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AP Literature and Composition_Vocab Flashcards

7284924615	Alliteration	Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words	0
7284924616	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art	1
7284924617	Anapest	A metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed as given in this line "I must finish my journey alone."	2
7284924618	Apostrophe	When an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed	3
7284924619	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds	4
7284924620	Ballad	Type of poetry or verse which was basically used in dance songs in ancient France	5
7284924621	Blank Verse	Un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter	6
7284924622	Bildungsroman	Special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from his or her youth to adulthood	7
7284924623	Caesura	Natural pause or break	8
7284924624	Colloquialism	Use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing	9
7284924625	Conceit	A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors// more shocking and surprising than conventional similes and metaphors	10
7284924626	Connotation	Implied meaning of a word (like poetic meaning, not literal)	11
7284924627	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	12
7284924628	Convention	A traditional or common style often used in literature to create a particular effect	13
7284924629	Couplet	A literary device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought	14
7284924630	Dactyl	A metrical foot, or a beat in a line, containing three syllable in which first one is accented followed by second and third unaccounted syllables	15
7284924631	Denotation	Literal meaning of a word	16
7284924632	Diction	Choice of language used by the speaker or writer	17
7284924633	Didactic	Literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details// often referred as ostentatiously dull and erudite	18
7284924634	Dramatic Monologue	Character speaks to the silent listener// theatrical qualities	19
7284924635	Dramatic Poem	Any drama that is written in verse that is meant to be recited; usually tells a story or refers to a situation	20
7284924636	Elegy	Form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased// typically laments or mourns the death of the individual	21
7284924637	Epiphany	Moment in story where a character achieves realization	22
7284924638	Explication	Technique in criticism and research used for a close analysis of an excerpt or text taken from a lengthy piece of work// commentary of the literary work	23
7284924639	Figurative Language	Uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful	24
7284924640	Foil	A character that contrasts second character that highlights certain qualities of that first character	25
7284924641	Foot	Measuring unit in poetry	26
7284924642	Formulaic	Literature in which the storylines and plots have been reused to the extent that the narratives are predictable	27
7284924643	Free Verse	Poetry that is free from limitations of a regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms	28
7284924644	Hubris	Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall	29
7284924645	Hyperbole	An exaggeration or overstatement	30
7284924646	Iamb	Defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem	31
7284924647	Iambic Pentameter	A beat or foot that uses 10 syllables in each line; stressed followed by unstressed	32
7284924648	Imagery	Language that evokes one or all of the five senses	33
7284924649	Internal Rhyme	Rhyming within a line	34
7284924650	Intrusive Narrator	Often involves a first-person voice which directly addresses the reader and is a device closely associated with the realist novelists of the 19th c.	35
7284924651	Irony	Implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant - Three kinds: Verbal irony- when author says one thing and means something else; Dramatic irony- when an audience perceives something that a character int he literature does not know; Irony of situation- discrepancy between the expected result and actual results	36
7284924652	Leitmotif	Often repeated word, phrase, image, or theme in a literary work	37
7284924653	Literal	"It means exactly this...."	38
7284924654	Litotes	Figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions // "not too bad" for "very good	39
7284924655	Lyric	Collection of verses and choruses, making up a complete song, or a short and non-narrative poem// uses single speaker to express emotions and thoughts	40
7284924656	Metaphor	The comparison of two unlike things	41
7284924657	Meter	Stressed and unstressed syllabic patterns in a verse or within the lines of a poem	42
7284924658	Metonymy/Synecdoche	Substituting a word for another closely associated with it	43
7284924659	Monologue	Verbal presentation that a single character presents in order to express his thoughts and ideas aloud	44
7284924660	Mood	Emotional attitude the author takes towards his subject	45
7284924661	Motif	Recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work	46
7284924662	Narrative Poem	Poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well	47
7284924663	Narrator	Person who tells a story	48
7284924664	Octave	Verse form that contains eight lines, which usually appear in an iambic pentameter	49
7284924665	Ode	Form of poetry such as sonnet or elegy// literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy	50
7284924666	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents	51
7284924667	Oxymoron	Putting two contradictory words together	52
7284924668	Parable	A type of analogy; is a succinct, didactic story that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles	53
7284924669	Paradox	Reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory	54
7284924670	Paraphrase	To shorten a piece of literature in one's own words	55
7284924671	Parody	A remake of something in a humorous, satirical, or inspiring light	56
7284924672	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	57
7284924673	Persona	Mask of an actor	58
7284924674	Personification	Giving human qualities to animals or objects	59
7284924675	Prosody	Study of meter, intonation, and rhythm of a poetic work	60
7284924676	Pun	Usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound	61
7284924677	Quatrain	A verse with four lines, or even a full poem contains four lines, having an independent and separate theme// often consists alternating rhyme	62
7284924678	Refrain	A verse, a line, a set, or a group of lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections// repeats	63
7284924679	Rhyme	Pattern of words that contain similar sounds	64
7284924680	Rhyme Scheme	Rhymed words at the ends of lines	65
7284924681	Rhythm	A movement with uniform recurrence of a beat or accent	66
7284924682	Satire	Used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack	67
7284924683	Scansion	Divide the poetry or a poetic form into feet by pointing out different syllables based on their lengths	68
7284924684	Sestet	Refers to a poem of six lines	69
7284924685	Soliloquy	Popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character	70
7284924686	Sonnet	A small or little song or lyric// 14 lines in poetry with 10 syllables in each line	71
7284924687	Spondee	A beat in a poetic line which consists of two accented syllables or DUM-DUM stress pattern	72
7284924688	Stanza	Unified group of lines in poetry	73
7284924689	Stress	The word given the accent in poetry or literature	74
7284924690	Style	Way a writer writes or technique an individual author utilizes in writing	75
7284924691	Subplot	An underlying plot aside from the major plot	76
7284924692	Symbol	Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning	77
7284924693	Symbolism	Using symbols in order to create more meaning in a given work	78
7284924694	Syntax	Way words are put together in a sentence	79
7284924695	Theme	General idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express	80
7284924696	Tone	Attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character	81
7284924697	Trochee	Metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one// STRESS - UNSTRESSED	82
7284924698	Verse	A line of poetry	83
7284924699	End Rhyme	Last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other// can be internal or not	84
7284924700	Pastoral	Poems set in beautiful rural landscapes	85
7284924701	Prose Poem	Written like prose, in paragraphs rather than verse, but contains the characteristics of poetry, such as poetic meter, language play, and a focus on images rather than narrative, plot, and character	86
7284924702	Villanelle	French styled poem with nineteen lines and contains three line stanza with five terrestrial and final quatrain// uses refrain at first and third lines of each stanza	87

