Frontloading AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
Character’s Perspective
How the character perceive what’s happening in the story
Character’s Motivation
Reason behind character’s behaviors or goals
Contrasting Characters
Differences in characters
Complex Relationships
Relationships built with difficulties
Narrator
The person whose point of view the story is told through
Speaker
A person who gives a speech or tells the story
Point Of View
How the story is told
Diction
The choice of words of the speaker
Syntax
The arrangement of words in a sentence or speech
Reliability
How much the word of a character can be truste
Metaphor
Figure of speech that is not literally true, but explains something or makes a comparison
Personification
Assign human qualities to non-humans things
Allusion
A reference to a person, thing, place or event
Setting
Where or when what’s being told takes place, time and place
Plot Structure
Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution
Function
Definite purpose
Significance
Meaning, importance
Literal Meaning
Taking words in their usual meaning or proper definition
Figurative Meaning
Taking words in their literal meaning, metaphorical
Imagery
descriptive language
Symbol
Something that stands for a bigger, deeper idea
Simile
Making a comparison using the words “like” or “as”
Claim
Statement that asserts something that is true
Thesis Statement
Claim that contains the main point of idea of the essay
Defensible
Something that can be justified by argument
Line of reasoning
Set of reasons used in order to reach a conclusion
Commentary
interpretation, insight or anylisis about a detail in an essay
Textual Evidence
Evidence gathered from other resources or texts
Elements of Composition
The way a writer structures a piece of writing
description, narration, exposition, and argumentation
Sophistication
based around intelligence and worldly experience, refined
