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7429711988	Hindsight Bias	"I knew it all along" phenomenon.	0
7429711989	Critical Thinking	can examine assumptions, discern hidden values, evaluate evidence, and asses conclusions.	1
7429711990	Theory	Explains through an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events.	2
7429711991	Hypothesis	A testable prediction, often implied by a theory	3
7429711992	Operational Definition	A statement of the procedures used to define research variables.	4
7429711993	Replication	The Repetition of a test by different researchers.	5
7429711994	Case Study	An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.	6
7429711995	Survey	A study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act.	7
7429711996	Population	The whole group one wants to study and describe	8
7429711997	Random Sample	A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion	9
7429711998	Naturalistic Observation	Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation	10
7429711999	Correlation	Two things closely varying together.	11
7429712000	Correlation Coefficient	A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.	12
7429712001	Scatterplot	A graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables.	13
7429712002	Illusory Correlation	The perception of a relationship where none exists	14
7429712003	Experiment	A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable). By random assignment of participants, the experimenter aims to control other relevant factors.	15
7429712004	Random Assignment	Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups.	16
7429712005	Double-Blind Procedure	An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant (blind) about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo. Commonly used in drug-evaluation studies.	17
7429712006	Placebo Affect	A response to a fake drug, caused by subjects' belief that they are taking real drugs	18
7429712007	Experimental Group	A subject or group of subjects in an experiment that is exposed to the factor or condition being tested.	19
7429712008	Control Group	A group separated from the rest of the experiment where the independent variable being tested cannot influence the results	20
7429712009	Independent Variable	The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.	21
7429712010	Confounding Variable	A factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment.	22
7429712011	Dependent Variable	The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.	23
7429712012	Mode	A measure of central tendency for a distribution, represented by the score that occurs more often than any other.	24
7429712013	Mean	Average	25
7429712014	Median	A measure of center in a set of numerical data. The median of a list of values is the value appearing at the center of a sorted version of the list - or the mean of the two central values if the list contains an even number of values.	26
7429712015	Range	Distance between highest and lowest scores in a set of data.	27
7429712016	Standard Deviation	A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.	28
7429712017	Normal Curve	the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes.	29
7429712018	Statistical Significance	A measure of confidence that the results obtained are "real," rather than due to random chance.	30
7429712019	Culture	Shared Ideas and behaviors that one generation passes on the the next.	31
7429712020	Informed Consent	An ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.	32
7429712021	Debriefing	Any information withheld from subject prior to or during experimentation must be reveled	33

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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards

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6266005841	adage	A saying that becomes widely accepted as truth over time. Usually observances of life and behaviour that express a general truth. Ex: "A penny saved is a penny earned."	0
6266005845	ambiguity	A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation.	1
6266005846	anachronism	A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time/era in which the work is set.	2
6266005849	antithesis	A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.	3
6266005850	aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. The term is often applied to philosophical, moral and literary principles.	4
6266005851	Apollonian	In contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behaviour.	5
6266005853	archetype	A character, action or situation which represents or reflects a commonly held or universal pattern, such as human nature.	6
6266005855	ballad	A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited; a long narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme, typically has a folksy quality	7
6266005857	Bildungsroman	A special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from his or her youth to adulthood. Generally, such a novel starts with a loss or a tragedy that disturbs the main character emotionally. He or she leaves on a journey to fill that vacuum.	8
6266005858	blank verse	Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton; its lines generally do not rhyme.	9
6266005859	bombast	Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects.	10
