Literary Terminology for Index Cards

Look up the following terms in the “Literary Handbook” in the back of the literature book on p. R21. On the front of the card (the unlined side), 1. write the term in the center of the card 2. On the back of the card (the lined side), write the term on the top line of the index card. 3. Skip a line and give a good, summarized definition of the term. Important: Be sure your index cards are in sequential order.

Note: Underlining indicates where the term will be found. Asterisks indicate terms that can be found on-line at A P LITERARY TERMS (PDF file) or at AP Literary Terms (Expanded) flashcards (Quizlet). (d) indicates you will find the term in the dictionary. .

(Group 1)You will take a Test over these terms on Wednesday September 12th.

1. **antithesis 16. static character 29. indirect 2. **anaphora 17. round character characterization 3. **analogy 18. flat character 30. hubris 4. archetype 19. climax (plot) 31. **in medias res 5. anecdote 20. **cliché 32. irony of situation 6. **aphorism 21. conflict 33. dramatic irony 7. apostrophe 22. external conflict 34. verbal irony 8. antagonist 23. internal conflict 35. exposition (plot) 9. protagonist 24. **deus ex 36. falling action 10. allegory machina (plot) 11. alliteration 25. denouement (plot) 37. rising action(plot) 12. assonance 26. dialect 38. figurative 13. consonance 27. diction language (identify 14. allusion 28. direct types) 15. dynamic character characterization

(Group 2)You will take a TEST over these terms on Wednesday, September 19th.

38. first person point of 48. genre 64. pun view (narrator) 49. hyperbole 65. rhetoric 39. third person limited 50. imagery 66. rhetorical question point of 51. juxtapose (d) 67. satire view(narrator) 52. melodrama 68. setting 40. third person 53. metaphor 69. simile omniscient point of 54. moral 70. style view(narrator) 55. mood 71. surprise ending 41. **third person 56. **motif 72. symbol objective point of 57. motivation 73. syntax view 58. narrator 74. tone 42. connotation 59. onomatopoeia 75. theme (see board) 43. denotation 60. oxymoron 76. **litote 44. euphemism (d) 61. parallelism 77. **metonymy 45. foil (rhetorical devices) 78. **stereotype 46. flashback 62. personification 79. **synecdoche 47. foreshadowing 63. paradox