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AP Spanish Literature: Movimientos Flashcards

4321079201	el Medioevo (siglos V -XV)	llamado también la Edad Media; el milenio entre la caída del Imperio Romano y el Renacimiento. Obras estudiadas: El mancebo... y Romance de Alhama.	0
4321079202	Renacimiento (inicia a mediados del s. XV-XVI)	periodo histórico que sigue al Medioevo y precede al Barroco; coincide con la primera parte del Siglo de Oro; comienza con la unidad española bajo los Reyes Católicos y dura hasta fines del siglo XVI. Autor estudiado: Garcilaso de la Vega	1
4321079203	Siglo de Oro **En España: Edad de Oro de la literatura española	Época en que la literatura, las artes y la cultura alcanzan su mayor esplendor. En España abarca dos períodos: el Renacimiento del s. XVI y el Barroco del s. XVII.	2
4321079204	el barroco en España	el siglo XVII; lo caracteriza una superabundancia de elementos ornamentales; la belleza está en la complejidad: expresión retorcida, elementos accesorios, metáforas y juegos de palabras. Sus dos vertientes son el conceptismo (de Quevedo) y el culteranismo (de Góngora) Otros autores: Sor Juana, Tirso de Molina.	3
4321079205	el culteranismo	estilo literario del Barroco preocupado por el preciosismo, el uso excesivo de metáforas, hipérbatons y cultismos -palabras que la mayoría de las personas no conocen el significado. Representante en España: Góngora	4
4321079206	el gongorismo	otro nombre que se da al culteranismo, por ser Góngora su mayor exponente.	5
4321079207	el conceptismo	estilo literario propio del Barroco, se caracteriza por el uso de asociaciones rebuscadas, retruécanos, paradojas y agudeza de pensamiento. Representante en España: Quevedo	6
4321079208	literatura colonial	la literatura escrita durante la época de la colonización española en tierras americanas. Autores: Sor Juana, Sahagún	7
4321079209	el neoclasicismo (s. XVIII)	movimiento del siglo XVIII; lo caracterizan un formalismo que imita a los clásicos y la frialdad temática Rechaza al barroco y propone volver a lo clásico y lo universal. No estudiamos ningún autor.	8
4321079210	el romanticismo (primera mitad del s. XIX)	movimiento de la primera mitad del siglo XIX como reacción al neoclasicismo. Sus características más importantes son: la LIBERTAD, el SUBJETIVISMO (el "yo" romántico), el HISTORICISMO, el IRRACIONALISMO y la EVASIÓN. Autor estudiado: Heredia	9
4321079211	el naturalismo (segunda mitad del s. XIX)	intenta describir con minucioso detalle la vida real, aun en sus aspectos más crueles; es una forma extrema del realismo. En España se ve con Emilia Pardo Bazán.	10
4321079212	el realismo (segunda mitad del s. XIX)	aspira a captar la vida tal y como es; busca la objetividad hasta en el lenguaje coloquial; se opone al idealismo y al romanticismo. Autor estudiado: Quiroga	11
4321079213	el costumbrismo (s. XIX)	obra literaria que sitúa la acción en ambientes típicos de una región o país. Muy frecuente en la narrativa del S.XIX.	12
4321079214	el modernismo (principios del s. XX)	se destaca por la renovación del lenguaje poético: uso de palabras exóticas, eufemismos y términos en latín. Usaba temas y lugares exóticos para evadirse de la realidad y recordar viejas leyendas y figuras históricas de su país. Su creador fue el poeta de Nicaragua: Rubén Darío.	13
4321079215	posmodernismo	se refiere a la generación de poetas en Hispanoámerica influenciada por la poesía modernista (creada por Rubén Darío) Autora estudiada: Alfonsina Storni	14
4321079216	el noventayochismo (Generación del 98)	centran su obra en España, especialmente en Castilla. Encontraron su inspiración en el desastre del 98, en los numerosos conflictos sociales de su época y en la necesidad de regeneración de su patria española. Coexistían con el modernismo. Autores: Antonio Machado y Miguel de Unamuno	15
4321079217	la Vanguardia o el Vanguardismo	movimiento artístico que surgió alrededor de la Primera Guerra Mundial y abogó por la experimentación con nuevas tendencias en el arte y nuevas técnicas literarias en la literatura. Se manifestó con diferentes "Ismos" (surrealismo, existencialismo, cubismo, etc) **El teatro del absurdo (Dragún) es una manifestación tardía del Vanguardismo.	16
4321079218	el surrealismo	movimiento que se caracterizó por interpretación de la realidad desde el sueño, el inconsciente, la magia y la irracionalidad. En pintura: Dalí	17
4321079219	el existencialismo	filosofía que coloca el individuo en el centro de la existencia; lo caracterizan el subjetivismo (el "yo"), la desesperación con respecto a Dios, al mundo y a la sociedad.	18
4321079220	el realismo mágico (mediados del s. XX)	la realidad coexiste con elementos fantásticos e insólitos. Se da en la literatura latinoamericana. Escritores más importantes son: García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Allende y Juan Rulfo.	19
4321079221	el BOOM (1940-)	NO es un movimiento, es un momento de auge de la narrativa latinoamericana. Muchos autores crearon best sellers internacionales y fueron traducidos a múltiples idiomas. El Realismo Mágico es una tendencia surgida durante el BOOM.	20

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AP Spanish Literature - Poetry Terminology Flashcards

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5037139538	Aliteración:	Repetition of a consonant in a series, either at the beginning of a word or of a stressed syllable. Example: "¿O cuál es más de culpar, / aunque cualquiera mal haga, / la que peca por la paga / o el que paga por pecar?" (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz).	0
5037139539	Anáfora:	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. Example: "Que por mayo era, por mayo, / cuando hace la calor, / cuando los trigos encañan / y están los campos en flor" ("Romance del prisionero").	1
5037139540	Apóstrofe:	Figure of speech in which the poet speaks directly to someone or something with vehemence. Example: "¡Oh excelso muro, oh torres coronadas / de honor, de majestad, de gallardía! (Luis de Góngora, "A Córdoba").	2
5037139541	Asonancia:	Repetition of a vowel in a series of words. Example: "Llora monótona / como llora el agua, / como llora el viento / sobre la nevada" (Federico García Lorca).	3
5037139542	Carpe diem	Medieval motif or topos meaning 'make the best of the present moment'. A common theme in European lyric poetry, in which the speaker of a poem argues (often to a hesitant virgin) that since life is short, pleasure should be enjoyed while there is still time. Example: Robert Herrick's line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."	4
5037139543	Consonancia:	Repetition of a consonantal sound within a line or series of lines. Example: "Suspiros de luz musical" (Salvador Díaz Mirón).	5
