AP Literature Quarter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5150561159 | Comedy of Manners | a comedy that satirizes behavior in a particular social group, esp. the upper classes. | 0 | |
| 5150561160 | Conceit | an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. | 1 | |
| 5150561161 | Confessional Poetry | emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence. | 2 | |
| 5150561162 | Couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. | 3 | |
| 5150561163 | Deus Ex Machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, esp. as a contrived plot device in a play or novel. | 4 | |
| 5150561164 | Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. | 5 | |
| 5150561165 | Diction | the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 6 | |
| 5150561166 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 7 | |
| 5150561167 | Dramatic Monologue | a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events. | 8 | |
| 5150561168 | Elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | 9 | |
| 5150561169 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 10 | |
| 5150561170 | Epanalepsis | is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. The beginning and the end are the two positions of stronger emphasis in a sentence; so, by having the same phrase in both places, the speaker calls special attention to it. | 11 | |
| 5150561171 | Epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. | 12 | |
| 5150561172 | Epigraph | a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme. | 13 | |
| 5150561173 | Epigram | a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. | 14 | |
| 5150561174 | Epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight. | 15 | |
| 5150561175 | Epistolary Novel | a novel told through the medium of letters written by one or more of the characters. | 16 | |
| 5150561176 | Epithet | an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 17 | |
| 5150561177 | Epoch | a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics. | 18 | |
| 5150561178 | Euphony | the quality of being pleasing to the ear, esp. through a harmonious combination of words. | 19 | |
| 5150561179 | Explication | analyzing (a literary work) in order to reveal its meaning. | 20 | |
| 5150561180 | Fable | a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. | 21 | |
| 5150561181 | Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. | 22 | |
| 5150561182 | Feminine Rhyme | applies to the rhyming of one or more unstressed syllables Ex."dicing" and "enticing." | 23 | |
| 5150561183 | Free Verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. | 24 |