AP literature Flashcards
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| 4215681566 | anachronism | out of place time-wise; something modern in an old-fashioned scene |  | 0 |
| 4215681567 | bathos | unearned pathos; trying too hard to evoke emotion | 1 | |
| 4215881306 | bombast | using big words to impress | 2 | |
| 4215883040 | caesura | pause in a line of poetry |  | 3 |
| 4215886906 | cacophony | harsh sounds |  | 4 |
| 4215895893 | canto | division of a long poem | 5 | |
| 4215900296 | catharsis | emotional release |  | 6 |
| 4215906705 | conceit | unusual, extended metaphor | 7 | |
| 4215912639 | deus ex machina | greater power saves hopeless situation (i.e. huck happens to show up at tom's aunt's house) |  | 8 |
| 4215923228 | decorum | proper behavior, speech |  | 9 |
| 4215930937 | didactic | instructive |  | 10 |
| 4215933520 | dirge | song for the dead |  | 11 |
| 4215937906 | doggerel | simple, crude language | 12 | |
| 4215960341 | elegy | a poem of serious reflection for the dead. | 13 | |
| 4215975190 | enjambment | A line of verse that flows on into the next line without a pause. |  | 14 |
| 4215979938 | epitaph | statement on grave |  | 15 |
| 4215984158 | euphony | pleasant, harmonious sound |  | 16 |
| 4215985909 | farce | comedy |  | 17 |
| 4216011641 | hubris | pride/arrogance that leads to downfall (like Ck'o'yo magic) | 18 | |
| 4216016491 | lampoon | satire |  | 19 |
| 4216018226 | lyric | A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world. | 20 | |
| 4216020123 | parable | fable |  | 21 |
| 4216024316 | pastoral | relating to a shepherd |  | 22 |
| 4216033758 | plaint | words expressing sorrow (complaint) |  | 23 |
| 4216045628 | picaresque | adventurous rascal (huck finn) | 24 | |
| 4216054682 | rhapsody | passionate, loving verse |  | 25 |
| 4216065938 | soliloquy | monologue |  | 26 |
| 4216067373 | synecdoche | part represents the whole |  | 27 |
| 4216081184 | truism | obvious truth | 28 | |
| 4216085993 | verisimilitude | appearance of realism | 29 |