APL Deck 1 Vocab Flashcards by Summer Lee

unit of action in dramas or plays

Act

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characters represent ideas about life; strong moral

Allegory

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reference to a person, place or thing in history or work of lit.

Allusion

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comparison of 2 or more objects that suggest they are alike

Analogy

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brief account of an incident usually intended to make a point

Anecdote

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repetition of constant sounds; beginning of words

Alliteration

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character in opposition to the protagonist

Antagonist

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actor’s speech to audience; not heard by stage people

Aside

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repetition of vowel sounds; in poetry lines

Assonance

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readers or viewers writer is addressing

Audience

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writer of book, article, or text

Author

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reason for creating a particular work

Author’s Purpose

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nonfiction story one writes about his or her life

Autobiography

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poem telling a story; sung or recited

Ballad

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story of persons life written by someone else

Biography

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

Blank Verse

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pause/sudden break in line of poetry

Caesura

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2 events related; one causes the other

Cause and Effect

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person responsible for thoughts/actions within a story

Character

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person’s habits in picture; physical appearance; comic/absurd way

Caricature

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character serves as contrast/conflict to another

Foil

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main character; actions are noble/inspiring

Hero/Heroine

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central to plot of story

Main characters

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less important;interacts with main

Minor Characters

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techniques used by writers to create characters

Characterization

personality of character

Character Trait

changes throughout course of story

Dynamic Character

little info is provided to him/her

Flat Character

doesn't directly state traits; draws conclusions based upon author's clues

Indirect Cahracterization

fully described by author

Round Character

changes very little or none at all

Static Character

see refrain

Chorus

order in which events happen

Chronological Order

reader's process pausing occasionally to understand

Clarifying

figurative language containing overused expressions

Cliche

highest point in the story

Climax

dramatic work; light and humorous; ends happily usually

Comedy

process of identifying similarities

Comparison

poetry uses physical or visual form to present message

Concrete Poetry

struggle between opposing forces

Conflict

most important conflict in story

Central Conflict

between main character and outside force

External Conflict

takes place in main characters mind(person vs self)

Internal Conflict

relating content to his own knowledge and experience

Connecting

idea/feeling associated; opposed to dictionary definition

Connotation

repetition of constant sounds anywhere in lines

Consonance

hints surround words clarifying their meaning

Context Clues

pointing out differences between different things

Contrast

rhymed pair of lines

Couplet

dictionary meaning of a word

Denotation

language spoken in particular place or by those people

Dialect

conversation between characters

Dialogue

performed by actors before audience

Drama

combining several information to make inferences

Drawing Conclusions

character reveals innermost feelings or thoughts

Dramatic Monologue

song poem expresses sorrow; usually for one who has died

Elegy

incomplete syntax at end of line; running into next line

Enjambment

short; ridicules thought or event; with sarcasm

Epigram

teaches a lesson about human nature

Fable

can be proved; reflects the writers/speakers belief

Fact and Opinion

see plot

Falling Action

contains at least 1 fantastic or unreal element

Fantasy

traditions, customs, stories; passed down within a culture

Folklore

meter unit within a line of poetry

Foot

writer provides clues or hints that predict future events

Foreshadowing

no regular patterns, of rhyme; captures ordinary speech

Free Verse

broad statement about entire group

Generalization

4 main types; fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama

Genre

Japanese; 3 lines; 1st and 3rd, 5 syll.; 2nd, 7 syll.

Haiku

2 successive rhyming lines; complete thought

Heroic Couplet or Closed Couplet

past time period; may refer to actual people and past events

Historical Fiction

mysterious, supernatural events; sense of terror

Horror Fiction

provides laughter/amusement

Humor

truth is exaggerated for humorous effect

Hyperbole

see meter

Iambic Pentameter

means something different from what the words actually say

Idiom

words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

Imagery

logical guess based on evidence in text

Inference

opposite; phrases and structures used to draw attention

Antithesis

'Against time"

Anachroism

pattern of repeating a word(form of repetition)

Anadiplosis

letters are rearranged to form a new word

Anagram

APL Deck 1 Vocab Flashcards

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