus ex Machina	(god from the machine) The resolution of a plot by use of a highly improbable chance or coincidence (so named from the practice of something Greek dramatists of having a god descent from heaven at the last possible minute- in the theater by means of a stage machine- to rescue the protagonist from an impossible situation).	48
10695075376	Indeterminate Ending	an ending in which the central problem or conflict is left unresolved.	49
10695081870	Inversion	A reversal in order, nature, or effect	50
10695088905	Motivation	an emotion, desire, phsiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action.	51
10695101165	Mystery	an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation; use deodorant to create suspense.	52
10695113610	Plot	the sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.	53
10695119812	Plot Manipulation	a situation in which an author gives the plot a twist or turn unjustified by preceding action or by the characters involved	54
10695134694	Plot Device	an object, character, or event whose only reason for existing i should to advance the story. Often breaks suspension of disbelief.	55
10695149477	Red Herring	a literary tactic of diverting attention away from an item or person of significance.	56
10695155714	Suspense	that quality in a story that makes the reader eager to discover what happen and next and how it will end.	57
10695170330	Suspense in Disbelief	an unspoken agreement between writer and reader. "I agree to believe your make-believe if it entertains me".	58
10695181373	Subplot	a plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work.	59
10695188714	Aside	a brief speech in which a character turns from the person being addressed to speak directly to the audience; a dramatic device for letting the audience know what a character is reallt rhibking or feeling a sense opposed to what they pretend to think or feel.	60
10695211146	Dialogue	1) Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative. 2) A literary work written in the form of a conversation.	61
10695218924	Dialect	a regional variety of a languages distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.	62
10695231203	Monologue	1) A dramatic soliloquy. 2) A literary composition in such form.	63
10695240681	Prologue	an introduction or a preface, esp. a poem recited to introduce a play.	64
10695252860	Scene	A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.	65
10695273061	Soliloquy	a device often used in drama where by a character relates his or her thought she and feelings to him/himself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters.	66