Mrs. Wilson's AP Vocab Review 6,7,8
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| 43298245 | epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of theme | |
| 43298246 | Petrarchan conceit | ornate, elaborate; extended metaphor comparing unlike things, often exaggerated to express unrequited love | |
| 43298247 | broadside | something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a large piece of paper | |
| 43298248 | epigram | a witty saying | |
| 43298249 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | "Because this, therefore that"; claiming that one thing leads to another, when there is no logical connection between the two events (aka false cause) | |
| 43298250 | syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | |
| 43298251 | ad hominem argument | argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason; may attack the messenger rather than the message | |
| 43298252 | apothegm | a short pithy instructive saying | |
| 43298253 | neoclassicism | revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation | |
| 43298254 | surrealism | a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of Dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams | |
| 43298255 | modernism | was an artistic and literary movement of the early 20th century that championed experimentation, technicality, primitivism, impersonalism, aestheticism, and intellectualism | |
| 43298256 | Gothic | characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque | |
| 43298257 | Renaissance | The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history |