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AP Literature terms
Section 16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rythm | the metrical or rhythmical pattern in a poem |
| rising action | the development of conflict leading to a crisis |
| romance | works having extravagant characters, remote or exotic settings, adventure, magic, chivalry, and love |
| round character | fully developed character |
| run-on-line | the carrying over of sense and grammatical structure from one line to the next |
| sarcasm | the caustic and heavy use of apparent praise |
| satire | a piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of the work |
| scan | to mark off lines of poetry into rhythmic units, or feet, to show their metrical structure |
| scansion | a system for describing more of less conventional poetic rhythms by dividing the lines into feet |
| scene | short division within an act in a play |
| second person | the narrator uses "you" as the narrator telling the story |
| septet | a seven line stanza |
| sestet | a six line stanza |
| setting | the place(s) and time(s) of the story, including the historical period, social milieu of the characters, geographical location, descriptions of indoor and outdoor locales, etc. |
| short story | aka tale; same characteristics as a novel but the details are arranged to achieve a single effect, with action moving rapidly and with minimal complication or detail of setting |
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