AP Literature Terms Flashcards

6708802763	anachronism	an event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of order in time; some are unintentional	0
6708811775	aphorism	a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about	1
6708820110	burlesque	broad parody; will take an entire style or form, such as pastoral poetry, and exaggerate it into ridiculousness	2
6708833906	caricature	descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of appearance or a facet of personality	3
6708841245	catharsis	the emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy	4
6708852523	conundrum	a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; may also be a paradox or difficult problem	5
6708855860	exemplum	a brief tale used in medieval times to illustrate a sermon or teach a lesson	6
6708860998	foil	a character who, by contrast, highlights the characteristics of another character	7
6708867319	anapest	two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed	8
6708870438	dactyl	one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed	9
6708873241	iamb	one unstressed followed by a stressed	10
6708875169	spondee	two successive stressed syllables	11
6708877284	trochee	one stressed followed by an unstressed	12
6708879780	hubris	excessive pride or ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom, eventually causing his or her downfall	13
6708886848	idyll	a short descriptive narrative, usually a poem, about an idealized country life; also called pastoral	14
6708893871	metonymy	figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated	15
6708903606	objectivity	an impersonal presentation of events and characters	16
6708910567	persuasion	one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or emotion; also called argument	17
6708933383	refrain	a line or group of lines that are periodically repeated throughout a poem	18
6708948250	regionalism	an element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot	19