Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AP English 3 > Allusions and Literary Terms > Flashcards

Allusions and Literary Terms Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
Q

Artful Dodger

A

From Dickens’s Oliver Twist
Now a name for any skillful crook

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Augean stables

A

Greek mythology
Now refers to anything very difficult to clean up, figuratively or actually

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Belling the cat

A

From an old fable and Piers Plowman
Now someone who has the courage to stick his neck out for his friends despite putting himself at risk

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Big Brother is watching you

A

Orwells 1984
Now refers to any ruler/gov. that tries to dictate, eavesdrop, or gather personal info. on its citizens

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Bligh

A

Nordhoff, Hall, and an actual British Naval Officer involved in mutinees
Now any person who is cruel, unreasonable, and tyrannical

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Brahmin

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes and friends were referred to as this
Now refers to any socially prominent amd intellectually refined individual

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Brave New World

A

From Huxley’s Brave New World
Often used sarcastically or ironically to depict “advances” in society that may lead to humanity’s ruin

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Byronic

A

(After Lord Byron) George Gordon, Lord Byron
Now refers to any person like Byron himself or whose writing includes handsome, sad, brooding, and appealing characters like Byron’s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Catch-22

A

From Hellers Catch-22
Lose lose situation, lose no matter what side you take

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Chesire Cat

A

From Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
Now refers to people who grin a lot like the Chesire cat

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Damon and Pythias

A

From Greek legends
Now refers to any close friends

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Dantesque

A

(After Dante)
Now any writing resembling Dante’s epic scope, vivid detail, and allegory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Dickensian

A

(After Dickens)
Now refers to situations or writings similar to Dicken’s novels showing the poverty, misery, and injustice of Victorian England

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Dog in the manger

A

From an old fable
Now refers to anyone who tries to spoil something for someone else even though it is of no use to the spoiler

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Don Juan

A

From Tellez’s El Burlador de seville and Byrons epic poem Don Juan
Now refers to a man who is a playboy or philander

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Dorian Gray

A

From Wilde’s The picture of Dorian Gray
Refers to anyone who clings to youth and is afraid of aging

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Everyman

A

From the old play Everyman
Referred to and refers to every man, or all men

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Faulknerian

A

(After Faulkner)
Refers to writings, characters, or settings similar to Faulkners, which featured characters driven byhidden forces beyond their control, plots of tragic violence, and set in the south

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Faustian

A

From a body of literature works
A Faustian bargain is one where one sacrifices everything for immediate gratification, but pays later

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

For whom the bell tolls

A

From Donne’s Devotions
“No man is an island”, all people share a common fate,“Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Gatsby

A

From Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby
Someone who gives in to his own fantasies and obsessions and represents ostentatious and lavish living

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Gilded age

A

From Twain and Warners The Gilded Age
Phrase has come to denote the post-Civil War era.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Heart of darkness

A

From Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness
Now refers to the dark side of the human soul

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Holy Grail

A

From Arthurian and Christian legends
In current usage signifies any difficult or possibly unattainable quest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Homeric

A

After Homer
Now refers to anything that is larger than life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Horatio Alger

A

From Horatio Alger’s stories
Now refers to anyone who makes good after being born into a life of poverty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Kafkaesque

A

Franze Kafka’s writings
Now refers to any literature or situation similar to characters who are thwarted by red tape and authoritarian bureaucracies

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Spithead and Nore

A

Locations of mutiny
Now allude to mutiny

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Lord Nelson

A

England’s most renowned naval hero
Alludes to heroism, particularly military

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Montaigne

A

Philosopher beliving that man can find truth in the universe despite being victim to customs, prejudice, and self-interest
Alludes to his basic philosophy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Last hurrah

A

From O’Connor’s novel The Last Hurrah
Has come to stand for the final action of a person before the end of a career

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Leviathan

A

From Book of Job
Today anything that is huge and monstrous

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Lilliputtian

A

From Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
Now anything that is tiny and can control something larger than itself

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Machiavellian

A

From Machiavelli’s The Prince
Now refers to anyone who is merciless, clever, and unethical to obtain goals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Man for all seasons

A

After Thomas More
Now is any respected person who stands up for his ideals under pressure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Moby Dick