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Cliff's AP Literature Flashcards

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6484515948	allusion	a reference in a work of literature to something outisde the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work	0
6484515949	attitude	a speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject	1
6484515950	details	items or parts that make up a larger picture or story	2
6484515951	devices of sound	techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry (include rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia)	3
6484515952	diction	word choice (any word that is important to the meaning and the effect of a passage can be used as an example)	4
6484515953	figurative language	writing that uses figures of speech such as metaphor, simile, and irony	5
6484515954	imagery	the visual, auditory, or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work or the images that figurative language evokes	6
6484515955	irony	a figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning difer, characteristically praise for blame or blame for praise; a pattern of words that turns away from direct statement of its own obvious meaning	7
6484515956	metaphor	a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as," "like," or "than"	8
6484515957	narrative techniques	the methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts (examples: point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue, or interior monologue)	9
6484515958	omniscient point of view	vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses. The narrator is free to describe the thoughts of any of the characters, to skip about in time or place, or to speak directly to the reader	10
6484515959	point of view	any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told (may be omniscient, limited to that of a single character, or limited to that of several characters)	11
6484515960	resources of language	a general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use (examples: style and rhetoric of a passage, diction, syntax, figurative language, and imagery)	12
6484515961	rhetorical techniques	devices used in effective or persuasive language (common examples: contrast, repititions, paradox, understatement, sarcasm, and rhetorical question)	13
6484515962	satire	writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule. It is usually comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correct vice and folly	14
6484515963	setting	the background to a story; the physical location and time of a play, story, or novel	15
6484515964	simile (similes)	a directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like," "as," or "than"	16
6484515965	strategy (rhetorical strategy)	the management of language for a specific effect or the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect	17
6484515966	structure	the arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work (most common principles are series, contrast, and repition, while most common units are scene, act, chapter, line, or stanza)	18
6484515967	style	the mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author	19
6484515968	symbol	something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else	20
6484515969	syntax	the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence (includes the length or brevity of the sentences and the kinds of sentences like question/exclamation/declarative/ or periodic/loose/simple/complex/compound)	21
6484515970	theme	the main thought expressed by a work	22
6484515971	tone	the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning (is described by adjectives with endless possibilities)	23
6484515972	allegory	a story in which people, things, and events have another meaning (Orwell's Animal Farm)	24
6484515973	ambiguity	multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially two meanings that are incompatible	25
6484515974	apostrophe	direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present	26
6484515975	connotation	the implications of a word or phrase as opposed to its exact meaning	27
6484515976	convention	a device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression (example: a lover cannot eat or sleep and grows pale and lean)	28
6484515977	denotation	the dictionary meaning of a word as apposed to connotation	29
6484515978	didactic	explicitly instructive	30
6484515979	digression	the use of material unrelated to the subject of a work	31
6484515980	epigram	a pithy saying, often using contrast. Also a verse form, usually brief and pointed	32
6484515981	euphemism	a figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness such as "deceased" for "dead" or "remains" for "corpse"	33
6484515982	grotesque	characterized by distortions or incongruities	34
6484515983	hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration, overstatement	35
6484515984	jargon	the special language of a profession or group. Usually has pejorative associations, with the implication that it is evasive, tedious, and unintelligible to outsiders	36
6484515985	literal	not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete	37
6484515986	lyrical	songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivitiy, and imagination	38
6484515987	oxymoron	a combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms	39
6484515988	parable	a story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question (an allegorical story)	40
6484515989	paradox	a statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact, is true	41
6484515990	parody	a composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic effect	42
6484515991	personification	a figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics	43
6484515992	reliability	a quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust	44
6484515993	rhetorical question	a question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer	45
6484515994	soliloquy	a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud. A monologue also has a single speaker, but the monologuist speaks to others who do not interrupt	46
6484515995	stereotype	a conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea. In literature, it could apply to the unvarying plot and characters of some works of fiction or to the stock characters and plots of many of the greatest stage comedies	47
6484515996	syllogism	a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them (begins with a major premise, followed by a minor premise, and a conclusion)	48
6484515997	thesis	the theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support	49
6484515998	alliteration	the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words	50
6484515999	assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds	51
6484516000	ballad meter	a four-line stanza rhymed abcb with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four	52
6484516001	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter (most of Shakespeare's plays)	53
6484516002	dactyl	a metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented sylables	54
6484516003	end-stopped	a line with a pause at the end like those that end with a period, comma, colon, semicolon, exclamation point, or question mark	55
6484516004	free verse	poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical	56
6484516005	heroic couplet	two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually completed in the two-line unit	57
6484516006	hexameter	a line containing six feet	58
6484516007	iamb	a two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable (the most common foot in English poetry)	59
6484516008	internal rhyme	rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end	60
6484516009	onomatopoeia	the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning (examples: buzz, hiss, or honk)	61
6484516010	pentameter	a line containing five feet (the most common line in English verse written before 1950)	62
6484516011	rhyme royal	a seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, used by Chaucer and other medieval poets	63
6484516012	sonnet	normally a fourteen-line iambic pentameter poem. The conventional Italian/Petrachan version is rhymed abba, abba, cde, cde. The conventional English/Shakespearean version is rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, gg.	64
6484516013	stanza	usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme	65
6484516014	terza rima	a three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc	66
6484516015	tetrameter	a line of four feet	67
6484516016	antecedent	that which goes before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	68
6484516017	clause	a group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not be a complete sentence	69
6484516018	ellipsis	the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable	70
6484516019	imperative	the mood of a verb that gives an order	71
6484516020	modify	to restrict or limit in meaning	72
6484516021	parallel structure	a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph (like Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech)	73
6484516022	periodic sentence	a sentence grammatically complete only at the end. A loose sentence is grammatically complete before the period (contrast)	74
6484516023	syntax	the structure of a sentence	75

