AP Lit Unit 3 Terms

the inclusion of references to artistic elements or expressions within a textual work

• aesthetic

• burlesque

• hubris

• irony

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an antagonist is a character/ group of characters, which stands in opposition to the protagonist, which is the main character

• protagonist

• flat character

• antagonist

• round character

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Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with  heroes. may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples

• antagonist

• antihero

• static character

• dynamic character

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a short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience, or to himself, while other actors on the stage appear not to hear

• aside

• monologue

• dramatic monologue

• epigraph

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A play that means to ridicule the people, to mock the low strata by becoming a low one, or mimic a great person by becoming unlike him

• dirge

• parody

• romance

• burlesque

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the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.

• irony

• conflict

• external conflict

• internal conflict

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the author tells us directly what the  character is like: sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style  literature relied more heavily on this form.

• indirection characterization

• flat character

• direct characterization

• round character

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a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite

• dirge

• burlesque

• parody

• pun

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Storytellers use this irony as a useful plot device for creating situations in which the audience knows more about the situations, the causes of conflicts, and their resolutions before the leading characters or actors.

• irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

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a person, who is speaking to himself or someone else, speaks to reveal specific intentions of his actions

• monologue

• dramatic monologue

• soliloquy

• internal monologue

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