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AP Literature and Composition Set 1 Flashcards

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7164148791Interpretive LiteratureLiterature written to broaden and deepen and "shapen" our awareness of life and the human condition.0
7164148792Escape LiteratureLiterature written purely for entertainment. [Also formula fiction]1
7164148793DidacticLiterature with the primary purpose to teach or preach.2
7164148794AllegoryA narration or description which has a second meaning beneath the surface one. Usually there exists a one-to-one correspondence between its details and a set of ulterior meanings.3
7164148795FarceA type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in farfetched, silly situations, such as Cervantes' Don Quixote.4
7164148796RomanceHistorically, a medieval verse narrative chronicling the adventures of a brave knight or other hero who must overcome great danger for love of a noble lady or high ideal.5
7164148797EpicA long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.6
7164148798Mock EpicA comic narrative poem that parodies the epic by treating a trivial subject in a lofty, grand manner, such as Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. [The modern parody, or the imitation of a work of literature, art, music for amusement or instruction, falls into this category.]7
7164148799MythAn anonymous traditional story (supposedly based on historical events) that usually serves to explain a belief, custom, or mysterious natural phenomenon.8
7164148800NovelA long fictional-prose narrative, usually of more than fifty thousand words.9
7164148801AutobiographyAn account of a person's own life.10
7164148802BiographyAn account of a person's life written or told by another person.11
7164148803ParableA short, allegorical story that teaches a moral or religious lesson about life.12
7164148804FableA very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral, of a practical lesson about life.13
7164148805Tall TaleSometimes related to a myth, it is an outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable, but serves as possible explanation, such as Pacos Bill and why Texas is known as the "Lone Star" state.14

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