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AP English Literature & Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

The Glossary of Literary Terms for the AP English Literature and Composition Test

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6612718629	Abstract	Complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, seldom uses examples to support its points.	0
6612718630	Academic	Dry and rhetorical writing; sucking all the life out of its subject with analysis.	1
6612718631	Accent	In poetry, the stressed portion of a word.	2
6612718632	Aesthetic	Appealing to the senses; a coherent sense of taste.	3
6612718633	Allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	4
6612718634	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds.	5
6612718635	Allusion	A reference to another work or famous figure.	6
6612718636	Anachronism	"Misplaced in time." An aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its supposed time setting.	7
6612718637	Analogy	A comparison, usually involving two or more symbolic parts, employed to clarify an action or a relationship.	8
6612718638	Anecdote	A Short Narrative	9
6612718639	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to.	10
6612718640	Anthropomorphism	When inanimate objects are given human characteristics. Often confused with personification.	11
6612718641	Anticlimax	Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect.	12
6612718642	Antihero	A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities.	13
6612718643	Aphorism	A short and usually witty saying.	14
6612718644	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman.	15
6612718645	Archaism	The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.	16
6612718646	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.	17
6612718647	Aspect	A trait or characteristic	18
6612718648	Assonance	The repeated use of vowel sounds: "Old king Cole was a merry old soul."	19
6612718649	Atmosphere	The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene	20
6612718650	Ballad	A long, narrative poem, usually in meter and rhyme. Typically has a naive folksy quality.	21
6612718651	Bathos	Writing strains for grandeur it can't support and tries too hard to be a tear jerker.	22
6612718652	Pathos	Writing evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy.	23
6612718653	Black humor	The use of disturbing themes in comedy.	24
6612718654	Bombast	Pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language.	25
6612718655	Burlesque	Broad parody, one that takes a style or form and exaggerates it into ridiculousness.	26
6612718656	Cacophony	In poetry, using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds.	27
6612718657	Cadence	The beat or rhythm or poetry in a general sense.	28
6612718658	Canto	The name for a section division in a long work of poetry.	29
6612718659	Caricature	A portrait (verbal or otherwise) that exaggerates a facet of personality.	30
6612718660	Catharsis	Drawn from Aristotle's writings on tragedy. Refers to the "cleansing" of emotion an audience member experiences during a play	31
6612718661	Chorus	In Greek drama, the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it.	32
6612718662	Classic	Typical, or an accepted masterpiece.	33
6612718663	Coinage (neologism)	A new word, usually one invented on the spot.	34
6612718664	Colloquialism	A word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "school-book" English.	35
6612718665	Complex (Dense)	Suggesting that there is more than one possibility in the meaning of words; subtleties and variations; multiple layers of interpretation; meaning both explicit and implicit	36
6612718666	Conceit (Controlling Image)	A startling or unusual metaphor, or to a metaphor developed and expanded upon several lines.	37
6612718667	Denotation	A word's literal meaning.	38
6612718668	Connotation	Everything other than the literal meaning that a word suggests or implies.	39
6612718669	Consonance	The repetition of consonant sounds within words (rather than at their beginnings)	40
6612718670	Couplet	A pair of lines that end in rhyme	41
6612718671	Decorum	A character's speech must be styled according to her social station, and in accordance to the situation.	42
6612718672	Diction	The words an author chooses to use.	43
6612718673	Syntax	The ordering and structuring of words.	44
6612718674	Dirge	A song for the dead. Its tone is typically slow, heavy, depressed, and melancholy	45
6612718675	Dissonance	Refers to the grating of incompatible sounds.	46
6612718676	Doggerel	Crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme, like limericks.	47
6612718677	Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not	48
6612718678	Dramatic Monologue	When a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience.	49
6612718679	Elegy	A type of poem that meditates on death or mortality in a serious, thoughtful manner.	50
6612718680	Elements	Basic techniques of each genre of literature	51
6612718681	Enjambment	The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.	52
6612718682	Epic	A very long narrative poem on a serious theme in a dignified style; typically deal with glorious or profound subject matter.	53
6612718683	Epitaph	Lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place.	54
6612718684	Euphemism	A word or phrase that takes the place of a harsh, unpleasant, or impolite reality.	55
6612718685	Euphony	When sounds blend harmoniously.	56
6612718686	Explicit	To say or write something directly and clearly.	57
6612718687	Farce	Extremely broad humor; in earlier times, a funny play or a comedy.	58
6612718688	Feminine rhyme	Lines rhymed by their final two syllables. Properly, the penultimate syllables are stressed and the final syllables are unstressed.	59
6612718689	Foil	A secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a main character, usually by contrast.	60
6612718690	Foot	The basic rhythmic unit of a line of poetry, formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed.	61
6612718691	Foreshadowing	An event of statement in a narrative that in miniature suggests a larger event that comes later.	62
6612718692	Free verse	poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern	63
6612718693	Genre	A sub-category of literature.	64
6612718694	Gothic	A sensibility that includes such features as dark, gloomy castles and weird screams from the attic each night.	65
6612718695	Hubris	The excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main character's downfall	66
6612718696	Hyperbole	Exaggeration or deliberate overstatement.	67
6612718697	Implicit	To say or write something that suggests and implies but never says it directly or clearly.	68
6612718698	In media res	Latin for "in the midst of things," i.e. beginning an epic poem in the middle of the action.	69
