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AP English Literature and Composition Crash Course Ch 6 Literary Terms Flashcards

7427996405	allusion	a reference to something in previous literature, history, or culture that adds to or emphasizes a theme of the work	0
7427996406	allegory	a narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning (ex Animal Farm)	1
7427996407	anecdote	a clever little story; a short account of an interesting situation	2
7427996408	anti hero	a protagonist whose attributes are opposite of what is expected of heroes	3
7427996409	archetype	a symbol the recurs often enough in literature over time to be easily recognizable; character types that are common	4
7427996410	atmosphere	the emotional quality of a setting	5
7427996411	epiphany	a moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a character's sudden revelation about life or his or her own circumstances	6
7427996412	eulogy	a speech given at the memorial or funeral service in remembrance of one who has died	7
7427996413	extended metaphor	a detailed or complex metaphor that is evident throughout a work	8
7427996414	foil	a character who posses traits that emphasize the characteristics and qualities of another character, either by being similar to or opposite from that character	9
7427996415	imagery	language that appeals to the senses; 7 types	10
7427996416	invocation	a prayer or statement that calls for help from a god or goddess	11
7427996417	irony	a discrepancy between appearance and reality; 3 types	12
7427996418	metaphor	compares two generally dissimilar things in order to show something new or to help readers see something in a new way	13
7427996419	mood	the dominant tone in a piece of literature; typically the emotional quality of a scene or setting	14
7427996420	motif	a recurring element, an image or idea, in a work of literature, whose repetition emphasizes some aspect of the work	15
7427996421	parable	a short tale that teaches through example; often teach a moral lesson	16
7427996422	paradox	a situation or statement containing contradictory elements which nonetheless seem plausible or true	17
7427996423	parody	a work of satire where the author imitates the language and form of another work to ridicule the author or work	18
7427996424	soliloquy	(primarily found in Shakespeare's plays) a monologue, one character on stage, or in the spotlight, who relates his/her plight	19
7427996425	symbol	a person, place, thing, or idea that represents something else	20
7427996426	syntax	the order of words in a sentence that results in various sentence types used for a variety of rhetorical effects	21
7427996427	tone	the speaker or narrator's attitude towards someting or the emotional quality of a passage	22
7427996428	verisimilitude	the quality in literature of being true to life; details seem realistic and believable, even if the setting is supernatural	23
7427996429	vernacular	the ordinary, everyday speech of a region	24
7427996430	catharsis	a purging of emotion, experienced by audiences especially through the pity they feel when witnessing the tragic heroe's fall from grace	25
7427996431	chorus	a group of characters in a play who comment on, but do not participate in, the action	26
7427996432	hamartia	a tragic flaw; an unwitting error in judgment	27
7427996433	hubris	excessive pride	28
7427996434	tragedy	typically a drama in which a tragic hero experiences a fall from noble stature	29
7427996435	tragic hero	a person of greater than normal stature who falls from grace due to a tragic flaw or pride	30
7427996436	Bildungsroman or coming-of-age novel	the protagonist is a child whose experiences teach him or her about the realities of the adult world	31
7427996437	dystopian novel	presents readers with an apparent perfect (Utopian) society where human life is somehow diminished	32
7427996438	gothic novel	characterized by dark, mysterious setting; has supernatural elements, especially ghosts	33
7427996439	historical novel	story is immersed in historical events; characters interact with history	34
7427996440	novella	prose fiction longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel	35
7427996441	novel of manners	the author details the social customs of an era and/or the social behaviors of a particular social group	36
7427996442	picaresque novel	an episodic novel starring a picaro or rogue (a person of low social status) who wanders or has adventures	37
7427996443	social novel / social commentary	concerned with the effect of societal institutions and social conditions of humanity	38
7427996444	utopian novel	presents an ideal (perfect) society free from typical social problems	39
7427996445	epistolary novel	consists of letters written by one or more characters	40

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AP Literature & Composition List 8 Flashcards

