4722318216 | allegory | Describes any writing in verse or in prose that has a double meaning; a narrative that acts as an extended metaphor. | 0 | |
4722318217 | fable | A short fictional narrative that teaches a lesson. | 1 | |
4722318218 | farce | A form of low comedy designed to provoke laughter through highly exaggerated caricatures of people in improbable or silly situations. | 2 | |
4722318219 | parable | A story or short narrative designed to reveal through common, familiar events, a religious principle, moral lesson, psychological reality, or general truth. | 3 | |
4722318220 | parody | Literature that intentionally uses comic effect to mock a serious literary work or style. | 4 | |
4722318221 | romance | A term that refers to a variety of fictional works involving some combination of the following: high adventure, thwarted love, mysterious circumstances, arduous quests, and improbable triumphs. | 5 | |
4722318222 | satire | A novel, play, etc. in which topical issues, such as man's follies or evil, are held up to scorn by means of ridicule and irony. | 6 | |
4722318223 | tragedy | A literary work in which a hero is destroyed by some character flaw or by forces beyond his or her control. | 7 | |
4722318224 | elegy | A poem that deals with complaints about love, sustained formal lamentation, or somber meditations. | 8 | |
4722318225 | epistolary novel | A type of literature that is written through letters. | 9 |
Literary Genres--AP Language and Composition Flashcards
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