5037139544	Enlace:	Act of linking a word ending with a vowel with a word which begins with a vowel, thus forming one syllable, even if the linked vowels are both strong (a, e, o). Example: "como llora el agua" = co-mo-llo-rae-la-gua.	6
5037139545	Estrofa:	Stanza of a poem.	7
5037139546	Falacia patética:	A form of personification by which the poet attributes human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature. Examples: angry clouds, a cruel wind.	8
5037139547	Hipérbole:	Use of exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis or poetic effect. Example: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate" (Shakespeare).	9
5037139548	Locus Amoenus	(Latin, peaceful place), Medieval motif or topos consisting of a natural scene described thus by E. R. Curtius: "a beautiful, shaded site. Its minimum ingredients comprise a tree (or several trees), a meadow, and a spring or brook. Birdsong and flowers may be added. The most elaborate examples also add a breeze" (European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages).	10
5037139549	Metáfora:	Figure of speech which describes one thing in terms of another. Unlike simile, metaphor draws an implied rather than an expressed comparison and it fuses the two elements in a comparison, while simile usually keeps them distinct. Examples: "¡Día, redondo día! / luminosa naranja de veinticuatro gajos" (Octavio Paz); "El pájaro es el periódico / de la mañana en el campo" (Jorge Carrera Andrade).	11
5037139550	Metonimia:	Technique of substituting one word for another with which it stands in close relationship. Example: "Mientras el corazón y la cabeza / Batallando prosigan" (Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer).	12
5037139551	Onomatopeya:	Poetic device in which the sense is suggested by the sounds of the words used. Examples: "The moan of doves in immemorial elms, / And murmuring of innumerable bees" (Tennyson); "En el silencio sólo se escuchaba / Un susurro de abejas que sonaba" (Garcilaso).	13
5037139552	Oxímoro:	Paradoxical statement which combines two words or phrases usually considered contraries. Example: "Parting is such sweet sorrow" (Shakespeare).	14
5037139553	Personificación:	Figure of speech which attributes human qualities to inanimate or abstract things. Example: "El día se suicida / arrojándose al mar" (Vicente Huidobro).	15
5037139554	Rima asonante:	Patterned repetition of vowels at the end of a poetic line, beginning with the last accented vowel. Examples: plácido <-> tocando <-> campanario; redondos <-> oro <-> olmo.	16
5037139555	Rima consonante:	Patterned repetition of vowels and consonants at the end of a poetic line, beginning with the last accented vowel. Examples: tesoro <-> lloro; volver <-> querer.	17
5037139556	Silepsis / Zeugma:	Construction in which one word is used to modify or govern two or more words, often so that its use is grammatically or logically correct with only one. Examples: "He lost his hat and his temper;" "Pasó un perro, pasó una monja, / pasó una semana y un año" (Neruda).	18
5037139557	Símbolo:	Metaphor from which the first term has been omitted. The rose is a symbol if it represents a beautiful girl, but if we say that a girl is a rose, we are emphasizing metaphorical transfer from one object to another. Example: "And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat and snicker / And in short, I was afraid" (T. S. Eliot).	19
5037139558	Símil:	Figure of speech which compares one thing directly with another, usually with the linking word como (like or as). Example: "El verano, redondo como una sandía" (Neruda).	20
5037139559	Sílaba:	Syllable of a word.	21
5037139560	Sinestesia:	Metaphorical description of one of the five senses by means of evoking another of those senses (dry martini, sweet smile, sour note, bitter sight, loud shirt, cold words, warm color). Example: "Y un horizonte de perros / ladra muy lejos del río" (García Lorca).	22
5037139561	Ubi sunt?:	(Latin, where are they?), Medieval motif or topos used to convey sadness about the temporary nature of life and beauty. Example: "Where are the snows of yesteryear?" (Francois Villon).	23
5037139562	Verso:	Verse in general, or an individual line of poetry.	24
5037139563	Verso agudo:	Poetic line with stress on the last syllable. Example: "Onda de luz".	25
5037139564	Verso esdrújulo:	Poetic line with stress on the third-to-last syllable. Example: "Cantan los pájaros"	26
5037139565	Verso llano:	Poetic line with stress on the next-to-last syllable. Example: "Ya lo comprendo".	27
5037139566	Versos impares:	Odd-numbered poetic lines (1, 3, 5, etc.).	28
5037139567	Versos pares:	Even-numbered poetic lines (2, 4, 6, etc.).	29

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AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

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5253257688	abstract	An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research.	0
5253257689	adage	A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language.	1
5253257690	allegory	A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning. The story and characters represent values beyond themselves.	2
5253257691	alliteration	The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. Used for ornament or for emphasis. Also used in epithets, phrases, and slogans. Enhances the aesthetic quality of a prose passage or poem.	3
5253257692	allusion	A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea.	4
5253257693	ambiguity	A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation.	5
5253257694	anachronism	A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set.	6
5253257695	analogy	A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things.	7
5253257696	annotation	A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature.	8
5253257697	antagonist	A character or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist, produces tension or conflict.	9
5253257698	antithesis	A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences.	10
5253257699	aphorism	A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment.	11
5253257700	Apollonian	In contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior.	12
5253257701	apostrophe	A rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present.	13
5253257702	archetype	An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form.	14
5253257703	assonance	The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose.	15
5253257704	ballad	A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited.	16
5253257705	bard	A poet; in olden times, a performer who told heroic stories to a musical accompaniment.	17
5253257706	bathos	The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality.	18
5253257707	belle-lettres	French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general.	19
5253257708	bibliography	A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.	20