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8856708403	acquiesce	to give in, to comply	0
8856716185	amity	friendship	1
8856720386	arduous	hard to do, requiring much effort	2
8856723351	gestalt	an organized whole	3
8856727668	inundate	(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size	4
8856730282	perjury	false testimony under oath	5
8856735943	perspicuity	clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity	6
8856735944	preposterous	ridiculous, senseless	7
8856738799	trepidation	(n.) fear, fright, trembling	8
8856742640	voluble	talkative	9

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AP Literature Vocab Week 2 Flashcards

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3604843373	admonish	warn or reprimand someone firmly	0
3604843374	akimbo	with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward	1
3604844122	lassitude	a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy	2
3604844123	licentious	promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters	3
3604845059	muse (noun and verb)	verb. reflect deeply on a subject noun. the source of an artist's inspiration	4
3604845920	pecuniary	of, relating to, or consisting of money	5
3604845921	plight	a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation	6
3604845922	presumptuous	(of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate	7
3604846896	subversive	seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution	8
3604846897	vacuous	having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless	9

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AP Literature Terms Neal V.2 Flashcards

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4315327835	alliteration	repetition of two or more consonant sounds	0
4315327836	allusion	reference to something assumed to be well known	1
4315327837	assonance	repetition of two or more vowel sounds	2
4315327838	cacophony	harsh sound; opposite of euphony	3
4315327839	colloquial english	casual/informal, but correct language of ordinary native speakers	4
4315327840	connotation	associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word	5
4315327841	consonance	words share similar consonant sounds but different vowel sounds; slant rhyme	6
4315327842	couplet	two line stanza in poetry, usually rhymes and has equal length; usually at the end	7
4315327843	denotation	literal dictionary definition of a word	8
4315327844	diction	word choice or vocabulary	9
4315327845	didactic poetry	poetry that aims for education rather than art	10
4315327846	dramatic monologue	poem written as a speech/single speaker in a decisive moment	11
4315327847	end rhyme	rhyme that occurs at the end of a line	12
4315327848	epigraph	brief quote preceding a story or literary work	13
4315327849	euphony	harmonious effect, opposite cacophony	14
4315327850	exact rhyme	sounds following initial letters that are identical in sound	15
4315327851	expressionism	dramatic style against realism; dreamlike subjective realm	16
4315327852	eye rhyme	spelling of two words looks the same, but they are pronounced differently (cough, though)	17
4315327853	feminine rhyme	rhyme of words containing more than one syllable where the rhyme lands on any syllable except the last	18
4315327854	form	means by which a literary work conveys meaning	19
4315327855	formal english	heightened, impersonal language of educated speakers (see diction)	20
4315327856	general english	ordinary language of educated native speakers (see diction)	21
4315327857	hyperbole	exaggeration or overstatement	22
4315327858	iamb	unstressed, stressed (meter; type of foot)	23
4315327859	iambic pentameter	five iambic feet per line (meter)	24
4315327860	image	reference to a sensory experience in literature	25
4315327861	imagery	collective set of images in a literary work	26
4315327862	impressionism	when a literary work centers on a character's mental life rather than surrounding reality; emphasizes external events rather than impression they leave	27
4315327863	internal refrain	refrain within a stanza	28
4315327864	internal rhyme	rhyme occurs within a line of poetry	29
4315327865	irony	a discrepancy in meaning/ meaning is masked (dramatic, verbal, situational)	30
4315327866	levels of diction	Formal English (highest) General English Colloquial English Vulgate (lowest)	31
4315327867	lyric	short poem expressing thoughts, feelings of a single speaker	32
4315327868	masculine rhyme	rhyme of one syllable words OR rhyme of stressed final syllable	33
4315327869	metaphor	comparison by stating that one thing IS another	34