6612718699	Interior Monologue	Refers to writing that records the mental talking that goes on inside a character's head; tends to be coherent.	70
6612718700	Inversion	Switching the customary order of elements in a sentence or phrase.	71
6612718701	Irony	A statement that means the opposite of what it seems to mean; uses an undertow of meaning, sliding against the literal a la Jane Austen.	72
6612718702	Lament	A poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss.	73
6612718703	Lampoon	A satire.	74
6612718704	Loose sentence	A sentence that is complete before its end: Jack loved Barbara despite her irritating snorting laugh.	75
6612718705	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that is not grammatically complete until it has reached it s final phrase: Despite Barbara's irritation at Jack, she loved him.	76
6612718706	Lyric	A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.	77
6612718707	Masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable (regular old rhyme)	78
6612718708	Meaning	What makes sense, what's important.	79
6612718709	Melodrama	A form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure.	80
6612718710	Metaphor	A comparison or analogy that states one thing IS another.	81
6612718711	Simile	A comparison or analogy that typically uses like or as.	82
6612718712	Metonymy	A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with.	83
6612718713	Nemesis	The protagonist's arch enemy or supreme and persistent difficulty.	84
6612718714	Objectivity	Treatment of subject matter in an impersonal manner or from an outside view.	85
6612718715	Subjectivity	A treatment of subject matter that uses the interior or personal view of a single observer and is typically colored with that observer's emotional responses.	86
6612718716	Onomatopoeia	Words that sound like what they mean	87
6612718717	Opposition	A pairing of images whereby each becomes more striking and informative because it's placed in contrast to the other one.	88
6612718718	Oxymoron	A phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction.	89
6612718719	Parable	A story that instructs.	90
6612718720	Paradox	A situation or statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not.	91
6612718721	Parallelism	Repeated syntactical similarities used for effect.	92
6612718722	Paraphrase	To restate phrases and sentences in your own words.	93
6612718723	Parenthetical phrase	A phrase set off by commas that interrupts the flow of a sentence with some commentary or added detail.	94
6612718724	Parody	The work that results when a specific work is exaggerated to ridiculousness.	95
6612718725	Pastoral	A poem set in tranquil nature or even more specifically, one about shepherds.	96
6612718726	Persona	The narrator in a non first-person novel.	97
6612718727	Personification	When an inanimate object takes on human shape.	98
6612718728	Plaint	A poem or speech expressing sorrow.	99
6612718729	Point of View	The perspective from which the action of a novel is presented.	100
6612718730	Omniscient	A third person narrator who sees into each character's mind and understands all the action going on.	101
6612718731	Limited Omniscient	A Third person narrator who generally reports only what one character sees, and who only reports the thoughts of that one privileged character.	102
6612718732	Objective	A thrid person narrator who only reports on what would be visible to a camera. Does not know what the character is thinking unless the character speaks it.	103
6612718733	First person	A narrator who is a character in the story and tells the tale from his or her point of view.	104
6612718734	Stream of Consciousness	Author places the reader inside the main character's head and makes the reader privy to all of the character's thoughts as they scroll through her consciousness.	105
6612718735	Prelude	An introductory poem to a longer work of verse	106
6612718736	Protagonist	The main character of a novel or play	107
6612718737	Pun	The usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings	108
6612718738	Refrain	A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.	109
6612718739	Requiem	A song of prayer for the dead.	110
6612718740	Rhapsody	An intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise.	111
6612718741	Rhetorical question	A question that suggests an answer.	112
6612718742	Satire	Attempts to improve things by pointing out people's mistakes in the hope that once exposed, such behavior will become less common.	113
6612718743	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.	114
6612718744	Stanza	A group of lines roughly analogous in function in verse to the paragraphs function in prose.	115
6612718745	Stock characters	Standard or cliched character types.	116
6612718746	Subjunctive Mood	A grammatical situation involving the words "if" and "were," setting up a hypothetical situation.	117
6612718747	Suggest	To imply, infer, indicate.	118
6612718748	Summary	A simple retelling of what you've just read.	119
6612718749	Suspension of disbelief	The demand made of a theater audience to accept the limitations of staging and supply the details with their imagination.	120
6612718750	Symbolism	A device in literature where an object represents an idea.	121
6612718751	Technique	The methods and tools of the author.	122
6612718752	Theme	The main idea of the overall work; the central idea.	123
6612718753	Thesis	The main position of an argument. The central contention that will be supported.	124
6612718754	Tragic flaw	In a tragedy, this is the weakness of a character in an otherwise good (or even great) individual that ultimately leads to his demise.	125
6612718755	Travesty	A grotesque parody	126
6612718756	Truism	A way-too obvious truth	127
6612718757	Unreliable narrator	When the first person narrator is crazy, a liar, very young, or for some reason not entirely credible	128
6612718758	Utopia	An idealized place. Imaginary communities in which people are able to live in happiness, prosperity, and peace.	129
6612718759	Zeugma	The use of a word to modify two or more words, but used for different meanings. He closed the door and his heart on his lost love.	130
6612718760	Ode	A poem in praise of something divine or noble	131
6612718761	Iamb	A poetic foot -- light, heavy	132
6612718762	Trochee	A poetic foot -- heavy, light	133
6612718763	Spondee	A poetic foot -- heavy, heavy	134
6612718764	Pyrrhie	A poetic foot -- light, light	135
6612718765	Anapest	A poetic foot -- light, light, heavy	136
6612718766	Ambibranch	A poetic foot -- light, heavy, light	137
6612718767	Dactyl	A poetic foot -- heavy, light, light	138
6612718768	Imperfect	A poetic foot -- single light or single heavy	139
6612718769	Pentameter	A poetic line with five feet.	140
6612718770	Tetrameter	A poetic line with four feet	141
6612718771	Trimeter	A poetic line with three feet	142
6612718772	Blank Verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter.	143

