AP Lit Terms 1 Flashcards
A statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth
Paradox
Struggle between opposing forces in a literary work
Conflict
Characteristic speech of a region
Dialect
Reference to an outside fact, event, or source
Allusion
Gross exaggeration; overstatement
Hyperbole
Address to a person or personified object not present
Apostrophe
Figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities
Personification
Use of words to represent things, actions or ideas by sensory description
Imagery
Turning point of a literary work; the point at which the conflict must be resolved
Climax
Writers natural, and instinctive style of expression
Voice
Person in a literary work who is telling the story
First person narration
Literary technique in which the author ridicules certain kinds of behavior in order to change
Satire
An account of a persons life written be another individual
Biography
The emotional associations a word evokes
Connotation
The authors major idea or meaning
Theme
Major category of literature: prose, poetry, or drama
Genre
Distinctive, individual quality the distinguishes the work of one writer from another
Style
Constructing words or phrases in a similar pattern
Parallelism
Literary technique in which characters, events, and/or details have both a literal and symbolic meaning
Allegory
The observation point from which an author tells a story
Point of view