4315327870	metonymy	when the name of something is substituted in for something similar (i.e White House for President) A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").	35
4315327871	narrative poem	poem that tells a story	36
4315327872	onomatopoeia	word imitating a sound	37
4315327873	personification	non-human object is given human characteristics	38
4315327874	poetic diction	elevated language/specialized vocabulary	39
4315327875	quatrain	stanza consisting of four lines	40
4315327876	refrain	lines repeated at intervals in a song or poem	41
4315327877	rhyme	two or more words that contain identical or similar vowel sound	42
4315327878	rhyme scheme	recurrent pattern of rhyme	43
4315327879	simile	comparison of two things using like, as, resembles	44
4315327880	sonnet	poem of fourteen lines, usually with ten syllables per line	45
4315327881	synechdoche	figure of speech in which a part of something is made to represent the whole, or vice versa	46
4315327882	terminal refrain	group of repeated lines following a stanza	47
4315327883	theme	the central topic a text writes to; what the work SAYS about the subject	48
4315327884	tone	attitude of a writer towards a subject or audience	49
4315327885	understatement	the presentation of something as smaller or less important than it actually is	50
4315327886	vulgate	lowest level of diction; common/casual	51
4315327887	slant rhyme	almost rhyme; either assonance or consonance in place of true rhyme	52
4315327888	stream of consciousness	style of writing that portrays the inner workings of a character's mind	53
4315327889	surrealism	allowing subconscious or dream-like imagery to lead the poem	54
4315327890	symbol	a person, place, or thing which has meaning for itself but also stands for something more than itself	55
4315333101	animism	The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits	56
4315333102	idiosyncratic	(adj.) peculiar to one person; highly individualized	57
4315335543	quasi	resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely	58
4315335544	bulwark	(n.) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v.) to provide such defense or protection	59
4315337236	circumspect	Careful, cautious	60
4315337237	repartee	Quick, witty conversation	61
4315337238	pathos	Appeal to emotion	62
4315338716	ethos	Appeal to credibility	63
4315338717	logos	Appeal to logic	64
4315340768	mendacious	given to lying	65
4315480039	erudition	Learning; knowledge; enlightenment.	66
4315519416	erudite	Learned, scholarly, bookish	67
4315480040	convalescence	gradual return to health and strength after an illness or other problem	68
4315481912	haughty	Arrogantly superior and disdainful	69
4315483210	garrulous	Excessively talkative	70
4315486643	terse	Concise, brief and to the point (sometimes to the point of rudeness)	71
4315486644	vex	annoy to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse	72
4315486645	perplex	to confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt	73
4315490086	caesura	A strong pause within a line of verse.	74
4315490087	expedient	(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful	75
4315490088	beguile	To deceive; to charm; to enchant	76
4315495698	satirical	Attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit	77
4315508120	subsistance	Is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.	78
4315510607	extricate	free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle	79
4315510608	laudatory	full of praise	80
4315512016	reverential	deeply respectful	81
4315512017	siege	the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender	82
4315512018	besieged	to surround someone in an overwhelming way surrounded by enemies	83
4316170772	elegy	A lyric poem that laments the dead.	84
4316170773	elegaic	mournful, grieving in tone	85
4316170774	subjunctive mood	a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible; wishful thinking--if I were you, if he were honest	86
4316178347	deferential	respectful and polite in a submissive way	87
4316178348	pious	Devoutly religious	88
4316178349	piety	religious devotion	89
4316182351	sundry	Various; miscellaneous	90
4316182352	hedonism	self indulgence; pleasure-seeking	91
4316182353	forlorn	(adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless	92
4316186428	didactic	Intended to teach Intended to instruct	93
4316186429	wherewithal	the necessary means (especially financial means)	94
4316188728	substantive	essential	95

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2017 AP LANG VOCAB REVIEW Flashcards

