12 AP Lit and Comp Vocab #3

Front

Epistolary is a novel written as a series of documents.

Back

a novel written as a series of documents

Front

In medias res means ________________.

Back

in the middle of things

Front

A narrator is "unreliable" when...

Back

his credibility has been seriously compromised.

Front

Omniscient point of view is _______.

Back

Use of third person narrator knowing what all are thinking and feeling.

Front

Earlier event inserted into narrative: ____________

Back

flashback

Front

A tactic diverting attention from something significant is called ________.

Back

red herring

Front

Sequence of incidents in a story is _______.

Back

plot

Front

In the ________ of Romeo and Juliet, the audience is told how the play ends!

Back

prologue

Front

Plot follows a straight, chronological order: ________

Back

linear structure

Front

A sudden descent from the significant to the ludicrous is ______.

Back

anticlimax