A

From Melville’s Moby Dick
Now refers to any monstrous obsession

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Munchkin

A

From Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Now used to describe a physically small person, often affectionately

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Noble savage

A

From Jean Jacques Rousseau’s writings
Refers to an uncultivated person who is really more worthy and sensible than some of his or her ‘civilized’ counterparts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Oedipus Complex

A

Greek mythology
A child’s powerful erotic attachment to the parent of opposite gender, creating rivalry with that of the same gender

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Orwellian

A

After Orwell
Now refers to anything bleak and oppressive, especially a political situation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

Pilgrim’s progress

A

From Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
Now anyone who overcomes worldly problems is said to have made a pilgrim’s progress

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

Platonic love

A

From Plato’s Symposium
Any strong but non-lover affinity for another is called platonic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Promethean

A

From Greek mythology
Now refers to a person who is independent, defiant of authority, and willing to make sacrifices for his beliefs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

Pygmalion

A

From Greek mythology
Any story where a mentor takes on a pupil, remakes the person, then falls in love with the resulting creation is compared to the Pygmalion myth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

Queeg

A

From Wouk’s The Caine Mutiny
Has come to denote any petty, incompetent person in a leadership position

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

Quixotic

A

From Cervantes’s Don Quixote
Now any one who pursues idealized, impractical goals is called this

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

Rube Goldberg

A

Anything that makes a simple task seem complicatedis compared to a Rube Goldberg contraption.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

Runyonesque

A

Dmaon Runyons writings
Now refers to any underworld or even a personable or likeable rogue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

Shangri-la

A

Hilton’s Lost Horizons
Now has come to mean any idyllic place

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

Shot heard around the world

A

Emerson’s Concord Hymn
Now refers to any dramatic statement or action that begins something important or greatly influences something later

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

Silent Spring

A

Carson’s Silent Spring
Now refers towards any ecological calamity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

Socratic method

A

Socrates/Plato
Refers to the method of Q&A teaching versus lectures

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

Svengali

A

DuMaurier’s Trilby
Now anyone who has (or tries to obtain) power over someone else through strength of personality is this

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

Tabula rasa

A

Latin “blank slate”
Means that the mind is blank, fresh, unsullied, and ready to be inscribed with knowledge

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

A

Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass
Now denotes any two things that are difficult to tell apart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

Ugly American

A

From Burdick and Lederer’s The Ugly American
Now describes overbearing American policies or behavior in foreign countries.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

Utopia

A

Thomas More’s Utopia
Utopia is any perfect place, state of being, or government

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
58
Q

Walter Mitty

A

Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
Now a person who fantasizes about unrealistic, brave deeds is Mittylike, Mittyish, or a Walter Mitty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
59
Q

Willy Loman

A

From Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”
Now is any person who is working hard trying to earn a living, but is not being very successful and is therefore a pathetic figure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
60
Q

Armageddon

A

From Book of Revelation
Now refers to any fierce confrontation resulting in mutual destruction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
61
Q

City on a hill

A

Book of Matthew
Refers to a place that would be a shining example and a model to others

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
62
Q

Daniel in the lion’s den

A

Old Testament
Now a person who is confronted with difficulties and is encouraged to hold up in the face of adversity or persecution as David did

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
63
Q

Ham

A

Old Testament
Can be used as an allusion to Noah’s descendants bearing the curse of servitude

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
64
Q

Elijah and Jezebel

A

Old Testament
Now refers to any wicked or shameless women

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
65
Q

Esther and the king of Persia

A

Old Testament
Esther and her foster father, Modecai, helped deliver the Jews from persecution by the king of Persia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
66
Q

Feet of clay

A

From the Book of Daniel
Now refers to the flaw of an otherwise strong and admirable person

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
67
Q

Aristotle

A

Great Greek philosopher who may rely upon the heart as well as common sense for direction

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
68
Q

Queen Bess

A

Representative of the grandest of all time periods in the modern era—the arets and literature flourished during the Elizabethan Era

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
69
Q

Hannibal

A

Represents a daring plot to wage war against a most formidable enemy, despite his failure, he is remembered for his success in using elephants against Rome

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
70
Q

Belial

A

Satan, satanic, devil—evil is connoted

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
71
Q

Pequod

A

Name usually implies a foreshadowing of doom—extermination, destruction, some kind of complete disaster suggested