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AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Flashcards

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5620462365	Allegory	Narrative in which the story has a greater symbolic meaning	0
5620462366	Alliteration	Repetition of consonants	1
5620462367	Allusion	Passing reference to person, place, events, literary works to enhance the subject in some way.	2
5620462368	Ambiguity	Single word, phrase, or device to express two or more diverse meanings, attitudes, or feelings	3
5620462369	Antithesis	Contrast or opposition in the meanings of continuous phrases or clauses.	4
5620462370	Atmosphere	Emotional tone pervading a section or entire literary work	5
5620462371	Ballad	Song, transmitted orally, that tells a story.	6
5620462372	Bathos	Unintentional descent when staring to be pathetic, passionate, or elevated.	7
5620462373	Anticlimac	Deliberate drop from the serious and elevated to the trivial and lowly.	8
5620462374	Blank Verse	Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. Closest to he natural rhythms of English speech.	9
5620462375	Burlesque	Incongruous imitation to amuse by disparity between manner (style) and matter (content)	10
5620462376	Bombast	Worst and inflated diction disproportionate to the subject matter. (Polonius talk)	11
5620462377	Parody	Imitation of serious manner and characteristic features of a particular literary work.	12
5620462378	Carpe Diem	"Seize the day" common moral or theme in classical literature that the reader should make the most of his life and should enjoy it before it ends	13
5620462379	Characterization	Used to highlight and explain details about a character in a story &i how other characters react to its personality	14
5620462380	Comedy	Fictional work to interest and amuse	15
5620462381	Comic Relief	Comic episodes in dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections	16
5620462382	Conceit	The metaphor where two things are yoked together by violent force	17
5620462383	Connotation	Idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	18
5620462384	Denotation	The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.	19
5620462385	Didactic literature	Literature that is meant to teach the reader a lesson	20
5620462386	Dramatic monologue (poetry)	A poem in which an imagined speaker addresses a silent listener, usually not the reader	21
5620462387	Elegy	A poem of serious reflection, typically lament for the dead	22
5620462388	Epic	A long serious poetic narrative about a significant event, often featuring a hero.	23
5620462389	Epigram	Short satirical and witty poem usually written as a couplet or quatrain. Brief and forceful remarks with a funny ending.	24
5620462390	Epiphany		25
5620462391	Epithet	an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned	26
5620462392	Euphamism	a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.	27
5620462393	Euphony	the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words. the tendency to make phonetic change for ease of pronunciation.	28
5620462394	Cacophany		29
5620462395	Figurative Language	EX: simile, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification	30
5620462396	Free verse		31
5620462397	Genre		32
5620462398	Gothic Novel		33
5620462399	Hyperbole	Intentional Exaggeration	34
5620462400	Undertatement	The opposite of hyperbole	35
5620462401	Imagery	If u don't know imagery u need some milk	36
5620462402	Irony		37
5620462403	Lyric		38
5620462404	Malapropism	The use of an incorrect with in place of a similar sounding word that results i a nonsensical and humorous expression.	39
5620462405	Meter	The stressed and unstressed syllabic patter in a verse or within the lines of a poem.	40
5620462406	Motif	a recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme	41
5620462407	Theme	a central idea or message	42
5620462408	Ode	A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.	43
5620462409	Onomatopeia	Words meant to describe a sound (boom, clap, etc)	44
5620462410	Paradox	A phrase that may seem self contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth.	45
5620462411	Persona		46
5620462412	Tone		47
5620462413	Voice		48
5620462414	Plot		49
5620462415	Poetic justice	Literary device in which virtue is rewarded and vice is punished.	50
5620462416	Poetic lisence	The license or liberty to deviate from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce the desired effect.	51
5620462417	Point of view		52
5620462418	Prose	Anda pal carajo u know what prose is	53
5620462419	Pun	A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings.	54
5620462420	Refrain		55
5620462421	Rhetorical figures		56
5620462422	Apostrophe	When a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the poem.	57
5620462423	Chiasmus	Employment of two or more clauses which are related grammatically and conceptually, but in which the grammar and concepts are reversed (inverted parallelism)	58
5620462424	Zeugma	Using one word to modify two other ones Ex: "she broke his car and his heart"	59
5620462425	Rhyme		60
5620462426	Satire		61
5620462427	Setting		62
5620462428	Soliloquy		63
5620462429	Sonnet	14 lines of Iambic pentameter with a rhyming couplet at the end. Rhyme scheme depends on whether it is Shakespearean or Petrarchan.	64
5620462430	Stanza	the equivalent of a paragraph in poetry	65
5620462431	Stock characters	is a stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition. Stock characters are archetypal characters distinguished by their flatness. As a result, they tend to be easy targets for parody and to be criticized as clichés.	66
5620462432	Stream of Consciousness	a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue	67
5620462433	Style		68
5620462434	Symbol		69
5620462435	Synesthesia		70
5620462436	Tone		71
5620462437	Wit		72

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AP Spanish Language & Culture, RAINEY Flashcards

Key words and phrases for the 2014 AP Exam. Includes common words in the directions, prompts, and suggested phrases to memorize to facilitate use of Subjunctive or other advanced structures. All suggestions:) Nothing official.

