AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

4033898253	Light Verse	A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with a satirical thrust	0
4033902575	Litotes	A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity	1
4033907519	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	2
4033919152	Lyric Poetry	Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speakers thoughts and feelings about the subject	3
4033925919	Maxim	A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth	4
4033927388	Melodrama	A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response	5
4033931671	Metaphor	A figure of speech that compares unlike objects	6
4033935652	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	7
4033951837	Meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry	8
4033951838	Metonymy	A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated	9
4033951839	Middle English	The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500AD	10
4033955465	Naturalism	A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak ad pessimistic	11
4033961889	Non Sequitur	A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before	12
4033966269	Novella	A work of fiction of roughly 20,000 to 50,000 words-longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel	13
4033976287	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	14
4033993402	mode	The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature	15
4033996251	Montage	A quick succession of images or impression used to express an idea	16
4034001681	Mood	The emotional tone in a work of literature	17
4034003352	Moral	A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature	18
4034007386	Motif	A phase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature	19
4034014129	Muse	One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer	20
4034017848	Myth	An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of 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 it inhabitants.	21
4033949348	Meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry	22
4033949349	Metonymy		23