6266005860	cacophony	The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds, primarily those of consonants, to achieve the desired results. Ex: "I detest war because cause of war is always trivial."	11
6266005861	caesura	It involves creating a fracture within a sentence, where the two separate parts are distinguishable from one another yet intrinsically linked; the purpose is to create a dramatic pause. Ex: "Mozart- oh, how your music makes me soar!"	12
6266005862	canon	The works most widely read, studied, and considered most important in national literature or in a specific literary period.	13
6266005863	caricature	A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things; a portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality.	14
6266005864	catharsis	A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy.	15
6266005865	classicism	Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity and restraint.	16
6266005867	anticlimax	This occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect; it is frequently comic in effect.	17
6266005869	aside	A speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage.	18
6266005872	cadence	the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense	19
6266005873	canto	is a divider in long poems, much like chapters in a novel	20
6266005874	coinage	a.k.a. neologism, inventing a word	21
6266005875	colloquialism	this is a word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "schoolbook" English	22
6266005876	controlling image	when an image dominates and shapes the entire work	23
6266005877	metaphysical conceit	a type of conceit that occurs only in metaphysical poetry	24
6266005879	consonance	the repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a group of words or a line of poetry	25
6266005880	couplet	a pair of lines that end in rhyme	26
6266005881	heroic couplet	two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter are called this	27
6266005882	denotation	the literal, dictionary definition of a word	28
6266005883	denouement	the resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work or fiction	29
6266005884	Dionysian	as distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure seeking impulses	30
6266005887	dirge	a song for the dead, its tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy	31
6266005888	dissonance	the grating of incompatible sounds	32
6266005889	doggerel	crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme	33
6266005891	dramatic monologue	when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience	34
6266005892	elegy	a poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing/death of something/someone of value	35
6266005893	elements	the basic techniques of each genre of literature. IN SHORT STORY: characters, irony, theme, symbol, plot, setting. IN POETRY: figurative language, symbol, imagery, rhythm, rhyme. IN DRAMA: conflict, characters, climax, conclusion, exposition, rising action, falling action, props. IN NONFICTION: argument, evidence, reason, appeals, fallacies, thesis.	36
6266005894	ellipsis	three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation	37
6266005895	empathy	a feeling of association or identification with an object/person	38
6266005896	end stopped	a term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation	39
6266005897	enjambment	the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause	40
6266005900	epitaph	lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place. usually a line or handful of lines, often serious or religious, but sometimes witty and even irreverent	41
6266005901	epigram	a concise but ingenious, witty and thoughtful statement	42
6266005902	euphony	when sounds blend harmoniously; pleasing, harmonious sounds	43
6266005903	epithet	an adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing	44
6266005904	eponymous	a term for the title character of a work of literature	45
6266005909	fable	a short tale often featuring nonhuman character that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior. i.e Orwell's "Animal Farm"	46
6266005911	fantasy	a story containing unreal, imaginary features	47
6266005912	farce	a comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose	48
6266005917	foreshadowing	an event or statement in a narrative that suggests, in miniature, a larger event that comes later	49
6266005918	foot	the basic rhythmic unit of a line in poetry. it is formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed	50
6266005920	free verse	a kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm or fixed metrical feet	51
6266005923	harangue	a forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade	52
6266005929	idyll	a lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place	53
6266005931	inversion	switching customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase. when done badly it can give a stilted, artificial look-at-me-I'm-poetry feel to the verse. type of syntax	54
6266005932	irony	a mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm	55
6266005933	invective	a direct verbal assault; a denunciation. i.e. Candide	56
6266005934	kenning	a device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions/qualities, as in "ring-giver" for king and "whale-road" for ocean	57
6266005935	lament	a poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss	58
6266005936	lampoon	a satire	59
6266005937	light verse	a variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with a satirical thrust	60