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
72
Q

Jove

A

King of all gods, represents the all-powerful, the controller of the universe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
73
Q

Narcissus

A

Denotes excessive self-love, vanity corrupts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
74
Q

Ahab

A

Swayed by things negative and sinful, Ahab suggest a dark, evil inclination

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
75
Q

Pan

A

From it came the word panic
Liked to surprise people in the forest and make them panic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
76
Q

John Locke

A

English philospher
Origin of all knowledge comes from the senses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
77
Q

Immanuel Kant

A

German philosopher
knowledge is not derived from senses, man should avoid the extremes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
78
Q

Gabriel

A

Angel of Mercy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
79
Q

Euroclydon

A

A disastrous wind that stirs the waters violently

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
80
Q

Brahmins

A

Suggests high caste position or highly honored position in society

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
81
Q

Vishnu

A

Usually related to India
The “Preserver”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
82
Q

Andromeda

A

A princess or person rescued from a “monster”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
83
Q

Benedict Arnold

A

American representativeof all that a traitor stands for

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
84
Q

Morgan le Fay

A

Arthurian
A deceitful temptress

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
85
Q

Perceval

A

Arthurian
A kind, naïve, and uncouth hero

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
86
Q

Lancelot

A

Arthurian
A near-perfect hero who has a fatal flaw

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
87
Q

Merlin

A

Arthurian
Powerful magician

88
Q

Galahad

A

Arthurian
Purity and perfection

89
Q

Guinevere

A

Arthurian
Passionate and independent woman

90
Q

Gawain

A

A likable hero made human by his flaws

91
Q

The Holy Grail

A

Arthurian
A penultimate achievement

92
Q

Camelot

A

Arthurian
Place of justice, friendship, and chivalry

93
Q

Excalibur

A

Arthurian
Most powerful of all weapons, symbolic of strength and justice

94
Q

Round Table

A

Arthurion
Friendship, loyalty, chivalry

95
Q

Antihero

A

Character, usually the protagonist, who faces a series of problems and events in a story, but is often going against societal standards

96
Q

Aphorism

A

Wise saying, usually brief, reflecting truth. Ex: haste makes waste

97
Q

Bildungsroman

A

Fiction depicting the moral and intellectual growth of a protagonist, often intended for the education and guidance of others

98
Q

Bowdlerize

A

To excise material deemed objectionable from a piece of writing

99
Q

Burlesque

A

Literary form which ridicules or mocks

100
Q

Catharsis

A

Therapeutic release of emotion upon identifying with and being moved by a piece of literature

101
Q

Catastrophe

A

Final event of a dramatic work, usually ruin or death

102
Q

Circumlocution

A

Writing or speaking that goes around the subject instead of getting directly to the point. Ex: This was not unlike…

103
Q

Classicism

A

Literary (and other artistic) movements of ancient Greece amd Rome, using strict forms, accenting reason, and characterized by restraint. Opposite is romanticicsm

104
Q

Coherence

A

Clarity in connecting ideas

105
Q

Conciseness/concision

A

“Tight” writing; use of only the necessary words to express thoughts

106
Q

Concrete

A

Opposite of extract; refers to specific people and things that can be perceived with the five senses

107
Q

Connotation

A

Feelings and associations added to specific word meaning. Ex: mother—kindly, self-sacrificing, nurturing woman

108
Q

Alliteration

A

Rep. of sounds at the beginning of words

109
Q

Consonance

A

Rep. of similar consonant sounds, with changes in intervening vowel sounds

110
Q

Convention

A

Accepted literary form of the past

111
Q

Denotation

A

Dictionary meaning of a word

112
Q

Didactic

A

Literary works meant to teach a moral or lesson

113
Q

Doppelgänger

A

Personification of a character’s darker side; ghost

114
Q

Double entendre

A

Double meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence, often raucous in implication. Ex: All eyes to the rear

115
Q

Envoy/envoi

A

Brief postscript to book, essay, or poem; often the concluding stanza to a ballade, summarizing the poem

