AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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6082642530 | Tetrameter | Line consisting 4 beats | 0 | |
6082642531 | Trimeter | Line consisting 3 metrical feet | 1 | |
6082642532 | Dactyl | Metrical foot/beat containing 3 syllables in which first one is accented and last two are unaccented (accented/unaccented/unaccented) | 2 | |
6082642533 | Imperfect | Denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question | 3 | |
6082642534 | Spondee | Two accented syllables (stressed/stressed) or DUM-DUM stress pattern | 4 | |
6082642535 | Anapest | Poetic device defined as a metrical foot that contains 3 syllables. First two are short and unstressed, last is long and stressed | 5 | |
6082642536 | Stock Characters | Appears repeatedly in a particular literary genre, one with certain conventional attributes or attitudes | 6 | |
6082642537 | Tragic flaw | Character trait that brings about the downfall of the protagonist | 7 | |
6082642538 | Omniscient | Writing narrative in third person which a narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of every character in the story | 8 | |
6082642539 | Limited omniscient | Narrator knows feelings and thoughts of one character in a story | 9 | |
6082642540 | Pentameter | 5 feet in each line | 10 | |
6082642541 | Persona | External representation of oneself which might or might not accurately reflect ones inner self. Exaggerating characteristics and minimizing others | 11 | |
6082642542 | Pastoral | Dealing with the life f Shepards or with a simple rural existence (East of Eden) | 12 | |
6082642543 | Pathos | Writer or speaker's attempt to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience-- usually a deep feeling of suffering, but sometimes joy, pride, etc | 13 | |
6082642544 | Inversion | Normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter | 14 | |
6082642545 | Lyric | Short poem (50-60 lines) written in a repeating stanzaic form, often designed to be set to music | 15 | |
6082642546 | Gothic | Middle of 18th century, gloomy castles on high steer cliffs (The Raven) | 16 | |
6082642547 | Hubris | Excessive pride or ambition that leads to a main character's downfall | 17 | |
6082642548 | Caricature | Used in descriptive writing and visual arts where particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated to create a silly or comic effect | 18 | |
6082642549 | Catharsis | Emotional discharge through one which can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or state of liberation from anxiety and stress | 19 | |
6082642550 | Aesthetic | Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and perception of beauty | 20 | |
6082642551 | Anachronism | Error of chronology or timeline in literature | 21 | |
6082642552 | Epitaph | Lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place | 22 | |
6082642553 | Farce | Comedy, funny play | 23 | |
6082642554 | Iamb | Unaccented short syllables followed by long and accented syllable in a single line (unstressed/stressed) | 24 | |
6082642555 | Trochee | Two-syllable consisting of a have stress follow d by a light stress. "Tyger, tyger! Burning bright!" | 25 | |
6082642556 | Zeugma | Figure of speech where one word usually a verb or adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically "friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your hands." | 26 | |
6082642557 | Ode | Lyrical in nature but not very lengthy | 27 | |
6082642558 | Coinage | New word, usually invented on the spot | 28 | |
6082642559 | Epic | Very long narrative poem on a serious theme "the odyssey" | 29 | |
6082642560 | Truism | 30 | ||
6082642561 | Abstract | 31 | ||
6082642562 | Anthropomorphism | 32 | ||
6082642563 | Academic | 33 | ||
6082642564 | Bombast | 34 |