AP language term list 4 Flashcards

7589079307	satire	A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness	0
7589085670	Bildungsroman	A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character.	1
7589101393	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction lie hope or freedom. The allegorical meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization	2
7589132889	Epistolary	A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters Example: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	3
7589146023	Epitaph	A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person	4
7589157964	Parody	A satirical imitation of a work of art for purpose of ridiculing its style or subject.	5
7589165614	Delayed Sentence	A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end. For example: Just as he bent to tie his shoe, a car hit him.	6
7589171432	Sarcasm	A sharp caustic remark. A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually bitterly or harshly critical. For example, a coach saying to a player who misses the ball, "Nice catch."	7
7589177836	Epiphany	A sudden or intuitive insight or perception into the reality or essential meaning of something usually brought on by a simple or common occurrence or experience	8
7589185379	Utopia	An imaginary place of ideal perfection. The opposite of a dystopia. —An imaginary place where people live dehumanized, often fearful lives.	9
7589190812	Deus Ex Machina	As in Greek theater, use of an artificial device or contrived solution to solve a difficult situation, usually introduced suddenly and unexpectedly	10
7589197121	Inductive	Conclusion or type of reasoning whereby observation or information about a part of a class is applied to the class as a whole. Contrast with deductive.	11
7589203072	Nostalgia	Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time	12