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4257512758	soñé con ser farmaceutico	I dreamed of being a pharmacist	0
4257512759	no hay de que	you're welcome, it was nothing	1
4257512760	nos cobraron	they charged us	2
4257512761	el derecho	law	3
4257512762	patrimonio	heritage	4
4257512763	te quedan cinco minutos	you have 5 minutes left	5
4257512764	completar	to complete	6
4257512765	¿qué sucede?	what happens?	7
4257512766	asistir a	to attend (we asistir a la escuela, NOT ir)	8
4257512767	vas a escuchar la grabación de nuevo	you are going to listen to the recording again	9
4257512768	empezar a contestar	to begin to answer	10
4257512769	¿De qué se trata?	What was it about?	11
4257512770	la grabación trata de	the recording is about	12
4257512771	centro gastronómico	gastronomic center - to do with food and eating, for travel=restaurants	13
4257512772	UNESCO	UNESCO World Heritage Sites	14
4257512773	ONU	United Nations (Organización de las Naciones Unidas)	15
4257512774	es importante que vengan	it is important that they come	16
4257512775	es horrible que no tengan	it is horrible that they don't have	17
4257512776	es bueno que les cuente	it is good that he tells them	18
4257512777	es increíble que haya quince en su familia	it is incredible that there are 15 in his family	19
4257512778	era importante que viniera	it was important that they come (came)	20
4257512779	era horrible que no tuviera	it was horrible that they didn't have	21
4257512780	era bueno que les contara	it was good that he told them	22
4257512781	era increíble que hubiera quince en su familia	it was incredible that there were 15 in his family	23
4257512782	primero tienes un minuto para leer la introducción y prever las preguntas	first you have one minute to read the introduction and preview the questions	24
4257512783	ojalá que recibamos un cinco	Oh, that we receive a 5	25
4257512784	Si yo tuviera millones de dólares, compraría una casa para mis padres	If I had millions of dollars, I would buy a house for my parents	26
4257512785	Si yo fuera tu mujer, no lavaría los platos	If I were your wife, I would not wash the dishes	27
4257512786	plaza mayor	main plaza, town square	28
4257512787	la catedral	cathedral	29
4257512788	el palacio	palace, not always literal	30
4257512789	las iglesias	churches	31
4257512790	lugar propicio	favorable location	32
4257512791	oferta culinaria	dining offer, culinary	33
4257512792	gustos y sabores	pleasures and flavors	34
4257512793	definitivamente	definitely	35
4257512794	manifestaciones culturales	demonstration	36
4257512795	según la grabación	according to the recording	37
4257512796	el propósito del grupo	the purpose of the group	38
4257512797	la entrevista	the interview	39
4257512798	lejos de	far from	40
4257512799	cerca de	near	41
4257512800	acontecimiento	event	42
4257512801	datos personales	personal facts, pieces of information	43
4257512802	apoyar	support	44
4257512803	alojamiento	accommodation	45
4257512804	gratis	free	46
4257512805	oferta	offer, deal	47
4257512806	familia anfitriona	host family	48
4257512807	aprovechar	to take advantage of	49
4257512808	vale la pena	it's worth it	50
4257512809	el área	area (masculine)	51
4257512810	el programa	program (masculine)	52
4257512811	se lleva acabo	comes to an end	53
4257512812	el cuento se acabó	the story ended	54
4257512813	pertenece a las latinas	belongs to/concerns latinas	55
4257512814	sencilla	simple	56
4257512815	empieza	starts - spelling alert!	57
4257512816	conozco, agradezco	spelling alerts!	58
4257512817	espero que conozcan	I hope they know, are familiar with	59
4257512818	haces, haciendo, hicieron	spelling alerts!!	60
4257512819	tuvo, tuvieron, tuviera	spelling alerts	61
4257512820	iba, íbamos	spelling alerts	62
4257512821	ven la velevisión	spelling alert	63
4257512822	van a abrir, vas a hacer, vas a ser	spelling alerts	64
4257512823	hacer un brindis	to toast, make a toast	65
4257512824	usa información de todas las fuentes para apoyar tu punto de vista	what is your point of view? did you support with quotes from 3 fuentes?	66
4257512825	al referirte a las fuentes, identifícalas apropiadamente	how do I cite the fuentes appropriately?	67
4257512826	organiza el ensayo en distintos párrafos bien desarrollados	do I have distinct paragraphs? are they each well-developed? do I ramble?	68
4257512827	saludo y despedida	greeting and "good-bye"	69
4257512828	responder a todas las preguntas y peticiones del mensaje	answer all the questions and requests in the message	70
4257512829	pedir más información sobre algo mencionado en el mensaje	request more information about something mentioned in the message	71
4257512830	responder en una manera formal	answer in a formal manner	72
4257512831	durante el examen, se te pedirá que pongas en marcha, hagas una pausa o pares la grabadora	you will be asked to start, pause, and stop your recorder at various points during the exam	73
4257512832	sigue las instrucciones poniendo la grabadora en marcha, haciendo una pausa o parándola cuando se indique	follow the directions and start, pause, or stop the recorder only when you are told to do so	74
4257512833	debes participar de la manera más completa y apropiada posible	you should participate in the conversation as fully and apropriately as possible	75
4257512834	en tu presentación, compara tu propia comunidad con una región del mundo hispanohablante que te sea familiar	in your presentation, compare your own community to an area of the Spanish-speaking world with which you are familiar	76
4257512835	debes demostrar tu comprensión de aspector culturales en el mundo hispanohablante	you should demonstrate your understanding of cultural features of the Spanish-speaking world	77
4257512836	debes organizar tu presentación de una manera clara	you should also organize your presentation clearly	78
4257512837	las familias y las comunidades	families and communities	79
4257512838	las comunidades educativas	educational communities	80
4257512839	las redes sociales	social networks	81
4257512840	la geografía humana	human geography	82
4257512841	las tradiciones y los valores	traditions and values	83
4257512842	la ciudadanía global	global citizenship	84
4257512843	la estructura de la familia	family structure	85
4257512844	la ciencia y la tecnología	science and technology	86
4257512845	tecnología, individuo y sociedad	technology, the individual, and society	87
4257512846	el cuidado de la salud y la medicina	health care and medicine	88
4257512847	la ciencia y la ética	science and ethics	89
4257512848	los fenómenos naturales	natural phenomenons	90
4257512849	el acceso a la tecnología	technology access	91
4257512850	las innovaciones tecnológicas	technological innovations	92
4257512851	la belleza y la estética	beauty and aesthetics	93
4257512852	definiciones de la belleza	definitions of beauty	94
4257512853	la moda y el diseño	fashion and design	95
4257512854	el lenguaje y la literatura	language and literature	96
4257512855	las artes visuales y escénicas	visual and theater arts	97
4257512856	la arquitectura	architecture	98
4257512857	definiciones de la creatividad	creativity definitions	99
4257512858	la vida contemporánea	contemporary live	100
4257512859	la vida cotidiana	daily life	101
4257512860	la educación y las carreras profesionales	education and professional careers	102
4257512861	el entretenimiento y la diversión	entertainment and fun	103
4257512862	los viajes y el ocio	travel and free time	104
4257512863	las relaciones personales	personal relationships	105
4257512864	los estilos de vida	lifestyles	106
4257512865	las tradiciones y los valores sociales	traditions and social values	107
4257512866	los desafíos mundiales	global challenges	108
4257512867	los temas económicos	economic themes/topics	109
4257512868	los temas del medioambiente	environmental concerns, topics	110
4257512869	la población y la demografía	population and demographics	111
4257512870	el bienestar social	social well-being	112
4257512871	el pensamiento filosófico y la religión	philosophical thoughts and religion	113
4257512872	la conciencia social	social conscience	114
4257512873	las identidades personales y públicas	personal and public identities	115
4257512874	la enajenación y la asimilación	alienation and asimilation	116
4257512875	la autoestima	self esteem	117
4257512876	la identidad nacional y la identidad étnica	national and ethnic identity	118
4257512877	los intereses personales	personal interests	119
4257512878	las creencias personales	personal beliefs	120
4257512879	los héroes y los personajes históricos	heroes and historical figures	121