6266005938	loose sentence	a sentence that is complete before its end. follows customary word order of English sentences i.e. subject-verb-object	61
6266005939	periodic sentence	a sentence not grammatically complete until it has reached its final phrase; sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end	62
6266005941	melodrama	a form of overly-dramatic theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure.	63
6266005942	litotes	a form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity	64
6266005943	maxim	a saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth	65
6266005945	metaphysical poetry	the work of poets, particularly those of 17th c., that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life	66
6266005946	meter	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry	67
6266005947	metonymy	a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. e.g. "The White House says..."	68
6266005949	montage	a quick succession of images/impressions used to express an idea	69
6266005951	nemesis	the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty	70
6266005952	objectivity	this treatment of a subject matter is an impersonal/outside view of events	71
6266005953	subjectivity	this treatment of a subject matter uses the interior/personal view of a single observer and is typically colored with that observer's emotional responses	72
6266005955	moral	a brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature	73
6266005956	motif	a phrase, idea, event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature.	74
6266005957	muse	one of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer	75
6266005960	naturalism	a term often used as a synonym for "realism"; also a view of experiences that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic	76
6266005961	non sequitur	a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before	77
6266005962	novel of manners	a novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group	78
6266005963	ode	a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject.	79
6266005965	oxymoron	a phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction. juxtaposition of contradictory element to create a paradoxical effect	80
6266005966	opposition	one of the most useful concepts in analyzing literature. it means that you have a pair of elements that contrast sharply.	81
6266005967	ottava rima	an eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem	82
6266005968	parable	like a fable or an allegory, it's a story that instructs; a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived	83
6266005973	pastoral	a work of literature dealing with rural life	84
6266005974	pathetic fallacy	faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects	85
6266005976	pentameter	a verse with five poetic feet per line	86
6266005977	persona	the role/facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, viewer, or the world at large; the narrator in a non-first-person novel	87
6266005980	picaresque novel	an episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. e.g. "Don Quixote", "Moll Flanders"	88
6266005981	plaint	a poem or speech expressing sorrow	89
6266005983	omniscient narrator	3rd person narrator who sees like God into each character's mind and understands all the action going on.	90
6266005984	limited omniscient narrator	3rd person narrator who generally reports only what one character (usually the main) sees, and who only reports the thoughts of that one privileged character.	91
6266005987	prosody	the grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry	92
6266005989	prelude	an introductory poem to a longer work of verse	93
6266005990	pun	the usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings	94
6266005991	pseudonym	also called "pen name", a false name or alias used by writers. i.e Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) George Orwell (Eric Blair)	95
6266005992	quatrian	a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem	96
6266005994	requiem	a song of prayer for the dead	97
6266005998	rhapsody	an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise	98
6266006002	romance	an extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places	99
6266006008	sentiment	a synonym for "view" or "feeling"; also refined and tender emotion in literature	100
6266006009	scansion	the act of determining the meter of a poetic line.	101
6266006011	soliloquy	a speech spoken by a character alone on stage. meant to convey the impression that the audience is listening to the character's THOUGHTS. unlike an aside, it is not meant to imply that the actor acknowledges the audience's presence	102
6266006013	stream of consciousness	a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind, e.g. Ernest Hemingway	103
6266006014	stock characters	standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc.	104
6266006017	subplot	a subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot	105
6266006021	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part	106
6266006025	tragic flaw	in a tragedy, this is the weakness of a character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise	107
6266006027	travesty	a grotesque parody	108
6266006028	truism	a way-too-obvious truth	109
6266006029	utopia	an idealized place. imaginary communities in which people are able to live in happiness, prosperity and peace. Sir Thomas More came up with this idea.	110