5253257709	Bildungsroman	A German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal.	21
5253257710	blank verse	Poetry written in iambic pentameter, the primary meter used in English poetry and the words of Shakespeare and Milton. The lines generally do not rhyme.	22
5253257711	bombast	Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects.	23
5253257712	burlesque	A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation.	24
5253257713	cacophony	Grating, inharmonious sounds.	25
5253257714	caesura	A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation.	26
5253257715	canon	The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied.	27
5253257716	caricature	A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things.	28
5253257717	carpe diem	Literally, "seize the day"; enjoy life while you can, a common theme in literature.	29
5253257718	catharsis	A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror or a dramatic tragedy.	30
5253257719	classic	A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time.	31
5253257720	classical, classicism	Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality, objectivity, simplicity, and restraint.	32
5253257721	climax	The high point, or turning point, or a story or play.	33
5253257722	coming-of-age-story/novel	A tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood. The character may develop understanding via disillusionment, education, doses of reality, or any other experiences that alter his or her emotional or intellectual maturity.	34
5253257723	conceit	A witty or ingenious thought a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language.	35
5253257724	connotation	The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase. Contrast with denotation.	36
5253257725	consonance	The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry.	37
5253257726	couplet	A pair of rhyming lines in a poem. Two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter is sometimes called a heroic ________.	38
5253257727	denotation	The dictionary definition of a word. Contrast with connotation.	39
5253257728	dénouement	The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction.	40
5253257729	deus ex machina	In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem.	41
5253257730	diction	The choice of words in oral and written discourse.	42
5253257731	Dionysian	As distinguished from Apollonian, the word refers to sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses.	43
5253257732	dramatic irony	A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character.	44
5253257733	elegy	A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value.	45
5253257734	ellipsis	Three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation.	46
5253257735	elliptical construction	A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words.	47
5253257736	empathy	A feeling of association or identification with an object or person.	48
5253257737	end-stopped	A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.	49
5253257738	enjambment	In poetry, the use of the successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them.	50
5253257739	epic	An extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that in generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figure.	51
5253257740	epigram	A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.	52
5253257741	euphony	Pleasing, harmonious sounds.	53
5253257742	epithet	An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing.	54
5253257743	eponymous	A term for the title character of a work of literature.	55
5253257744	euphemism	A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term.	56
5253257745	exegesis	A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature.	57
5253257746	exposé	A piece or writing that reveals weakness, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings.	58
5253257747	exposition	The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature.	59
5253257748	explication	The interpretation or analysis of a text.	60
5253257749	extended metaphor	A series of comparisons between two unlike objects.	61
5253257750	fable	A short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior.	62
5253257751	falling action	The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict.	63
5253257752	fantasy	A story containing unreal, imaginary features.	64
5253257753	farce	A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose.	65
5253257754	figure of speech, figurative language	In contrast to literal language, _____________ implies meanings. It includes metaphors, similes, and personification, among many others.	66
5253257755	first-person narrative	A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using pronouns such as I and we.	67
5253257756	flashback	A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances. It might also be a character's account of the past, a dream, or a sudden association with past events.	68
5253257757	foil	A minor character whose personality or attitude contrasts with that of the main character. Juxtaposing one character against another intensifies the qualities of both, to advantage or sometimes to disadvantage.	69
5253257758	foot	A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.	70
5253257759	foreshadowing	Providing hints of things to come in a story or play.	71
5253257760	frame	A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.	72
5253257761	free verse	A kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet.	73
5253257762	genre	A term used to describe literary forms, such as a novel, play, and essay.	74
5253257763	Gothic novel	A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action.	75
5253257764	harangue	A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade.	76
5253257765	hegemony	a dominant cultural trend	77
5253257766	heroic couplet	Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.	78
5253257767	hubris	The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death.	79
5253257768	humanism	A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.	80
5253257769	hyperbole	Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.	81
5253257770	idyll	A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place.	82
5253257771	image	A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt.	83
5253257772	in medias res	A narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point.	84
5253257773	indirect quotation	Actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased.	85
5253257774	invective	A direct verbal assault; a denunciation.	86
5253257775	irony	A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected.	87
5253257776	kenning	A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities, as in "ring giver" for a king and "whale-road" for ocean.	88
5253257777	lampoon	A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.	89
