AP Literature Flashcards

7380391138	Dèbat	Mock debate where two characters usually personified abstractions (like soul and body) argue their respective merits	0
7380413663	Dialogue Poetry	type of dramatic poetry. two people speak alternately	1
7380428430	Dramatic Poetry	works like a narrative except it might be acted out like a soliloquy	2
7380444877	Dramatic Monologue	speech from a single narrator usually delivered to a silent auditor	3
7380452965	Realistic Narratives	are medium length and sometimes are discussed as poetic novels or short stories in verse	4
7380463257	Ballads	are shorter narratives with song-like qualities often including rhyme and repeated refrains	5
7380464713	Epigram	a short satirical lyric usually aimed at a specific person	6
7380464714	Ode	a long lyric in elevated language on a serious theme	7
7380464715	Elegy	a lyric on the occasion of .a death	8
7380466655	Narrative Poetry	poetry whose main function is to tell a story. they habe plots characters settings and point-of-view	9
7380469312	Epic	A long narrative poem about the exploits of a hero	10
7380469313	Folk Epic	Originally intended for public recitation and existed in oral form for a long period of time before they were transcribed	11
7380469314	Literary Epic	differ from folk epics because they are products of known authors	12
7380472593	Folk Ballads	come from oral tradition and are anonymously authored	13
7380472594	Art or Literary Ballads	conscious imitation of the ballad style by later poets and are generally somewhat more sophisticated	14
7380537597	Epigraph	a brief explanatory statement or quotation	15
7380542796	Dedication	explains the setting	16
7380548425	Genres	separate categories delineated by distinct style form and content	17
7380556396	Lyric poetry	the first genre, originally compromised brief poems that were meant to be sung or chanted to the accompaniment of a lyre now it is a large category that involves almost all poems	18
7380576836	Apostrophe	figure of speech used with a non human inanimate or abstract thing is directly addressed	19
7380590392	Confessional poetry	form of autobiographical poetry	20
7380593893	Narrator	who is speaking in the poem	21
7380605992	Auditor	Who is being spoken to , the person or persons spoken to in the poem	22
7380615087	Oral Tradition	poems were passed down in ancient societies from generation to generation and recited for all the members of the tribe	23
7380619275	Dramatic Situation	details such as setting character circumstances poem was written - these are crucial to understanding but may not be portrayed in the poem	24
7380631967	Occasional Verse	a poem that is written about or for an important event sometimes private but usually some public significance	25
7380636048	Persona	Who is speaking? a technical word that is often used to designated the speaker of a poem	26