AP Language Flashcards

5903449121	adage	a proverb or wise saying commonly used (ex: Things are not always as they seem.)	0
5903449134	archetype	a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	1
5903449140	circumlocution	an indirect or wordy way of expressing an idea which leaves the reader perplexed; exaggeratedly long and complex sentences in order to convey a meaning that could have otherwise been conveyed through a shorter, much simpler sentence	2
5903449142	colloquial	characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing	3
5903449144	conceit	a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects; unusual and unlikely comparisons between two things	4
5903449150	denouement	an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot	5
5903449153	elegy	a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.	6
5903449155	epic	a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society	7
5903449174	myth	a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events	8
5903449175	narrative	a fiction, nonfiction, poetic, or dramatic story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text	9
5903449177	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	10
5903449182	parable	a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	11
5903449185	parody	a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing	12
5903449186	pastoral	a work of literature dealing with rural life	13
5903449192	polemic	a controversial argument, esp. attacking a particular opinion	14
5903449194	prose	written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure	15
5903449196	refutation	the part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view	16
5903449204	soliloquy	a dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener	17
5903449213	zeugma	artfully using a single verb to refer to two different objects in an ungrammatical but striking way, or artfully using an adjective to refer to two separate nouns, even though the adjective would logically only be appropriate for one of the two. Ex:"If we don't hang together, we shall hang separately!"	18