AP Eng. Lit Terms Test 5

Explication

close reading (analyzing)

Exposition

beginning of a story. introduces characters and setting and establishes the mood

False Analogy

when two cases are not parallel and lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them

EX. people who cannot go without coffee in the morning are no better than alcoholics

Farce

a comedy in which one-dimensional characters are put into ludicrous situations in order to evoke laughter

EX. I Love Lucy / The Hangover

Fiction

a product of a writer’s imagination

Figurative Language

words that have abstract meanings. Their purpose is to evoke emotion

Hyperboles

Figure of Speech

a form of expression in which words are used to make the meaning more specific

Flat Character

a character constructed around a single idea or quality

Freight-train

sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjuctions

Foil

a character whose traits are the opposite of another and who thus points up the strengths and weaknesses of the other character

Generalization

when a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable

Genre

classification

Hubris

another word for tragic flaw

Hyperbole

conscious exaggeration used to heighten effect

EX. “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”