AP Notes 61-80 Flashcards
One type of biography, which tells a life story of its author, meaning it is a written record of the author’s life. The _____ comes through the person’s own pen, in his own words.
Autobiography
Record of memories, and particular events that have taken place in the author’s life. In fact, it is the telling of a story or an event from his life; an account that does not tell the full record of a life.
Memoir
A loose sentence that starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea and then adds subordinate elements or modifying elements after the subject and the predicate. Writers use these types of sentences when they want to put forth the main idea first, and provide details elucidate the idea further thereafter. Consider the differences of PERIODIC SENTENCES where the main clause is left to the end of the sentence.
Cumulative Sentence
Story of the growing up of a sensitive person who looks for answers to his questions through different experiences. Generally, such novel starts with a loss or a TRAGEDY that disturbs the main character emotionally. He or she leaves on a journey to fill that vacuum.
Ex: Percy Jackson
Bildungsroman
During the journey, the protagonist gains maturity gradually and with difficulty. Usually the plot depicts a conflict between the protagonist and the values of society. ending the dissatisfaction. Such a type of novel is a coming-of-age story.
Bildungsroman
(Not to be confused with ALLUSION)
False illustration of something, a deceptive impression, or a false belief. Literally speaking, an _____is something that is false and not factual. It tricks the human brain into thinking an unreal into a real. Meant to mislead the perception of readers and deceive their senses. (touch, sight, sound, and taste by making them imagine what is happening by illustrating certain details.
“I’ll tell you God’s truth… I am the son of some wealthy people from the Midwest… all dead now.”
Illusion
In literature, it’s a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character. May also apply as a comparison that is drawn to portray a difference between two things.
Foil
Sophisticated literary device used in writing. Textual reference within some text that reflects the text used as a reference. Instead of using referential phrases from different literary works, it draws upon the concept, rhetoric or ideology from other texts to be merged in the new text. It may be the retelling of an old story, or you may rewrite the popular stories in modern context for instance, James Joyce retells The Odyssey in his very famous novel Ulysses, Treasure Island, and Lord of the Flies.
Intertextuality
Derived from the agreed word “simple,” is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions.
“Not too bad” in place of “pretty good”
They do not seem the happiest couple around
The ice cream was not too bad
New York is not an ordinary city
Litotes
Denotes an illusionary place that projects the notion of a perfect society to the reader. Here, the “perfect society” refers to ideal conditions achieved within the material world as apposed to the expected idealism of afterlife in Christianity or other religions. Further, the citizens presiding in such _____ are bearers of a perfect moral code, or at least, every violator of the moral code is harshly punished. In these societies, all social evils are cured.
Utopia
Italian word: “Sonneto”. Means small or little song or lyric. In poetry, a _____ has 14 lines written in Iambic Pentameter, each line is 10 syllables, specific rhyme scheme and a “volta” or specific turn.
Sonnet
A character with a complex personality.
Pierre, Andrey, and Natasha are considered these kinds of characters.
Round Character
A literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. Thus, something entirely different happens from what the audience is expecting. AKA ______that includes sharp contrasts and contradictions. Purpose is to allow the reader to make a distinction between appearances and realities, and eventually associate them to the theme of a story.
Harry Potter must kill Voldemort, but in the end realizes he must kill himself to make Voldemort mortal.
Situational Irony
Literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking. It is different from written works, as they normally follow the formal variety of language. The word refers to writing or speaking of the public. We find the origin of this literature during middle ages in different countries of Europe.
Vernacular
The first is the use of ordinary, everyday and plain language in speaking or writing, such as corn is a common name of a plant, and its scientific name is Maize or Zea may, where as the second is related to a particular region, geographical area, a particular social class, or an occupational group. Also uses a distinguished pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
In Shanghai, China theirs’ is separate from Yunman’s.
Vernacular vs. Dialect