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6806378291	PASTA	Purpose, Audience, Support, Tone, Authorial Bias	0
6806387631	Aristotelian Triangle	The relationship between the author/speaker, text, and audience	1
6806394764	Pathos	Appeal to the reader/listener's emotions, such as fear, anger, sentiment, patriotism	2
6806403295	Logos	Appeal to the reader or listener's logic	3
6806408692	Ethos	An appeal to the reader/audience by stressing the writer/speaker's trustworthiness	4
6806428247	Connotative language	Word choice that does more than denote--rather, this language elicits a positive or negative feeling from the reader/listener. Loaded language that encourages judgment..	5
6806451581	Denotative Language	Neutral word choice that simply and objectively describes something. Definition.	6
6806461785	Antithesis	In rhetoric when 2 opposite ideas or objects are placed side by side to create contrast: "Give me liberty or give me death."	7
6806490286	Claim of value	Judgment Statement that involves taste or morality: something is either good or bad, useful or worthless, etc.	8
6806505389	Claim of fact	Statement based on factual, provable evidence. Objective.	9
6806525357	Claim of policy	Statement wherein one plan or action is deemed more desirable or effective than another. Policy claims typically have the words "should" or "ought."	10
6807801751	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event, place, or work of art	11
6807817023	Hortative sentence	Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action: let us ...	12
6807825849	Imperative sentence	A command: just do it! Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!	13
6807838629	Inversion	An inverted order of words in a sentence. Like Yoda talk. "Evil he is. Divided we are. Hungry I am."	14
6807868173	Juxtaposed, juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences: justaposition of sweetness and saltiness in kettlecorn makes for a delicious treat.	15
6807885504	Oxymoron	Paradoxical justaposition of words that seem to contradict one another: peaceful revolution, the blind can truly see, etc.	16
6807899844	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.	17
6807914118	Periodic sentence	A sentence whose main clause (an independent clause) appears right before the period.	18
6807926474	Cumulative sentence	Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on.	19
6807940587	Rhetorical question	A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for effect rather than for actually getting an answer. What's in your wallet?	20
6807953308	Ad hominem attack	A logical fallacy or weakness in an argument that occurs when the arguer resorts to character assassination rather than a legitimate debate of ideas.	21
6807970909	Ad populum	The fallacy known as the band wagon: come on! Everyone is doing it!	22
6807982601	Appeal to False Authority	A fallacy in which someone famous who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority.	23
6808001294	Either/or	Another fallacy in which the speaker or author argues that only two choices exist--and both are extreme	24
6808015752	Straw man	A fallacy that occurs when a speaker or writer deliberately chooses an oversimplified example to ridicule or refute an opponent's idea.m	25
6808035219	SOAPS	Subject Occasion. Audience Purpose Speaker	26
6808047769	Polemic	An aggressive argument that refuses to concede that other arguments might have merit	27
6808067809	Compound sentence	A sentence that includes at least 2 independent clauses joined by a conjunction	28
6808084211	Complex sentence	A sentence that contains a Dependent and an independent clause: "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."	29
6808105232	Analogy	A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things	30
6808121274	Annotation	Taking notes on a text	31
6808128553	Anecdote	A brief story used to illustrate a point	32
6808138494	Diction	A speaker or writer's choice of words. Archaic diction is old-fashioned or obsolete words.	33
6808158508	Figurative Language	Nonliteral language that evokes strong imagery: similes, metaphors, personification, paradox, hyperbole (overstatement), understatement. Irony.	34
6808181450	Hyperbolr	Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect. Nantucket!!!	35
6808204600	Tone	A speaker's attitude towards her subject as conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices.	36

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AP Spanish Literature and Culture Epoca/Moviemiento Flashcards