116
Q

Epigram

A

Witty, often paradoxical, saying or brief poem

117
Q

Epitaph

A

Inscription on tombstone or marker for the dead

118
Q

Eponym

A

Person whose name is the source of a new word

119
Q

Euphemism

A

More palatable word for a less pleasant subject

120
Q

Fable

A

Story with moral or lesson about life, often with animal characters possessing human characteristics

121
Q

Foil

A

Character opposite or different from the protagonist, used to highlight the protagonist’s traits; incidents or settings may also be used as foils

122
Q

Folklore/folktales

A

Stories and legends transmitted by word of mouth, rather than in writing

123
Q

Homonym

A

Sound and spelled alike, diff meanings

124
Q

Homophones

A

Sound alike, includes homonyms

125
Q

i.e.

A

That is

126
Q

Ibid

A

Used in footnotes and bibliographies to refer to the source mentioned directly above

127
Q

Idiom

A

Phrase in common use that does not literally mean what it says

128
Q

Imagery

A

Creation of mental pictures by pertinent word choice and heightened description

129
Q

In medias res

A

Beginning in the middle of events

130
Q

Malapropism

A

Confusion of similar-sounding words which often ends up sounding humorous

131
Q

Literary motif

A

Recurrent words or phrases

132
Q

n. b.

A

Note well (followed by important point to remember)

133
Q

nom de plume

A

Pen name or pseudonym used by author

134
Q

Novella

A

Short novel with fewer characters than a novel

135
Q

Gothic novel

A

Novel with midieval setting suggesting mystery and/or horror

136
Q

Picaresque novel

A

Novel characterized by young hero of lower-class, unrespectable background, who leaves home and is faced with a harsh, cruel world, and eventually conforms to its realities

137
Q

op. cit.

A

Used in footnotes/bibliographies to refer to work previously cited or quoted

138
Q

Oxymoron

A

Use of paradoxical or opposite words for effect. Ex: poor little rich girl

139
Q

Literary parody

A

Satire imitating an author or work with the aim of mockery

140
Q

Purple passage

A

Writing that contains flowery, ornate language, often in the midst of otherwise dull passages

141
Q

Proverb

A

Saying, adage, or maxim, usually short and generally believed to be true

142
Q

Pseudonym

A

Name author uses instead of his/her real name

143
Q

Literary realism

A

Literature reflecting real life, rather than imaginary or idealistic life.

144
Q

Rhetoric

A

Persuasive writing

145
Q

Roman à clef

A

Novel based on actual people and places, but written as fiction instead of fact

146
Q

Romance

A

Story about heroic deeds, mysterious settings, or love

147
Q

Romanticism

A

Literary moment characterized by emotion, imagination, and goodness of people, little emphasis on reason. Opposite of classicism

148
Q

Sarcasm

A

Form of irony which seems to praise, but really criticizes

149
Q

Satire

A

Literature that makes fun of social conditions or conventions, often for the purpose of creating change

150
Q

Style

A

The way an author characteristically expresses him or herself

151
Q

Synonym

A

Words meaning the same

152
Q

Synopsis

A

Summary or condensed statement of a literary work

153
Q

Thriller

A

Story or movie filled with suspense

154
Q

Verse

A

Writing with rhyme and meter, as opposed to prose; often verse refers to poetry of a less serious nature

155
Q

Fates

A

Greek mythology
Control life, does not allow reference to free will

156
Q

Cerberus

A

Greek mythology
Most monstrous of fears and conflicts may be overcome through ingenuity and cunning

157
Q

Allegory

A

Writing that has a deeper meaning hidden beneath the obvious one

158
Q

Ellipses

A

To show words have been left frim a quote, or to indicate the passage of time

159
Q

Editorial

A

Newspaper or magazine article expressing opinion of an editor or publisher

160
Q

Essay

A

Short prose work expressing an author’s views on a subject

161
Q

Poetry

A

Poem collection; genre characterized by rythm, rhyme (sometimes), and stanzas, as opposed to prose

162
Q

Prose

A

Literature wirtten in sentences and paragraphs, as opposed to poetry and verse

163
Q

Short story

A

Fiction story shorter than a novel, often having a surprising ending

164
Q

Novel

A

Long, fictional prose story

165
Q

Narration

A

Telling a story

166
Q

Narrator

A

Person telling a story

167
Q

Historical novel

A

Full-length fiction book, using historical facts as its basis for plot or setting, but including imaginary characters and dialogue

