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5068062361Apostrophefigure of speech in which some ABSENT or NONEXISTENT/NONLIVING person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding0
5068062362Suspension of DisbeliefSuspending one's critical opinions to read a text in someone else's world1
5068134194ExpositionWhen the author explains/reveals events or info that occurred before the beginning of the book2
5068064359End-stopped LineLine that ends with a punctuation: period, comma, semicolon, exclamation point3
5068066893Enjambment LineLine that spills into the next line without stopping4
5068066894Deus Ex MachinaA plot device an author uses to solve a problem by including an unexpected or random new character, ability, or object5
5068068438ConnotationImplied/secondary/associated definition6
5068072860Steps on How To Read A Poem1. Read/MUTT task 2. View the title and overall structure & make an inference about text 3. Skim/Read through text to recognize diction, tone, attitude 4. Re-read using previous steps7
5068074870Vladimir Nabokov: Reading Fiction8
5068160612Laurence Perrine: Interpreting Poetry-Interpretation of diction is not limitless -Don't make assumptions -Diction connects to other diction -Best interpretations come with evidence that can't be contradicted9
5068074871Author Vs. SpeakerAuthor: who wrote the poem Speaker: character in text10
5068077173Analysis"Looking specifically in detail"; more in-depth; looking for meaning; details on why the author chose to include; purpose, WHY it is; the "unseen"11
5068077174Summary"Looking at the whole"; identifying key points; re-writing in own words; surface-level; what the text is about; what is "Seen" or given in the text12
5068502048Social CommentaryWhen an author utilizes a text to comment about a particular society (theme)13
5068086024Attitudesthe author's tone of voice to get ideas across14
5068512348Toneauthor's attitude towards a subject or audience15
5068088534Three Types of Essays on AP Exam1. Prose 2. Poetry 3. A Book You've Read16
5068096113Given Time for Essays on AP Exam40 min for each; 120 min total (55% of exam)17
5068103167Multiple Choice QuestionsAbout 55 Q's/60 min (45% of exam)18
5068105208"Reading With The Spine"To separate the brain and heart/rationality vs. passion19
5068177058Qualities of A Tragic Hero (Aristotle)Hamartia Catharsis20
5574048628Synechochea part of the whole/the whole of a part21
5574051607Irony22
5574051608Metonymy23
5574052653Imagery24
5574052654Auditorysense of hearing25
5574053584Visualsense of sight26
5574053585Olfactorysense of smell27
5574053586Gustatorysense of taste28
5574054353Kinestheticsense of touch29
5574055999Understatement (Meiosis)When the speaker makes a situation seem less important/serious than it is30
5574056001Euphemismunderstatement to substitute a harsh, negative word into an inoffensive, positive word/phrase31
5574056002Litotesunderstatement that denies the opposite32
5574056661Themean underlying message or "big idea"33
5574057283Rhyme Schemean ordered pattern of rhymes34
5574059231Speecha phrase or word having different meanings from its literal meanings35
5574059232SoliloquyAn act of speaking one's thoughts aloud to themselves or with a present audience36
5574059233MonologueA long speech by a character37
5574060213DialogueConversation between two or more people38
5574060214Flashbacka scene or acknowledgement of a time in history39
5574061014Reflection40
5574062045Red HerringWhen the author misleads the reader to a different outcome41
5588972506Extended Metaphorthe comparison between two unlike things that continues through out a paragraph or lines in a poem42
5574065565AllegoryExtended metaphor in which objects, characters, actions represent a symbol that carry a moral/political meaning43
5574065566ConceitWhen two vastly different objects resembled together with metaphors/similes44
5574066598Parodyan imitation to make fun with a comic effect45
5574067158Satiretechnique to expose/criticize the foolishness an corruption of an individual or society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to improve humanity46
5574067159Caricaturea device used to exaggerate someone or an object's characteristics to create a comic effect47
5574068240FoilWhen a character highlights the positive qualities of the main character by having similar characteristics, but highlights the differences48
5574068241Selection of DetailThe specific words, images, events the author uses to create a scene/narrative49
5574070020Shift or TurnA change in the speaker's understanding of a situation50
5574070021HubrisExtreme pride or arrogance of a character that leads to their downfall51
5574070524HamartiaThe flaw/past experience that causes the character's collapse52
5574070525CatharsisWhen the audience feels pity and fear for the tragic hero53
5574071085DidacticismTo learn form a text54
5574071086BathosOverly sentimental pathos - can be ridicule55
5574073761StyleThe way the author uses words, sentence structure, and figurative language56
5574071969Elements of Structurerhyme scheme, meter, alliteration/assonance, repetition57
5574072616MeterA stressed or unstressed syllabic patter in a verse58
5574072617Rhythmmeasure motion in patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables59
5574072618Voicethe author's style that conveys their attitude, character, personality60
5574073178Point of ViewA narrator's position in a story61
5574074966SyntaxPeriodic Inverted Interrupted62
5574076534Quatraina stanza of four lines with alternate lines63
5574076535Terceta stanza of three that rhyme together64
5574077333Couplettwo rhyming lines65
5574077334Tripletthree lines in a poem that rhyme66
5574077335Heroic Coupleta pair of rhyming iambic parameters67
55740786421st Person POVWhen the speaker is a character telling their own story from their POV68
55740786432nd Person POVWhen the narrator tells the story to another character or the audience using "you"69
55740804003rd Person LimitedWhen the narrator is limited to only one character's mind to express their thoughts or actions70
55740836353rd Person OmniscientWhen the narrator knows everything from all the characters thoughts and actions71
5574083636Structure72
5574086770Classical Oration73
5574086771Induction74
5574086772Deduction75
5574087243Toulmin Method76
5574087244AnachronismWhen something is out of chronological order/out of time77
5574089550BildungsromanComing of age story78
5574091124ParallelismWhen the verbal construct in poetry or prose that correspond in diction and structure79
5574091125Analogya comparison of two things80
5574092020Parablea didactic story with a lesson81
5574092672Exposea public exposure or revelation82
5574092673Sagaa long story or series of events of heroic achievement83
5574093069Onomatopoeiaformation of a word from a sound created from named object84
5574132008Ballad (Poem)A song of story85
5574133481Dramatic Monologue (Poem)A long poem spoken by one character reveal details about themself86
5574134193Elegy/Dirge (Poem)"Elegiac", a sad poem about one's death87
5574134194Epic (Poem)An unexpected, long and serious poem about a hero88
5574134593Epitaph (Poem)Inscription of the dead, usually on tombstone89
5574134594Free Verse (Poem)Poem with no rhymes and no fixed form90
5574135053Blank Verse (Poem)"Iambic Pentameter": rhythm of speech with five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables91
5574136290Epithalamium (Poem)Poem or speech on marriage in honor of the bride, groom or wedding92
5574136291Lyric (Poem)Poem that expresses one's thoughts or feelings - Sonnets elegies, odes93
5574136788Narrative (Poem)A poem or piece of prose that tells a story94
5574136789Ode (Poem)A celebratory dedication to something95
5574137540Pastoral (Poem)A romanticized poem about rural life96
5574137541Idyll (Poem)Poem about an ideal life or place97
5574138178Sonnet (Poem)Poem consisting 14 lines that has one or more rhyme scheme98
5574138727Sestina (Poem)"Sesenta"; a 30 line poem of six, six line stanzas plus a three-line stanza called envoy99
5590122842Envoyshort stanza at the end of the poem to address another person or comment on the preceding stanzas100
5574138728Villanelle (Poem)a 19 line poem with five 3-line stanzas and a concluding quatrain101

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