5253257778	light verse	A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with a satirical thrust.	90
5253257779	litotes	A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity.	91
5253257780	loose sentence	A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences, i.e., subject-verb-object. The main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses.	92
5253257781	lyric poetry	Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject.	93
5253257782	maxim	A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth.	94
5253257783	melodrama	A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response.	95
5253257784	metaphor	A figure of speech that compares unlike objects.	96
5253257785	metaphysical poetry	The work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexities of love and life.	97
5253257786	meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry.	98
5253257787	metonymy	A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated.	99
5253257788	Middle English	The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.	100
5253257789	mock epic	A parody of traditional epic form. It usually treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness, using conventions such as invocations to the Muse, action-packed battle scenes, and accounts of heroic exploits.	101
5253257790	mode	The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature.	102
5253257791	montage	A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea.	103
5253257792	mood	The emotional tone in a work of literature.	104
5253257793	moral	A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature.	105
5253257794	motif	A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature.	106
5253257795	muse	One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer.	107
5253257796	myth	An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society. They are often used to explain natural phenomena. Almost every culture has one of these to account for the creation of the world and its inhabitants.	108
5253257797	narrative	A form of verse of prose that tells a story.	109
5253257798	naturalism	A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.	110
5253257799	non sequitur	A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before.	111
5253257800	novella	A work of fiction of roughly 20,000 to 50,000 words-longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel.	112
5253257801	novel of manners	A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group.	113
5253257802	ode	A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.	114
5253257803	Old English	The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.	115
5253257804	omniscient narrator	A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story.	116
5253257805	onomatopoeia	The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.	117
5253257806	ottava rima	An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem.	118
5253257807	oxymoron	A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a	119
5253257808	parable	A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived	120
5253257809	paradox	A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true	121
5253257810	paraphrase	A version of a text put into simpler, everyday words	122
5253257811	pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	123
5253257812	pathetic fallacy	Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects	124
5253257813	pathos	That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow	125
5253257814	pentameter	A verse with five poetic feet per line	126
5253257815	periodic sentence	A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main though only at the end. In other words, the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support.	127
5253257816	persona	The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, a viewer, or the world at large	128
5253257817	personification	A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics	129
5253257818	plot	The interrelationship among the events in a story; the plot line is the pattern of events, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.	130
5253257819	picaresque novel	An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote, Moll Flanders	131
5253257820	point of view	The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.	132
5253257821	prosody	The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry	133
5253257822	protagonist	The main character in a work of literature	134
5253257823	pseudonym	Also called "pen name" or "nom de plume"; a false name or alias used by writers. Ex: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)	135
5253257824	pulp fiction	Novels written for mass consumption, often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots	136
5253257825	pun	A humorous play on words, using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings	137
5253257826	quatrain	A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem	138
5253257827	realism	The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.	139
5253257828	rhetoric	The language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience	140
5253257829	rhetorical stance	Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject	141
5253257830	rhyme	The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry.	142
5253257831	rhyme scheme	The pattern of rhymes within a given poem	143
5253257832	rhythm	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry	144
5253257833	roman a clef	French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction	145
5253257834	romance	An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places	146
5253257835	sarcasm	A sharp, caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony, which is more subtle	147
5253257836	satire	A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change	148
5253257837	scan	The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.	149
5253257838	sentiment	A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature	150
5253257839	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish	151
5253257840	setting	The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time, place, historical milieu, and social, political, and even spiritual circumstances	152
5253257841	simile	A figurative comparison using the words like or as	153
5253257842	sonnet	A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.	154
5253257843	stanza	A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan	155
5253257844	stream of consciousness	A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind	156
5253257845	style	The manner in which an author uses and arranges words,	157
5253257846	subplot	A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot	158
5253257847	subtext	The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature	159
5253257848	symbolism	The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object	160
