AP Language Terms Flashcards
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| 3566773328 | aphorism | statement that expresses an observation on life | 0 | |
| 3566776173 | assonance | similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words | 1 | |
| 3566788136 | connotation | emotional implication that a word may carry | 2 | |
| 3566788971 | consonance | repetition of consonant sounds with differing vowel sounds in words near each other in a line or lines of poetry | 3 | |
| 3566791380 | denotation | specific, exact meaning of a word | 4 | |
| 3566793142 | Dionysian | pertaining to the base side of man | 5 | |
| 3566802706 | epithet | nickname | 6 | |
| 3566803302 | euphemism | substitute word(s) that sounds better than another | 7 | |
| 3566806973 | farce | totally ridiculous comedy | 8 | |
| 3566943669 | hamartia | fatal flaw leading to downfall of a tragic hero | 9 | |
| 3566947574 | Anagnorisis | startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge | 10 | |
| 3566955724 | tyrant | an illegitimate ruler | 11 | |
| 3566960852 | catharsis | the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music. | 12 | |
| 3566963298 | oedipus complex | boy's feelings of desire for his mother and jealousy and anger towards his father. | 13 | |
| 3566964949 | parados | the song the chorus sings walking in | 14 | |
| 3566966221 | skene | background of the stage | 15 | |
| 3566970828 | hubris | extreme pride | 16 | |
| 3566977488 | Stichomythia | dialogue between two characters with two contrasting views | 17 | |
| 3566978449 | chorus | conscience of protagonist | 18 | |
| 3566979196 | episode | a scene with 1 or more actors in it | 19 | |
| 3566982604 | exodos | song chorus sings at end that sums up play | 20 |