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AP Literature & Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

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2337240537	Metaphor	a comparison without using like or as	0
2337241711	Personification	allowing an inanimate object to have human characteristics	1
2337245929	Understatement	Making something seem less important; ambiguous than it is	2
2337245930	Overstatement	Making something seem more important; ambiguous than it is	3
2337259228	Oxymoron	a sentence where contradictory terms appear in conjuction	4
2337259229	Allusion	an expression that calls to mind something that wasn't said explicitly	5
2337269259	Parody	an imitative work used to make fun of or comment on original work	6
2337269260	Allegory	a written piece of work with a hidden meaning or moral	7
2337270087	Biblical allusion	a reference to the Bible in a literary piece of work without explicitly mentioning it	8
2337271305	Diction	an author's word choice	9
2337271306	Invocation	the act of calling upon or referring to something	10
2337272218	Analogy	a comparison between two things for purpose of understanding	11
2337274216	Enticing imagery	mental images that entice the reader	12
2337274217	Dialogue	the conversation between two or more literary characters	13
2337276019	Symmetry	similarity or correspondence between two elements	14
2337276020	Plot	the story line	15
2337276021	Irony	expression of meaning by opposite explanation; usually humorous	16
2337277578	Simile	a comparison using like or as	17
2337281840	Satire	the use of humor and irony to reveal political opinions or vices	18
2337281841	Vignette	a brief description, account, or episode	19
2337284020	Classical allusion	a reference to an event or character in classical works of literature	20
2337284021	Imagery	heavy description	21
2337284022	Syntax	an author's sentence structure	22
2337286439	Symbol	a thing that represents something abstract	23
2337286440	Themes	the subject of talk or exhibition of a topic	24
2337287489	Euphemism	a mild or indirect word considered too blunt for discussing something serious	25
2337288909	Apostrophe	a phrase represented by exclamation points	26
2337288910	Assonance	the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non-rhyming stressed syllables	27
2337288911	Consonance	the repetition of the sound of a consonant in non-rhyming stressed syllables	28
2337290750	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally	29
2337290751	Tone	attitude toward the subject in a literary work	30
2337290752	Mood	evokes certain feelings or vibes in a story	31
2337292027	Narrative	fictional or non-fictional report of events	32
2337293101	Climax	the turning point in a story	33
2337293102	Denouement	the final part of a story; the ending	34
2337295834	Paradox	a statement that leads to an ending that is possibly self- contradictory, senseless, or logically unacceptable	35
2337295835	Pathos	a quality that evokes pity or sadness	36
2337297294	Rhetoric	persuasive speaking or writing	37

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AP language Flashcards

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5067633607	Syntax	A set of rules in language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought. 1. Sentence structure	0
5067633608	Basic	Subject+verb+object 1. Aaron Rodgers plays for the Packers.	1
5067638531	Parenthetical aside	Consists of words or phrases inserted as an aside in the middle of a sentence 1. Now the trumpest summons us again- not as a call to bear arms...	2
5067641041	Interrupted	A sentence that is interrupted by parenthetical aside 1. Divided there is little we can do- for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.	3
5067643204	Exclamatory	Expresses strong. 1. The Packers have won the Super Bowl!!!!!	4
5067643205	Listing	A sentence with multiple phrases that creates a list. 1. When I go to Washington D.C. I plan on seeing, the national mall, the capital building, the Washington monument and the White House.	5
5067645585	Cumulative/loose	Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end. 1. The Green Bay packers have the best roster, with Arron Rodgers, Eddie Lacy and Jordy Nelson.	6
5067649360	Parallelism	Components in a sentence are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound and meaning. 1. Feel free to get ahold of me; call, text or email.	7
5067653222	Repetition	Literary device that repeats words or phrases a few times to make an idea more clear 1.The writers of the Declaration of Independence repeated he has many times to state what the King has done wrong.	8
5067653223	Restatement	Stating the same idea more than once in the same text in different words. 1. Be sure to study this there will be a test on it later. 2.Study this.. it may be used later on.	9

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ap literature Flashcards

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7387123081	aesthetic	concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty	0
7387123082	allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning (symbol)	1
7387123083	alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words	2
7387123084	Allusions	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	3
7387123085	aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	4
7387123086	Analogous	comparable	5
7387123087	anguish	Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment	6
7387123088	antiquity	the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.	7
7387123089	antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else	8
7387123090	ascertain	find out for certain; be sure of	9
7387123091	aspiration	a hope or ambition of achieving something	10
7387123092	bemused	confused; bewildered	11
7387123093	bereaved	deprived or left desolate, especially through death	12
7387123094	candor	honesty, frankness	13
7387123095	Colloquial	used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary	14
7387123096	consecration	the act of making or declaring something, typically a church, sacred	15
7387123097	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	16
7387123098	Contemptuous	showing contempt; scornful	17
7387123099	deplore	to feel or express regret or disapproval	18
7387123100	diction	word choice	19
7387123101	Didactic	Instructive;intended to teach	20
7387123102	dissipation	wasteful spending, squandering; to spread out and become less concentrated	21
7387123103	dramatize	1. to express or represent vividly, emotionally, or strikingly 2. to put into a form suitable for acting on stage	22
7387123104	epic simile	A simile developed over several lines of verse	23
7387123105	Equivocation	the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself	24
7387123106	exposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory	25
7387123107	gregarious	sociable, outgoing	26
7387123108	imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.	27
7387123109	implication	an idea that is communicated indirectly, through a suggestion or hint	28
7387123110	infatuated		29

