AP Literature Terms 6 Flashcards

4935652470	parody	exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes. -borrows words or phrases from an original, and pokes fun at it. EX: The Simpsons often parody Shakespeare plays. Saturday Night Live also parodies famous persons and events. EX:"Don Quixote" written by Miguel de Cervantes is a parody of romances written in his days.	0
4935652471	pedantic	adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or. bookish EX: Evan's father insisted that his clothes be hung in his closet all facing the same direction, color coded, and arranged by shade from dark to light. EX: "You cannot make half of a sandwich. If its not half of a whole sandwich, its just a small sandwich." - Sheldon Cooper	1
4935652472	periodic sentence	When the main idea is not completed until the end of the sentence. The writer begins with subordinate elements and postpones the main clause. EX: "His confidence broken, his limbs shaking, his collar wet with perspiration, he doubted whether he could ever again appear before an audience." EX: In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued	2
4935653222	periphrasis	use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning which could have been conveyed with a shorter expression or in a few words EX: "I am going to" instead of "I will" EX: "As a matter of fact, the assignment in question is temporarily unavailable due to the secrecy of its location." instead of "I lost my homework."	3
4935653223	polysyndeton	When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions. - used to slow down the pace of the writing and/or add an authoritative tone EX: "I walked the dog, and fed the cat, and milked the cows." EX: "Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things...he also shall be unclean."	4
4935654575	personification	giving human-like qualities to something that is not human. EX: "The tired old truck groaned as it inched up the hill." EX: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.	5
4935654576	point of view	the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation - In literature, point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers "hear" and "see" what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc. EX:"I felt like I was getting drowned with shame and disgrace."-- First Person POV EX: "Mr. Stewart is a principled man. He acts by the book and never lets you deceive him easily."- Third Person POV	6
4935655144	quatrain	a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes EX:"That thing that we call poetry - when asked where it began, I'd say it started beautifully before the dawn of man!" --How Poetry Began EX: "I follow on along a ledge; below a swirling river's edge. In front of me, the canyon's yawn. Along a ledge, I follow on."--It Matters Not	7
4935655145	prose	form of language that has no formal metrical structure. EX: everyday conversation EX: an essay	8
4935655950	rhetoric	The art of effective communication. EX:Upon approaching a cashier at the grocery store she asks, "Will you help starving children today by adding $3 to your grocery bill?" EX: When at a restaurant, the server suggests, "Can I add some of our delicious sweet potato fries to your entree for a dollar more?"	9