AP Literature Terms: Genres Flashcards

4783480497	ballad	a poem or song in short stanzas passed on orally through generations	0
4783481163	sonnet	fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter	1
4783481766	poetry	form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language	2
4783483345	lyric poetry	type of emotional song-like poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry	3
4783491509	short story	a story fully developed with a theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate	4
4783484685	novel	fictitious prose narrative of book length representing character and action with realism	5
4783486212	novella	a short novel or long short story	6
4783486443	prose	written or spoken language in its ordinary form	7
4783487469	drama	a play exhibiting an emotional, exciting, or unexpected series of events	8
4783488329	tragedy	a play dealing with tragic events and having unhappy endings	9
4783495299	comedy	discourse of work generally intended to be humorous and amusing	10
4783496940	elegy	poem or song in the form of elide couplets, written in honor of someone deceased	11
4783498599	free verse	poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter	12
4783499471	rhymed verse	composition of lines that end in words or syllabus with corresponding sounds	13
4783500710	epic	narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures	14
4783501528	satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or voices	15