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2792347988	Attitude	A speaker's, author's, or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject.	0
2792348780	Pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	1
2792349253	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.	2
2792350646	Metonymy	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").	3
2792351178	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. (For example, in Henry IV, Part hill of flesh.")	4
2792352034	Epithet	An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.	5
2792352888	Didactic	Intended to instruct.	6
2792353486	Circumlocution	An indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language.	7
2792353973	Caricature	(n.) A representation (especially in drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way.	8
2792355288	Anachromism	When something/someone is chronologically out of place.	9
2792355619	Parallelism	Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other.	10
2792356281	Inverted Sentence	A sentence where the predicate comes before the subject.	11
2792357307	Juxtaposition	The placement of two items, often contrasting, next to or near each other.	12
2792357947	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")	13
2792358864	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy".	14
2792359528	Asyndeton	A series of words separated by commas (with no conjunction), e.g. "I came, I saw, I conquered." The parts of the sentence are emphasized equally; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence.	15
2792360124	Aphorism	A concisely phrased statement of a truth or opinion.	16
2792360759	Antithesis	Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.	17
2792361686	Anaphora	A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.	18
2792362166	Archaism	The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.	19
2792362530	Polemic	Controversy; argument; verbal attack.	20
2792363355	Panegyric	Elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise.	21
2792363749	Diatribe	A bitter attack on something or someone (unlike a polemic, a diatribe is totally against the subject of the verbal attack).	22
2792365359	Anecdote	A brief narrative or retelling of a story or event often based on the speaker's own experience.	23
2792366303	Begging the Question	A thought process that assumes a statement's conclusion is true without any sufficient evidence to support the claim.	24
2792367498	Non Sequitur	A statement that does not follow logically from evidence.	25
2792367619	Limited Options	Either/or and false dichotomy: the most common of these is the cliche, "Either you are for us or against us." The statement does not acknowledge the possibility of a neural position.	26
2792369741	Pathos	Appeal to emotion.	27
2792370375	False Analogy	an analogy in which the dissimilarities between two things are so much greater than their similarities that their connection by analogy is unjustified (oversimplifying).	28
2792370814	Ipse Dixit	Latin for "he himself has spoken" and this holds in cases where there is an appeal to an unqualified expert.	29
2792371744	Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc	This fallacy is Latin for "after which therefore because of which," meaning that it is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier. One may loosely summarize this fallacy by saying that correlation does not imply causation.	30
2792372266	Circular Reasoning	A fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence	31
2792372449	Bandwagon	A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable.	32
2792372712	Slippery Slope	A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented.	33
2792373379	Syllogism	From the Greek for "reckoning together," a syllogism (or syllogistic reasoning or syllogistic logic) is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second called "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. A frequently cited example proceeds as follows: major premise: All men are mortal. minor premise: Socrates is a man. conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is a mortal. A syllogism's conclusion is valid only if each of the two premises is valid. Syllogisms may also present the specific idea first ("Socrates") and the general second ("all men"). Adapted from V. Stevenson, Patrick Henry High School, and Abrams' Glossary of Literary Terms.	34
2792374362	Ibid	An abbreviation for "ibidem", a Latin word meaning "in the same place". It is used in footnotes and bibliographies to refer to a source cited in a previous.	35
2792375769	Euphenism	The substitution of a relatively inoffensive term for one that is considered too harsh, unpleasant, or blunt.	36
2792376039	Conceit	An elaborate or fancy metaphor of a far-fetched nature.	37
2792377804	Assonance	Two or more words with similar vowel sounds sandwiched between different consonants.	38
2792378394	Apostrophe	The addressing of an inanimate object or an idea as it it were human.	39
2792378947	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	40
2792379391	Loose Sentence	A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows.	41
2792379746	Inversion	A reversal of the usual order of words.	42
2792380228	Ambiguity	The purposeful creation of a statement with more than one possible meaning.	43
2792380957	Neologism	A recently invented phrase or word. It is sometimes used to make authors look up-to-date or trendy.	44
2792381553	Jargon	The specified language of a professional, occupational, or other group. Connotatively, it means pretentious, wordy, and almost meaningless language.	45
2792382942	Colloquialism	A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.	46
2792383179	Concrete	A word that specifies what is tangible, something experienced with at least one of the five senses. It gives meaning to the writing.	47
2792384349	Abstract	A word that signifies a general concept, an idea, or a condition that is intangible.	48
2792387145	Satire	A word that targets human vices and follies or social institution and conventions.	49
2792389245	Juvenalian Satire	Harsh, biting satire, full of moral indignation and bitter contempt.	50
2792391904	Horatian Satire	gentle, amused, witty satire; mildly corrective.	51
2792392379	Narrative	Any type of writing that is concerned with relating an event or a series of events.	52
2792392822	Homily/Sermon	A religious speech meant to be spoken out loud and containing a moral or didactic lesson.	53
2792395387	Eulogy	A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially in honor of a deceased person.	54
2792396224	Elegy	A thoughtful poem lamenting someone's death.	55
2792397005	Allegory	A literary work that occurs on two levels: the literal and the symbolic. Thus, actions, characters, settings, and object have symbolic, abstract meaning.	56

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2401712208	insipid	uninteresting; unchallenging	0
2401712209	listless	lacking energy	1
2401712210	torpor	laziness; inactivity; dullness	2
2401712211	alienated	removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)	3
2401712212	alliance	a union of two or more groups	4
2401712213	disparity	inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference	5
2401712214	servile	submissive; like a servant	6
2401712215	suppressed	subdued; kept from being circulated	7
2401712216	embellish	to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate	8
2401712217	florid	describing flowery or elaborate speech	9
2401712218	opulent	exhibiting a display of great wealth	10
2401712219	ornate	elaborately decorated	11
2401712220	ostentatious	describing a showy or pretentious display	12
2401712221	poignant	profoundly moving; touching	13
2401712222	ebullience	intense enthusiasm	14
2401712223	effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	15
2401712224	egregious	conspicuously bad or offensive	16
2401712225	flagrant	extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable	17
2401712226	frenetic	wildly excited or active	18
2401712227	gratuitous	given freely; unearned; unwarranted	19

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