Obras, épocas, movimientos literarios

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6789024910	El Conde Lucanor Ejemplo XXXV (De lo que aconteció a un mancebo que se casó con una mujer muy brava y muy fuerte)	La Edad Media/Mester de cortesia/Siglo XIV	0
6789024911	Romance del Rey moro que perdió Alhama	La Edad Media/Juglaria	1
6789024912	Visión de los vencidos (Los presagios)	Siglo de oro/La Conquista/Epoca colonial/Siglo XVL	2
6789024913	Visión de los vencidos (Se ha perdido el pueblo Mexica)	Siglo de oro/La Conquista/Epoca colonial/Siglo XVL	3
6789024914	Lazarillo de Tormes (Prólogos,tratados 1,2,3 & 7)	Siglo de oro/El Renacimiento Español/Novela picaresca	4
6789024915	Soneto XXIII (En tanto que de rosa y azucena)	Siglo de Oro/Renacimiento/Siglo XVI	5
6789024916	Segunda carta de relación (Selecciones)	Siglo de oro/La Conquista/Epoca colonial/Siglo XVL	6
6789024917	Sátira filosófica (Hombres necios que acusáis a la mujer sin razón)	Siglo de Oro/Barroco/Siglo XVII	7
6789024918	El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha	Siglo de Oro/Renacimiento/Siglo XVII/Novela de caballerías	8
6789024919	Mientras por competir con tu cabello	Siglo de Oro/Barroco-Culteranismo/Siglo XVII	9
6789024920	Miré los muros de la patria mía	Siglo de Oro/Barroco/Siglo XVII	10
6789024921	El burlador de Sevilla	Siglo de Oro/Barroco-Conceptismo/Siglo XVII	11
6789024922	En una tempestad	Modernismo/Neoclasicismo/Siglo XIX	12
6789024923	Volverán las oscuras golondrinas	Moderna/Romanticismo/Siglo XIX	13
6789024924	Las medias rojas	Moderna/Naturalismo/Principios del siglo XX	14
6789024925	Nuestra América	Modernismo/La guerra por la Independencia de Cuba/Fines del siglo XIX	15
6789024926	A Roosevelt	Modernismo/Principios del siglo XX	16
6789024927	He andado muchos caminos	Moderna/La generación del 98/Principios del siglo XX	17
6789024928	San Manuel Bueno Mártir	Moderna/La generación del 98/Siglo XX	18
6789024929	El hijo	Modernismo/Siglo XX	19
6789024930	Peso ancestral	Moderna/?/Siglo XX	20
6789024931	Walking Around	Moderna/Surrealismo/Siglo XX	21
6789024932	Siglo de "Balada de los dos abuelos	Moderna/Vanguardismo / Poesía negra/Siglo XX	22
6789024933	A Julia de Burgos	Moderna/Pos-modernismo/Siglo XX	23
6789024934	Historia del hombre que se convirtió en perro	Moderna/Teatro del absurdo/Siglo XX	24
6789024935	La casa de Bernarda Alba	Moderna/Siglo XX	25
6789024936	Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio en el camino de Sevilla	?/Siglo XX	26
6789024937	EL Sur	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	27
6789024938	Borges y yo	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	28
6789024939	Chac Mool	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	29
6789024940	No oyes ladrar los perros	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	30
6789024941	La noche boca arriba	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	31
6789024942	La siesta del martes	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	32
6789024943	El ahogado más hermoso del mundo	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	33
6789024944	Dos palabras	Boom literario latinoamericano/Siglo XX	34
6789024945	Mujer negra	Siglo XX	35
6789024946	Mi caballo mago	Literatura chicana/Siglo XX	36
6789024947	Y no se lo tragó la tierra	Literatura chicana/Siglo XX	37
6789024948	Siglo de "Como la vida misma	Narrativa del siglo XX/Siglo XX	38

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AP Literature Vocabulary 4 Flashcards

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4959494786	Unctuous	Sickening flattery; oily	0
4959494787	Veracity	Truthfulness	1
4959494788	Voracity	Eating greedily	2
4959494789	Bucolic	Related to the countryside	3
4959494790	Irascible	Easy to anger	4
4959494791	Vitriol	Harsh bitter criticism	5
4959494792	Indefatigable	Tireless	6
4959494793	Acerbic	Sharp and bitter	7
4959494794	Detritus	Organic waste	8
4959494795	Ignominy	Shame, disgrace	9
4959494796	Euphemism	An expression or saying that is substituted into an often harsh/offensive remark to make it sound nicer.	10
4959494797	Canard	Unfounded gossip	11

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AP Literature Terms 2 Flashcards

