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AP Literature Vocab 15 Flashcards

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4758422046Pastorala literary work that has to do with shepherds and rustic settings.0
4758422047PathosGreek term for deep emotion, passion, or suffering. When applied to literature, its meaning is usually narrowed to refer to tragic emotions, describing the language and situations which deeply move the audience or reader by arousing sadness, sympathy, or pity. Appeal to emotions1
4758422048EthosAppeal to ethics2
4758422049LogosAppeal to logic3
4758422050Personificationfigure of speech in which inanimate objects are given qualities of speech and/or movement.4
4758422051Playwrighta person who writes a play5
4758422052Plotthe structure of a story or the sequence in which the author arranges events. The structure of a five-act play often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. The plot may have a protagonist who is opposed by antagonist, creating conflict. A plot may include flashback, or it may include a subplot, which is a mirror image of the main plot.6
4758422053Third Person Point of ViewStory told from 3rd person point of view uses he and/or she to tell the story7
4758422054PolysyndetonThe repetition of a number of conjunctions in close succession, as in, "We have men and arms and planes and tanks."8
4758422055Proseall for of written expression not having a regular rhythmical pattern9

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