4783480497 | ballad | a poem or song in short stanzas passed on orally through generations | 0 | |
4783481163 | sonnet | fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter | 1 | |
4783481766 | poetry | form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language | 2 | |
4783483345 | lyric poetry | type of emotional song-like poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry | 3 | |
4783491509 | short story | a story fully developed with a theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate | 4 | |
4783484685 | novel | fictitious prose narrative of book length representing character and action with realism | 5 | |
4783486212 | novella | a short novel or long short story | 6 | |
4783486443 | prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form | 7 | |
4783487469 | drama | a play exhibiting an emotional, exciting, or unexpected series of events | 8 | |
4783488329 | tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having unhappy endings | 9 | |
4783495299 | comedy | discourse of work generally intended to be humorous and amusing | 10 | |
4783496940 | elegy | poem or song in the form of elide couplets, written in honor of someone deceased | 11 | |
4783498599 | free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | 12 | |
4783499471 | rhymed verse | composition of lines that end in words or syllabus with corresponding sounds | 13 | |
4783500710 | epic | narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures | 14 | |
4783501528 | satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or voices | 15 |
AP Literature Terms: Genres Flashcards
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