AP LIT 26-50 dram

Dramatic Irony

when the audience or the reader knows details or information that the characters within the story or dram dont know

dynamic character

an individual who changes form what they have learned or experienced during the events of the story

elegy

a formal poem presenting a mediation on death or another solemn theme

epic

a long narratice poem written in elvated syle which presents the adventures of characters of high posistion and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation

epigraph

a saying or statement on the tile page of a work, or used as a heading for a character or other sections of a workep

epithet

a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a poem or thing and often used in place of hte actual name or title e

exposition

the part of the plot that introduces the setting, chracters, conflict. etcex

external conflict

a struggle or problem coming form outside a character

fable

a brief story that leads to a moral often using animals as characters

fiction

stories that include chracters settings events that have been created in the imaginaiton of the writer

figurative language

language employing one or more figures of speechflas

flashback

the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative

flat character

a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story

foil

a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight carious features of the chracters personalities

foreshadowing

hints or clues that give subtle hints or clues wbout what may happen later in the plot

frame tale

a story within a story

genre

a major category or type of literatureh

hubris

excesssive pride or arrogane that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

hyperbole

intentional exaggeration to create an effect

idiom

an expression in a given language that cannot be understoof from the literal meaning of the words in the expression

imager

the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the scenes

indirect characterization

when we find out about characters indirectly through throughts commets or actions of the characters

inference

a conclusion one draws based on premises or evidence

internal conflict

a struggle or problem within a character

irony

the use of words to convey the oppostie of their literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs