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AP LIT - Glossay #12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rising Action | The events, marked by increasing tension and conflict, that build up to a story’s climax. |
| Romanticism | In literature, a late eighteenth- to early nineteenth-century movement that emphasized beauty for beauty’s sake, the natural world, emotion, imagination, the value of a nation’s past and its folklore, and the heroic roles of the individual and the artist |
| Round Character | A character exhibiting a range of emotions and who evolves over the course of the story. |
| Run-on line/Enjambment | A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning; also referred to as a “run-on line.” |
| Sarcasm | Sarcasm involves verbal irony used derisively. |
| Satire | A literary work that uses irony to critique society or an individual. |
| Scene | A subdivision of an act in a play. Scenes usually break up the action into logical chunks. Many contemporary plays, however, contain only sequences of scenes, without an overarching act structure. See also act. |
| Secondary Character | A supporting character; while not as prominent or central as a main character, he or she is still important to the events of a story or play. |
| Sentence | |
| Compound Sentence | Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, or so) or a semicolon. ex. His voice seemed about to crack, and the grandmother’s head cleared for a moment. |
| Complex Sentence | A sentence containing an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses (beginning with words such as after, before, although, because, until, when, while, if ex. In the castle, after they had landed, the subjective element decidedly prevailed. |
| Compound-complex Sentence | A combination of a compound sentence and a complex sentence; it is often fairly long. ... flatterewith dreams because they knew they could take money away from him at cards and he would buy them drink while they did it, though he was no richer than they. |
| Cumulative Sentence | A sentence in which an independent clause is followed by details, qualifications, or modifications in subordinate clauses or phrases. Connie liked the way he was dressed, which was the way all of them dressed: tight jeans tucked into black, scuffed .. |
| Imperative Sentence | A sentence that issues a command. The subject of an imperative sentence is often implied rather than explicit. ex. Make sure you show how Africans have music and rhythm deep in their souls, and eat things no other humans eat. |
| Interrupted Sentence | A sentence of any pattern modified by interruptions that add descriptive details, state conditions, suggest uncertainty, voice possible alternative views, or present qualifications. ex. he should be afraid — literally afraid — of... |
| Periodic Sentence | A sentence that begins with details, qualifications, or modifications, building toward the main clause. As the day was splendid, however, and the concourse of vehicles, walkers, and loungers numerous, the young American found their progress much delayed. |
| Simple Sentence | A sentence composed of one main clause without any subordinate clauses. Winterbourne was much amused. |
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