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6758137515	Antagonist	A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something : an adversary The main villian or character that opposes the protagonist Ex: the Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) Ex: Voldemort/ He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (Harry Potter)	0
6758137516	Archetype	A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology A character, a tion, or situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature Ex: the Hero generally is an archetype that symbolizes everything good, the light, the right, etc. (Hercules) Ex: the Motherly Figure generally symbolizes the emotional "nourishment" and tranquility/ safety (Fairy Godmother in Cinderella)	1
6758137517	Ballad	A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas Ex: All the World's a Stage (Shakespeare) Ex: Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (William Wadsworth Longfellow)	2
6758137518	Blank Verse	An un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter. In poetry and prose, it has a consistent meter with 10 syllables in each line (pentameter); where, unstressed syllables are followed by stressed ones and five of which are stressed but do not rhyme. Ex: Something there is that doesn't love a wall. That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun (Mending Walls-Robert Frost) Ex:But, woe is me, you are so sick of late, So far from cheer and from your former state, That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust, Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must (Hamlet- William Shakespeare	3
6758137519	Caricature	Used in descriptive writing and visual arts where particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated to create a silly or comic effect -plastic illustration, derisive drawing or a portrayal based on exaggeration of the natural features, which gives a humorous touch to the subject Ex: Mr. Chadband is a large yellow man, with a fat smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal of train oil in his system. (In other words, he is obese.) Ex: Her eyes were lasers, boring a hole through me. Her ears were smoking, and her hair was on fire. Mom was mad	4
6758137520	Cliche	an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novel -can be used as evidence a well known saying, as if it is proven, or as if it has no exceptions. Ex: lasted an eternity - to last for a very long time Ex: at the speed of light - to do something very quickly	5
6758137521	Colloquial/ Colloquialism	Ordinary or familiar type of conversation -common or familiar type of saying Ex: wanna - want to Ex: y'all - you all	6
6758137522	Conceit	kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way -generally is an extended metaphor Ex:Fit as a fiddle Ex: Spill the beans	7
6758137523	Direct Characterization	direct approach towards building the character -another character, narrator or the protagonist himself to tell the audience about the subject. Ex: Jared is a kind, inspiring actor. Ex: Jane may have been short and innocent looking.	8
6758137524	Indirect Characterization	(STEAL) audience has to deduce for themselves the characteristics of the character by observing his/her thought process, behavior, speech, way of talking, appearance, and way of communication with other characters and also by discerning the response of other characters. Ex: "Bill sighed as he looked at the offer of a gym membership. He really should join. But just thinking about it made beads of sweat collect at the top of his bald spot." Ex: "I yawned, trying to keep my eyes open in the meeting. I reached for my coffee cup and was disappointed to realize it was empty."	9
6758137525	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. -an independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence -a dependent clause (subordinate clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause Ex: Other than baseball (dependent) Ex: Football is my favorite sport (independent)	10

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Syntax Study Guide AP Literature Flashcards

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6678814176	Plain	not decorated or elaborate	0
6678815647	Harsh	having a strong undesirable effect	1
6678816512	Austere	Severe or strict in manner	2
6678817924	Whimsical	Playfully quaint or fanciful	3
6678821838	Ornate	using unusual words or complicated structures	4
6678824222	Abrupt	Brief and to the point of rudeness	5
6678826075	Elegant	Pleasingly	6
6678828719	Chaotic	disorder	7
6678830098	Hortative	sentence that advises/calls to action	8

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9371075488	duress	(n.) threats, violence, or constraints to pressure someone to do something against their will or better judgment	0
9371081026	eclectic	(adj.) deriving ideas, taste, or style from a broad and diverse range of elements	1
9371090141	ecstatic	(adj.) intensely and overpoweringly happy or joyful	2
9371094236	efface	(v.) to wipe out, obliterate, eliminate	3
9371117702	efficacious	(adj.) effective	4
9371125994	egregious	(adj.) extremely bad, shocking	5
9371128450	elaborate	(v.) develop or present (an idea) in detail	6
9371130844	elicit	(v.) to bring forth, draw out, evoke a reaction from someone to one's own actions or questions	7
9371135508	elucidate	(v.) to clarify, explain, make clear	8
9371138098	embellish	(v.) to make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true	9
9371145300	empathy	(n.) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another	10
9371147405	empirical	(adj.) based on or verified by observation or experience rather than theory or logic	11
9371151883	engender	(v.) to cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)	12
9371159214	enmity	(n.) the state of feeling ill will, hatred, hostility to someone or something	13
9371165529	entail	(v.) to include as a necessary step, part, or consequence	14