5253257849	synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole ("fifty masts" for fifty ships) or the whole signifies the part ("days" for life, as in "He lived his days in Canada"). Also when the name of the material stands for the thing itself ("pigskin" for football)	161
5253257850	syntax	The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words	162
5253257851	theme	The main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built	163
5253257852	title character	A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character	164
5253257853	tone	The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence	165
5253257854	tragedy	A form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish	166
5253257855	trope	The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor	167
5253257856	verbal irony	A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words	168
5253257857	verse	A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry	169
5253257858	verisimilitude	Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is.	170
5253257859	versification	The structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains. For example: monometer = 1foot; tetrameter = 4 feet; pentameter = 5 feet, and so forth	171
5253257860	villanelle	A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes	172
5253257861	voice	The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker	173
5253257862	wit	The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that suprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene	174

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782967961	alliteration	the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words.	0
782967962	allusion	a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.	1
782967963	apostrophe	a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent.	2
782967964	assonance	the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words	3
782967965	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	4
782967966	caesura	a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line	5
782967967	consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	6
782967968	couplet	a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse	7
782967969	heroic couplet	a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style	8
782967970	diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	9
782967971	syntax	the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language	10
782967972	elegy	a mournful poem	11
782967973	epigram	a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation	12
782967974	ode	a lyric poem with complex stanza forms	13
782967975	villanelle	intricately patterned poem, stanzas of 13 lines last stanza 4 lines, 1st + 3rd = form refrain, refrains repealed and poem ends there are only two rhymes in the whole poem	14
782967976	enjambment	the continuation of meaning, without pause or break, from one line of poetry to the next	15
782967977	metaphor	a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity	16
782967978	allegory	an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances	17
782967979	simile	a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')	18
782967980	symbolism	a device in literature where an object represents an idea.	19
782967981	personification	representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature, the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.	20
782967982	hyperbole	extravagant exaggeration	21
782967983	understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.	22
782967984	imagery	The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience	23
782967985	irony	incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs	24
782967986	dramatic irony	occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening	25
782967987	situational irony	occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected	26
782967988	sarcasm	harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone; less subtle than irony	27
782967989	satire	form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly	28
782967990	parody	humorous or satirical mimicry	29
782967991	meter	a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry	30
782967992	rhythm	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry; the beat of a poem	31
782967993	poetic foot	a group of syllables in verse usually consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables associated with it.	32
782967994	iamb	a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables	33
782967995	dactyl	a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables	34
782967996	trochee	a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables	35
782967997	anapest	a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables	36
782967998	pyrrhic	of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables	37
782967999	pyrrhic victory	a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses, a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses	38
782968000	oxymoron	conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')	39
782968001	paradox	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	40
782968002	metonymy	substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')	41
782968003	synecdoche	Uses a part to explain a whole or a whole to explain a part. ex. Lend me an ear.	42
782968004	tone	manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude toward a speech	43
782968005	mood	the overall emotion created by a work of literature	44

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

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6719121143	Allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	0
6719121144	Alliteration	The repetition of initial consonant sounds.	1
6719121145	Allusion	A reference to another work or famous figure.	2
6719121146	Anachronism	"Misplaced in time." An aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its supposed time setting.	3
6719121147	Analogy	A comparison, usually involving two or more symbolic parts, employed to clarify an action or a relationship.	4
6719121148	Anecdote	A Short Narrative	5
6719121153	Aphorism	A short and usually witty saying.	6
6719121154	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman.	7
6719121158	Assonance	The repeated use of vowel sounds: "Old king Cole was a merry old soul."	8
6719121160	Ballad	A long, narrative poem, usually in meter and rhyme. Typically has a naive folksy quality.	9
6719121162	Pathos	Writing evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy.	10
6719121166	Cacophony	In poetry, using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds.	11
6719121176	Conceit (Controlling Image)	A startling or unusual metaphor, or to a metaphor developed and expanded upon several lines.	12
6719121177	Denotation	A word's literal meaning.	13
6719121178	Connotation	Everything other than the literal meaning that a word suggests or implies.	14
