AP Literature Flashcards

6691966290	Adage	A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth	0
6691966291	Elegy	A sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead	1
6691966292	Kenning	A compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning	2
6691966293	Vicarious	Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person	3
6691966294	Ambiguity	The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness	4
6691966295	Epigram	A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. A short poem	5
6691966296	Hamartia	A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.	6
6691966297	Lampoon	Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.	7
6691966298	Trope	A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression	8
6691966299	Bathos	An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous	9
6691966300	Euphemism	a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.	10
6691966301	Motif	A decorative design or pattern	11
6691966302	Hubris	Excessive pride or self-confidence	12
6691966303	Pastoral	Concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance	13
6691966304	Bombast	High-sounding language with little meaning used to impress people	14
6691966305	Farcd	A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization ludicrously	15
6691966306	Non-sequitur	A conclusion of statement that does not logically follow the previous argument or statement	16
6691966307	Anachorism	A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned	17
6691966308	Canon	Part of the story in an individual universe of that story	18
6691966309	Harangu	A lengthy or expressive speech	19