6266006030	verbal irony	a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words	111
6266006032	verisimilitude	similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is	112
6266006033	versification	the structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains. i.e. monometer = 1 foot; tetrameter = 4 feet; pentameter = 5 feet, etc.	113
6266006034	villanelle	a French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of 19 lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes	114
6266006035	voice	the real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. a verb is in the active voice when it expresses an action performed by its subject. a verb is in the passive voice when it expresses an action performed upon its subject or when the subject is the result of the action. Active: The crew raked the leaves. Passive: The leaves were raked by the crew.	115
6266006036	wit	the quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene	116
6266006037	zeugma	the use of a word to modify two or more words, but used for different meanings. "He close the door and his heart on his lost love."	117
6266006038	anastrophe	inversion of the natural or usual word order	118
6266006040	epistrophe	repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses "When we first came we were very many and you were very few. Now you are many and we are getting very few."	119
6266006041	epanalepsis	repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. "Blood hat bought blood, and blows have answer'd blows"	120
6266006042	anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. "The crime was common, common be the pain."	121
6266006043	antimetabole	repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."	122
6266006044	chiasmus	reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses. "Exalts his enemies, his friends destroys."	123
6266006045	polyptoton	repetition of words derived from the same root. "But in this desert country they may see the land being rendered USELESS by OVERUSE."	124
6266006046	antanaclasis	repetition of a word in two different senses. "Your argument is sound, nothing but sound."	125
6266006047	paronomasia	use of words alike in sound but different in meaning. "ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a GRAVE man."	126
6266006048	syllepsis	the use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies/governs. "The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen."	127
6266006049	anthimeria	the substitution of one part of speech for another "I'll UNHAIR they head."	128
6266006050	periphrasis	substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name. "They do not escape JIM CROW; they merely encounter another, not less deadly variety."	129
6266006052	dialect	a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region/group of people	130
6266006053	epiphany	in a literary work, a moment of sudden insight/revelation that a character experiences	131

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AP World History Must-Know Dates Flashcards

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4430620780	Beginnings of agriculture	8000 bce	0
4430620781	beginnings of bronze age- early civilizations	3000 bce	1
4430620782	Iron age	1300 bce	2
4430620783	life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu; beginnings of Confucianism, buddhism and Taoism	6th century bce	3
4430620784	Greek Golden Age- philosophers	5th century bce	4
4430620785	Alexander the Great	323 bce	5
4430620786	Qin unified China	221 bce	6
4430620787	Beginnings of Christianity	32	7
4430620788	end of Pax Romana	180	8
4430620789	end of Han Dynasty	220	9
4430620790	Roman capital moved to Constantinople	333	10
4430620791	Beginning of Trans-Saharan trade routes	4th century (300s)	11
4430620792	Fall of Rome	476	12
4430620793	Justinian Rule of Byzantine Empire	527	13
4430620794	Founding of Islam	622	14
4430620795	Battle of Tours	732	15
4430620796	Great Schism of Christian Church (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox)	1054	16
4430620797	Norman conquest of England (William the Conqueror)	1066	17
4430620798	Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantines)	1071	18
4430620799	1st crusade	1095	19
4430620800	Mongols sack Baghdad	1258	20
4430620801	Marco Polos travels	1271-1295	21
4430620802	Mansa Musa pilgrimage	1324	22
4430620803	travels of Ibn Battuta	1325-1349	23
4430620804	Bubonic plague in Europe	1347-1348	24
4430620805	end of Zheng He's voyages/ Rise of the Ottomans	1433	25
4430620806	Ottomans capture Constantinople	1453	26
4430620807	Dias rounded Cape of good Hope	1488	27
4430620808	Columbus sailed the Ocean blue/ reconquista of Spain	1492	28
4430620809	1st slaves to America	1502	29
4430620810	Martin Luther/ 95 theses	1517	30
4430620811	Cortez conquers Aztecs	1521	31
4430620812	Pizarro topples Inca	1533	32
4430620813	Battle of Lepanto (naval defeat of Ottomans)	1571	33
4430620814	Defeat of Spanish Armada by British	1588	34
4430620815	Battle of Sekigahara- Beginning of Tokugawa	1600	35
4430620816	foundation of Jamestown	1607	36
4430620817	30 years war	1618- 1648	37
4430620818	unsuccessful Ottoman seige of Vienna	1683	38
4430620819	Glorious revolution/ English Bill of Rights	1689	39
4430620820	Industrial Revolution	1750	40
4430620821	7 years war (french and Indian War)	1756-1763	41
