AP Literature and Composition: 1984 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 4064629142 | Dystopia | Work in which a society in an attempt to perfect itself, instead goes terribly wrong; usually characterized by extreme mechanization and authoritarianism e.g. George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Hoxley's "Brave New World". May be used interchangeably with "Anti-Utopia". | 0 | |
| 4064643920 | Emblem | A symbolic picture accompanied by a motto and occasionally by exposition e.g. in "1984" the ever-present posters of Big Brother which state "Big Brother is watching you." | 1 | |
| 4064660307 | Euphemism | A word or phrase which substitutes for another which would likely be undesirable because it may be too direct, unpleasant, or offensive e.g. "pass on" instead of "die". | 2 | |
| 4064672737 | Epithet | An adjective or phrase expressing some defining or prominent quality or attribute characteristic of an individual, as in Atilla the Hun, Long John Silver, or Jack the Ripper. | 3 | |
| 4064688081 | Post Modernism | A general term used to refer to changes, developments, and tendencies which have taken place in literature, art, music, architecture, philosophy, etc. in the post WWII era. | 4 | |
| 4064699644 | Caricature | The exaggeration of features and mannerisms for satirical effect. Deliberately distorted rendering of a person for satirical effect. | 5 | |
| 4064705682 | Archetype | A character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures and eras because it occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore e.g the wise old man, the goddess, the temptress, the crone, etc.; premised on Carl Jung's theories of the collective unconscious. | 6 | |
| 4064720460 | Slogan | The term derives from the Gaelic compound "slaugh-gharm" which translates roughly as "army-shout". Thus, it is a war-cry contemporarily; the cry of a political party. | 7 |