168
Q

Nuance

A

Slight shade of meaning or detail

169
Q

Paradox

A

Contradictory statement that makes sense

170
Q

Jacob Esau

A

Biblical
Sometimes people relate any arguing or greedy family members as being them

171
Q

Job

A

Old Testament
Patience of Job

172
Q

Comedy

A

Fictional writing that has a happy ending for its major characters and contains humor

173
Q

Tragedy

A

Literature, often drama, ending in catastrophe for protagonists after dealing with a series of problems

174
Q

Thriller

A

Story or movie filled with suspense

175
Q

Fairy tale

A

Fanciful, imaginary story about a hero or heroine overcoming a problem, often involving mystical creatures, supernatural power, or magic; often a type of folktale

176
Q

Resolution

A

Clarification, solution, or outcome of the conflict in a story

177
Q

Redundancy

A

Repition that is unnecessary and awkward, as contrasted with intentional repetition for a particular effect

178
Q

Denouement

A

Outcome, resolution, solution of a plot

179
Q

Critic

A

Person who evaluates literature or other art

180
Q

Criticism

A

Essays and critiques evaluating a writer for his work, based on set standards, according to the philosophy of the critic

181
Q

Hero

A

Character, usually the protagonist, who rises above and conquers a series of problems and events in the story

182
Q

Literary genre

A

Kind of literature, literary classification

183
Q

Flashback

A

Jumping backward in the chronology of a narrative, often through a dream or musing sequence

184
Q

Popular fiction

A

Fiction aimed at the mainstream population

185
Q

Science fiction

A

Fiction concerning advanced tech., usually imagined, no actual scientific advancements

186
Q

Understatement

A

Form of irony where the autheor intentionally understates the facts

187
Q

Tone

A

Mood brought forth by a storybor poem

188
Q

Symbol

A

All Might

189
Q

Theme/thesis

A

Main idea ina piece of literature; topic or subject

190
Q

Simile

A

Comparison using like or as

191
Q

Setting

A

Time and place

192
Q

Sequel

A

A subsequent work similar to that of an original, often with the same characters

193
Q

Rhetorical question

A

Question asked without expecting an answer; used for effect

194
Q

pun

A

Play on words; words put together in such a way as to be humorous

195
Q

Protagonist

A

Main character, hero, or heroine in a written work

196
Q

Point of view

A

Perspective from which the story is written

197
Q

Plot

A

Structure of the literature; the way it is put together; the unfolding or sequence of events

198
Q

Plagiarism

A

Using of other people’s works as one’s own without crediting the true author

199
Q

Personification

A

Literary device where writer attributes human qualities to objects or ideas

200
Q

Paraphrase

A

Restatement of writing, keeping the basic meaning, but telling it in one’s own words

201
Q

mythology

A

Traditional tales about goddesses, gods, heroes, and other characters, often telling about the creation of the universe, talking about death, or otherwise philosophically explaining human existence

202
Q

Moral

A

A lesson the literature is teaching; fables usually teach a lesson about life

203
Q

Metaphor

A

Comparison of unlike things without using like or as

204
Q

Irony

A

Phrases or words with meanings quite different from what is actually said

205
Q

Hyperbole

A

Extreme exaggeration used for effect

206
Q

Foreshadow

A

Hints about what is to come

207
Q

First-person narration

A

Told from first person point of view, usually using I

208
Q

Dialogue/dialog

A

Speaking and conversation between characters in stories, plays, and in person

209
Q

Copyright

A

Legal rights to published works which stop anyone else from using the work without permission

210
Q

Conflict

A

Opposing elements or characters in a plot

211
Q

Climax

A

Higgh point of the plot where reader is most intrigued and does not know what is next

212
Q

Cliche

A

Trite, overused idea or statement

213
Q

Antagonist

A

Person who opposes or competes with the main character, hero, or heroine; often the villain

214
Q

Analogy

A

Comparison of two dissimilar things that are alike in some way, often using a simile or metaphor

215
Q

Allusion

A

Reference, without explanation, to a work of literature, a character, a principle, and so on, assuming the reader is familiar with its implications

AP English 3 (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions