AP Literature Vocab #3 Flashcards

5202592598	Understatement	A common figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is said fall short or under the magnitude of what is being talked about.	0
5202592599	Allusion	A figure of speech that makes brief reference to a historical or literary figure event or object. Biblical allusions are frequent in English literature.	1
5202592600	Poetic Drama	A term properly restricted to play as written to be acted. If a poem is written to be read only then is not considered poetic drama.	2
5202592601	Paradox	A statement that although seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well-founded or true. "For when I am weak, I am strong"	3
5202592602	Sentimentalism	The term used in two senses (1) an overindulgence in a motion or (2) an optimistic over emphasis of the goodness of humanity.	4
5202592603	Subjective	A term for something expressive in a personal matter of inward convictions, believes, dreams, or ideals. Subjective writing is opposed to objective writing which is in personal and concrete.	5
5202592604	Verisimilitude	The semblance of truth; the degree to which a work creates the appearance of the truth. Ex) "Gulliver Travels" achieves this due to the fact that it is one of the finest political satires. It creates a resemblance to reality.	6
5202592605	Tragedy	It concerns, in general, the effort to exemplify what has been called "the tragic sense of life" that is, human beings are inevitably doomed through their own failures and weaknesses.	7
5202592606	Tragic Flaw	The theory that there is a flaw in the tragic hero that causes his or her downfall. Many characters in Shakespearean drama as exhibit tragic flaws such as Hamlet's inability to act	8
5202592607	Lyric Poem	A brief subjective poem strongly marked by imagination, Melody, and a motion and creating a single, unified impression.	9