4430620822	American Revolution/ Smith writes wealth of nations	1776	42
4430620823	French Revolution	1789	43
4430620824	Haitian Independence	1804	44
4430620825	Congress of Vienna	1815	45
4430620826	Independence in Latin America	1820s	46
4430620827	1st Opium War in China	1839	47
4430620828	European revolution/ Mark and Engles write Communist Manifesto	1848	48
4430620829	Commodore Perry opens up Japan	1853	49
4430620830	Sepoy Mutiny (India)	1857	50
4430620831	end of Russian serfdom/ Italian unifications	1861	51
4430620832	Emancipation Proclimation	1863	52
4430620833	German unification	1871	53
4430620834	Berlin Conference (division of Africa)	1885	54
4430620835	Spanish-American War- US acquires Phillipines, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico	1898	55
4430620836	Boer War- British control in South Africa	1899	56
4430620837	Russo-Japanese War	1905	57
4430620838	Mexican revolution	1910-1920	58
4430620839	Chinese Revolution	1911	59
4430620840	WW1	1914	60
4430620841	Russian Revolution	1917	61
4430620842	Treaty of Versailles- end of ww1	1919	62
4430620843	Stock Market crash	1929	63
4430620844	Japanese invasion of Manchuria	1931	64
4430620845	Italian invasion of Ethiopia	1935	65
4430620846	German blitzkreig in Poland	1939	66
4430620847	Pearl Harbor- US into ww2	1941	67
4430620848	end of WW2	1945	68
4430620849	Independence and partition of India	1947	69
4430620850	birth of Israel	1948	70
4430620851	Chinese Communist revolution	1949	71
4430620852	Korean War	1950-1953	72
4430620853	Vietnamese defeat of French at Dien Bien Phu	1954	73
4430620854	de-stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal	1956	74
4430620855	Cuban Revolution	1959	75
4430620856	Cuban Missile Crisis	1962	76
4430620857	6-day war/ Chinese Cultural revolution	1967	77
4430620858	Yom Kippur War	1973	78
4430620859	Iranian revolution	1979	79
4430620860	1st Palestinian Intifada	1987	80
4430620861	Tiananmen square/ fall of Berlin Wall	1989	81
4430620862	fall of USSR/ first Gulf War	1991	82
4430620863	genocide in Rwanda/ 1st all race elections in South Africa	1994	83
4430620864	9/11 attacks	2001	84

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AP Literature Terminology Flashcards

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8634108908	agon	conflict especially against the antagonist and protagonist	0
8634108909	alliteration	the same letter or sound at the BEGINNING of words that are close to each other. ie) artful apes	1
8634108910	allusion	a reference to something outside of the text. ie) Titanic in Thousand Splendid Suns	2
8634109991	ambiguity	unclear of meaning/intention	3
8634109992	anagnorisis	epiphany	4
8634111009	Apollonian-Dionysian conflict	The structured science side v. the party side with lusts and "sinful" ideas	5
8634111010	archetype	a typical example of a certain person or thing. Current symbol or motif. ie) good v. evil in mythology	6
8634111011	assonance	resemblance of sounds, specifically vowel sounds. ie) go SLOW over the ROAD. Both have the long "O"	7
8634111676	bildungsroman	the type of work where the character matures over time. Young protagonist matures.	8
8634111677	carpe diem	Seize the day. Theme were one makes the most out of life	9
8634112637	catharsis	in Greek. Undergo fear and pity of the audience towards the character	10
8634112638	connotation	implied by a ward apart from the thing that describes it explicitly. ie) a dove is a sign of peace	11
8634112639	consonance	repetitive sounds produced by CONSONANTS within a sentence or phrase. ie) pitter patter	12
8634113648	denotation	literal meaning of a word. ie) a dove is a bird	13
8634113649	deus ex machina	refers to the incidence where a god is introduced into a play to resolve entanglements of the plot	14
8634114552	end-stopped	when a line of poetry ends with a punctuation mark	15
8634115448	enjambment	running lines of poetry from one to the next w/o punctuation	16
8634115449	epic simile	extended simile that could serve to intensify heroic stature	17
8634117475	epistle	poetry written in the form of a letter	18
8634117476	epithet	application of a word/phrase to someone that describes their attributes or qualities	19
8634118100	foreshadowing	you know this	20
8634118101	hamartia	tragic flaw	21
8634118102	hubris	putting a "normal" character on the same level as the gods. When they really aren't, it's arrogant.	22
8634118103	hyperbole	exaggeration	23
8634120768	imagery	duh	24
8634120769	in media res	in the middle of. Describes a narrative in the middle of the story	25
8634120770	irony	you know dis	26
8634120771	ghazal	5 couplets which are the same in length. You wrote one	27
8634121366	metaphor	you know dis	28
8634121367	metonymy	the use of the name of one object for one of another related to the subject. ie) the king = the crown	29
8634121368	monomyth	the circle of a hero's journey	30
8634121369	mood	the feeling of the scene	31
8634122075	octave	verse form containing 8 lines of iambic pentameter	32
8634122076	onomatopoeia	how something sounds. "mooooo" "oink"	33
8634122077	pantoum	a type of poem with a verse form consisting of three stanzas. It has a set pattern within the poem of repetitive lines. The pattern in each stanza is where the second and fourth line of each verse is repeated as the first and third of the next. (seen in Black helicopters)	34
8634124322	paradox	statement that contradicts itself	35