6719121179	Consonance	The repetition of consonant sounds within words (rather than at their beginnings)	15
6719121182	Diction	The words an author chooses to use.	16
6719121183	Syntax	The ordering and structuring of words.	17
6719121187	Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not	18
6719121188	Dramatic Monologue	When a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience.	19
6719121189	Elegy	A type of poem that meditates on death or mortality in a serious, thoughtful manner.	20
6719121191	Enjambment	The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.	21
6719121194	Euphemism	A word or phrase that takes the place of a harsh, unpleasant, or impolite reality.	22
6719121195	Euphony	When sounds blend harmoniously.	23
6719121198	Feminine rhyme	Lines rhymed by their final two syllables. Properly, the penultimate syllables are stressed and the final syllables are unstressed.	24
6719121200	Foot	The basic rhythmic unit of a line of poetry, formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed.	25
6719121206	Hyperbole	Exaggeration or deliberate overstatement.	26
6719121209	Interior Monologue	Refers to writing that records the mental talking that goes on inside a character's head; tends to be coherent.	27
6719121211	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.	28
6719121212	Lament	A poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss.	29
6719121217	Masculine rhyme	A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable (regular old rhyme)	30
6719121222	Metonymy	A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with.	31
6719121226	Onomatopoeia	Words that sound like what they mean	32
6719121228	Oxymoron	A phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction.	33
6719121230	Paradox	A situation or statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not.	34
6719121232	Paraphrase	To restate phrases and sentences in your own words.	35
6719121233	Parenthetical phrase	A phrase set off by commas that interrupts the flow of a sentence with some commentary or added detail.	36
6719121237	Personification	When an inanimate object takes on human shape.	37
6719121238	Plaint	A poem or speech expressing sorrow.	38
6719121240	Omniscient	A third person narrator who sees into each character's mind and understands all the action going on.	39
6719121241	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.	40
6719121242	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.	41
6719121243	First person	A narrator who is a character in the story and tells the tale from his or her point of view.	42
6719121244	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.	43
6719121248	Refrain	A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.	44
6719121250	Rhapsody	An intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise.	45
6719121252	Satire	Attempts to improve things by pointing out people's mistakes in the hope that once exposed, such behavior will become less common.	46
6719121253	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.	47
6719121260	Symbolism	A device in literature where an object represents an idea.	48
6719121262	Theme	The main idea of the overall work; the central idea.	49
6719121263	Thesis	The main position of an argument. The central contention that will be supported.	50
6719121270	Ode	A poem in praise of something divine or noble	51
6719121271	Iamb	A poetic foot -- light, heavy	52
6719121272	Trochee	A poetic foot -- heavy, light	53
6719121279	Pentameter	A poetic line with five feet.	54
6719121280	Tetrameter	A poetic line with four feet	55
6719121281	Trimeter	A poetic line with three feet	56
6719369246	2nd Person	Rare, narrator talks to the person as if they are a part of the story.	57
6719376789	3rd Person	told by a narrator who is not a part of the story and uses pronouns such as he she and it to describe	58
6719384071	Verbal Irony	person says the opposite of what is meant	59
6719389578	Situational Irony	difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens	60

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AP Literature 3 Flashcards

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6667816309	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6667816310	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
6667816311	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
6667816312	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
6667816313	antagonist	a hostile person who is opposed to another character	4
6667816314	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	5
6667816315	aside	when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage	6
6667816316	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	7
6667816317	blank verse	poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme	8
6667816318	cacophony	blend of unharmonious sounds	9
6667816319	catharsis	the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse)	10
6667816320	flat character	story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic	11
6667816321	round character	character who has complex personality: contradicted person	12
6667816322	dynamic character	changes throughout the story, through major conflict	13
6667816323	static character	person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality	14
6667816324	characterization	process of revealing characters personality	15
6667816325	climax	point where conflict hits its highest point	16
6667816326	comedy	drama that is amusing or funny	17
6667816327	conflict	struggle between opposing forces	18
6667816328	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	19
6667816329	consonance	repetition of same consonant in words close together	20
6667816330	couplet	two rhyming lines in a verse	21
6667816331	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	22
6667816332	denouement	final outcome of the story	23
6667816333	deus ex machina	resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence	24
6667816334	didactic writing	writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach	25
6667816335	dramatic exposition	prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world	26
6667816336	end rhyme	rhymes occurring at the end of line	27
6667816337	English sonnet	a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg	28
6667816338	epiphany	when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life	29
6667816339	euphony	smooth choice and arrangement of sounds	30
6667816340	falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	31
6667816341	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	32
6667816342	figure of speech	a way of saying something other than the ordinary way	33
6667816343	foot	basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables	34
6667816344	free verse	Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme	35
