AP Literature Terms II Flashcards

6718967783	ballad	a long, narrative poem, usually in regular meter and rhyme; typically has a naive folksy quality that sets it apart from epic poetry	0
6718967784	pathos	when the writing of a scene evokes feelings of dignified pity or sympathy	1
6718970106	black humor	the use of disturbing themes in comedy; morbid humor used to express the absurdity, insensitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the modern world, ordinary characters or situations exaggerated beyond normal limits of satire or irony	2
6718972744	bombast	pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language; one tries to be eloquent by using the largest, most uncommon words	3
6718974664	burlesque	broad parody, one that takes a style or form, such as tragic drama, and exaggerates it into ridiculousness; achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion, devoid of any ethical element; interchangeable with parody	4
6718976577	cacophony	using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds--the sound of midday traffic	5
6718978281	cadence	the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense e.g., iambic pentameter; can be gentle and pulsing, conversational, and even vigorous, marching	6
6718979484	canto	the name for a section division in a long work of poetry; divides a long poem into parts the way chapters divide a novel--like in Dante's Inferno	7
6718980563	caricature	a portrait (verbal or otherwise) that exaggerates a facet of personality	8
6718981387	catharsis	the expending of negative emotions (typically pity and fear) -- experienced by the audience watching a tragedy unfold	9
6718987268	chorus	the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it	10
6718988453	classic	typical; an accepted masterpiece	11
6718988454	classical	refers to the arts of ancient Greece and Rome and the qualities of those arts	12
6718989574	coinage	creation of a new word, usually one invented on the spot	13
6718991492	colloquialism	a word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "schoolbook" English; slang words, informal English	14
6718992455	conceit	refers to a startling or unusual metaphor, or to a metaphor developed and expanded upon over several lines	15
6718994109	connotation	what a word suggests or implies, not its literal meaning--i.e., dark meaning dangerous instead lacking of light	16
6718995140	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	17
6718997099	consonance	the repetition of consonant sounds WITHIN words--"A flock of sick, black-checkered ducks."	18
6718998300	couplet	a pair of lines in verse that end in rhyme	19