8634124323	peripeteia	the shift towards downfall. Downhill slide that leads to destruction, this happens usually after one's anagnorisis.	36
8634124949	personification	you know dis	37
8634124950	pun	hahaha	38
8634125517	tercet	3 lined stanza poem that often has a rhyme	39
8634125518	sibilance	repetition of soft consonants in words to create soft sounds. ie) the Snail was Slow and Slithered Sideways into a Cell. ie) the White Window Was Washed and Hushed the Hound	40
8634125526	simile	comparing two things with like and as	41
8634126785	slant/off rhyme	the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match. ie) eyes=light, years=yours	42
8634126786	sonnet	seen in Shakespeare. A poem of 14 lines. Usually has a couplet thrown in for the English version after 3 quatrains	43
8634126787	symbol	duh	44
8634126788	syntax	sentence structure (patterns in a sentence)	45
8634127410	theme	duh	46
8634128539	tone	duh	47
8634128540	tragedy	tragic event in a drama. Oedipus Rex	48
8634129114	3 unities	action, place, time. Oedipus Rex played in a single day.	49

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5801747478	Athenian Agora	Title	0
13769787500	Archaic through Hellenistic Greek	Athenian Agora Period	1
13769787501	600 B.C.E.-150 B.C.E.	Athenian Agora Date	2
13769802007	Athens, Greece	Athenian Agora Location	3
5801747479	Anavysos Kouros	Title	4
13769919496	Archaic- Greek	Anavysos Kouros Period	5
13769919497	c. 530 B.C.E.	Anavysos Kouros Date	6
13769928851	Marble with remnants of paint	Anavysos Kouros Material	7
5801747480	Peplos Kore from the Acropolis	Title	8
13769953845	Archaic Greek	Peplos Kore from the Acropolis Period	9
13769953898	c. 530 B.C.E.	Peplos Kore from the Acropolis Date	10
13769957752	Marble, painted details	Peplos Kore from the Acropolis Material	11
5801747481	Niobides Krater,	Title	12
13769986724	Niobid Painter	Niobides Krater artist	13
13769986725	Classical Greece	Niobides Krater Period	14
13769986726	c. 460-450 B.C.E.	Niobides Krater Date	15
13770005845	Clay / Red figure technique	Niobides Krater Material	16
5801747482	Doryphoros	Title	17
13773718361	Polykleitos	Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Artist	18
13773718362	Classical Greece	Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Period	19
13773718363	450-440 B.C.E.	Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Date	20
13773718364	Original: Bronze / Roman Copy: Marble	Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Material	21
5801747483	Acropolis	Title	22
13773738873	Athens, Greece	Acropolis Location	23
13773738874	Classical Greece	Acropolis Period	24
13773741666	c. 447-410 B.C.E.	Acropolis Date	25
5801747484	Parthenon	Title	26
13773758753	Iktinos & Kallikrates	Parthenon Artists	27
13773758754	Classical Greece	Parthenon Period	28
13773758755	c. 447-410 B.C.E.	Parthenon Date	29
13773760700	Marble	Parthenon Material	30
5801747489	Grave Stele of Hegeso	Title	31
13773785784	Kallimachos	Grave Stele of Hegeso Artist	32
13773785785	Classical Greece	Grave Stele of Hegeso Period	33
13773785786	c. 410 B.C.E.	Grave Stele of Hegeso Date	34
13773787671	Marble and paint	Grave Stele of Hegeso Material	35
5801747490	Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory)	Title	36
13773814056	Hellenistic Greece	Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) Period	37
13773814057	c. 190 B.C.E.	Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) Date	38
13773816723	Marble	Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory) Material	39
5801747491	Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon	Title	40
13773831349	Turkey	Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon Location - Now	41
13773831350	c. 175 B.C.E.	Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon Date	42
13773831351	Marble	Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon Material	43
5801747492	Seated Boxer	Title	44
13772155678	Hellenistic Greece	Seated Boxer Period	45
13772155679	c. 100 B.C.E	Seated Boxer Date	46
13772155680	Bronze	Seated Boxer Material	47
13785917651	Title	Plaque of the Ergastines	48
13785930596	438-432 BCE	Plaque of the Ergastines Date	49
13785930597	Marble	Plaque of the Ergastines material	50
13785934413	Title	Helios, Horses and Dionysos	51
13785975077	438-432 BCE	Helios, Horses and Dionysos Date	52
13785975078	Marble	Helios, Horses and Dionysos Material	53
13786187251	The Parthenon (originally)	Helios, Horses and Dionysos Location (originally)	54
13786211066	Victory Adjusting Her Sandal	Title	55
13786215805	410 BCE	Victory Adjusting Her Sandal date	56
13786215806	Marble	Victory Adjusting Her Sandal Material	57
13786243204	The temple of Athena Nike	Victory Adjusting Her Sandal location (originally)	58
13786273028	Athena from the Pergamon Altar	Title	59
13786293648	175 BCE	Athena from the Pergamon Altar Date	60
13786293649	Marble	Athena from the Pergamon Altar Material	61
13786293650	Gigantomachy	the struggle between the gods and the giants	62
13786348549	Temple of Athena Nike	Title	63
13786353519	Kalikrates	Temple of Athena Nike Artist	64
13786388010	425 BCE	Temple of Athena Nike Date	65
13801148990	marble	Temple of Athena Nike Material	66
13801238168	Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun	Title	67
13801244388	310 BCE	Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun Date	68
13801244389	Mosaic	Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun Material	69