6667816345	hamartia	tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall	36
6667816346	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	37
6667816347	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	38
6667816348	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	39
6667816349	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	40
6667816350	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	41
6667816351	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	42
6667816352	meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	43
6667816353	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	44
6667816354	motivation	A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior	45
6667816355	narrator	Person telling the story	46
6667816356	octave	8 line stanza	47
6667816357	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	48
6667816358	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	49
6667816359	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	50
6667816360	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	51
6667816361	paraphrase	A restatement of a text or passage in your own words.	52
6667816362	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	53
6667816363	plot	Sequence of events in a story	54
6667816364	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	55
6667816365	omniscient point of view	The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.	56
6667816366	third person limited point of view	narrator tells the story from only one character's pov	57
6667816367	first person point of view	a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself	58
6667816368	objective point of view	a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events.	59
6667816369	protagonist	Main character	60
6667816370	quatrain	A four line stanza	61
6667816371	rhythm	A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions.	62
6667816372	rhyme scheme	A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem	63
6667816373	rising action	Events leading up to the climax	64
6667816374	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	65
6667816375	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	66
6667816376	scansion	Analysis of verse into metrical patterns	67
6667816377	sestet	6 line stanza	68
6667816378	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	69
6667816379	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	70
6667816380	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	71
6667816381	sonnet	14 line poem	72
6667816382	stanza	A group of lines in a poem	73
6667816383	stream of consciousness	private thoughts of a character without commentary	74
6667816384	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	75
6667816385	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	76
6667816386	synesthesia	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound")	77
6667816387	tercet	3 line stanza	78
6667816388	terza rima	a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.	79
6667816389	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	80
6667816390	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	81
6667816391	tragedy	A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character	82
6667816392	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	83
6667816393	verse	A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	84
6667816394	vilanelle	a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.	85

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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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6820839034	hunting and gathering	Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization	0
6820839035	civilization	Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups	1
6820839036	neolithic	The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished	2
6820839037	nomadic societies	livestock hearding societies that do not have a permanent settlement. normally found on the fringes of civilized (urban) societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies	3
6820839039	agrarian revolution	Occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture	4
6820839040	pastoralism	A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies	5
6820839042	Bronze Age	From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing	6
6820839043	Mesopotamia	Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys	7
6820839045	Sumerians	People who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states	8
6820839046	cuneiform	A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets	9
6820839047	city-state	A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king	10
6820839048	ziggurat	a massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections	11
6820839049	Babylonian Empire	Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.	12
6820839050	Hammurabi	The most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law	13
6820839052	pyramids	Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs	14
6820839053	hieroglyphs	Form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform	15
6820839054	Kush	African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries	16
6820839055	monotheism	The exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization	17
6820839056	Phoenicians	Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean	18
6820839057	Harappa and Mohenjo Daro	Major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern	19
6820839058	Aryans	Indo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization	20
6820839059	Huanghe (Yellow) River Basin	Site of the development of sedentary agriculture in China	21
6820839060	Shang	1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)	22
6820839061	Oracles	Shamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing	23
6820839062	ideographic writing	Pictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing	24
6820839064	Paleolithic	The period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.	25
6820839065	Human migration during Paleolithic era	movement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas	26
6820839066	eglitarian	equality among people (no social levels)	27
6820839067	tools	Humans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra	28
6820839068	Neolithic Revolution	period of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement	29
6820839069	patriarchy	father based/male dominated society	30
6820839074	record-keeping systems	___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused	31
6820839077	Mesopotamian	Unpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.	32
6820839078	Egyptian	_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.	33
6820839079	Nubia and Kush	Kingdoms upriver from Egypt.	34
6820839082	Jericho	One of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.	35
6820839083	Catal-Hyouk	One of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.	36

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3603267684	dithyramb	a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus. a passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing	0
3603267685	Hubris	exaggerated self-pride/confidence	1
3603267686	Hestia	[Vesta] Goddess of the hearth or fireplace.	2
3603267687	Hera	[Juno] The goddess of Marriage and married women.	3
3603267688	Demeter	[Ceres] Goddess of agriculture.	4
3603267689	Poseidon	[Neptune] God of the sea.	5
3603267690	Hades	[Pluto] The god of the underworld and of the dead.	6
3603267691	Zeus	[Jupiter] The ruler of the gods and also the god of the sky and rain.	7
3603267692	Hephaestus	[Vulcan] The god of the fire and forge.	8
3603267693	Aphrodite	[Venus] The goddess of love, sex, desire, and beauty.	9
3603267694	Ares	[Mars] The violent god of war.	10
3603267695	Athena	[Minerva] The goddess of war and wisdom.	11
3603267696	Hermes	[Mercury] The messenger of the gods. The god of thieves and commerce.	12
3603267697	Apollo	[Apollo] The god of music, healing, light, and truth.	13
3603267698	Artemis	[Diana] The huntress, goddess of wild things, Chastity, and of women in childbirth.	14
3603267699	Pan	[Faunas] The goat god, protector of woods and shepherds.	15
3603267700	Dionysus	[Bacchus] The god of wine and fertility.	16
3603267701	invective	insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.	17
3603267702	inversion	also called anastrophe, in literary style and rhetoric, the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence	18
3603267703	irony -dramatic	irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.	19
3603267704	irony-situation	irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected	20
3603267705	irony-verbal	irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.	21
3603267706	mood	a distinctive emotional quality or character:	22
3603267707	paradox	a self-contradictory and false proposition.	23
3603267708	proverb	a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.	24
3603267709	pun	the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.	25
3603267710	sarcasm	harsh or bitter derision or irony.	26
3603267711	satire	the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.	27
3603267712	slang	the use of different tone of voice and diction	28
3603267713	tone	a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.:	29
3603267714	voice	an expressed opinion or choice	30
3603267715	rising action	series of interest in a plot to get to the greatest	31
3603267716	scene	place where action or event occurs	32
3603267717	soliloquy	the act of talking to him/herself	33
3603267718	tragedy	a fatal event	34
3603267719	tragic flaw	the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia	35
3603267720	villain	a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.	36
3603267721	atmosphere	a surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence	37
3603267722	colloquial	characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.	38
3603267723	connotation	something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described	39
3603267724	denotation	the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression	40
3603267725	dialect	a special variety of a language	41
3603267726	dialogue	convo	42
3603267727	diction	style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words	43
3603267728	epigram	a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.	44
3603267729	act	to take action or do something	45
3603267730	antagonist	person who actively opposes	46
3603267731	aside	to one side/out of the way	47
3603267732	catastrophe	bad thing that happens	48
3603267733	catharsis	process of relieving strong or repressed emotions	49
3603267734	character	a person in the story	50
3603267735	stock	usually criticized as cliche characters	51
3603267736	static	non-changing chracters	52
3603267737	comic relief	comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work	53
3603267738	end-stopped line	when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon. When lines are end-stopped, each line is its own phrase or unit of syntax. So when you read an end-stopped line, you'll naturally pause.	54
3603267739	enjambment	the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.	55
3603267740	epic	a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.	56
3603267741	euphony	the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words.	57
3603267742	iamb	a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable	58
3603267743	image	a simile or metaphor. (representation)	59
3603267744	in medias res	Latin for "into the middle of things." It usually describes a narrative that begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle — usually at some crucial point in the action.	60
3603267745	lyric	expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.	61
3603267746	measure	consider (one's words or actions) carefully.	62
3603267747	octave	a poem or stanza of eight lines; an octet	63
3603267748	ode	a lyric poem (meant to be sung)	64
3608282734	Hamartia	the flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in tragedy	65
3608287342	Stichomythic dialogue	a form of dialogue originating in Greek drama in which single lines are uttered by alternate speakers	66
3608295090	peripetia	a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work	67
3608299549	skene	a structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given	68
3608309087	anagnorisis	the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially peripeteia	69
3608313657	strophe	the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right	70
3608320266	antistrophe	the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from left to right	71
3608337058	bathos	a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the common place; anticlimax	72
3608347022	pathos	the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature or other forms of expression of evoking feeling or pity or compassion	73
3608356341	chorus	a group of actors the performed the chorus and served as major participants	74
3608369775	parados	two broad aisles; the entrance song of the chorus	75
3608372392	choragus	the leader of a dramatic chorus	76
3608374001	archetype	original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or based; a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc.	77
3608396145	Theatron	the seeing place	78
3608397504	orchestra	dancing place	79
3608403253	parados	aisles where the chorus enters	80
3608406140	hubris	exaggerated pride	81
3608409747	proskenion	platform that separated the actors from the chorus	82
3608414578	chiton	long, flowing robe	83
3608415952	cothurni	platform shoes	84
3608418772	properties	props	85
3608420210	everyman	generalized characters	86
3608421663	mask	megaphone, distinguished the role (age, sex, nood, rank)	87
3608439990	persona	mask	88