AP Lit & Composition, Tri 1 Exam Review Flashcards

8148611852	whimsical	playfully quaint, in an amusing or appealing way	0
8148611853	homage	special honor or publicly shown respect	1
8148611854	fervent	Having or displaying a passionate intensity	2
8148611855	pensive	Engaged in serious reflective or deep thought	3
8148611856	congenial	Pleasant or agreeable because it suits one's likes	4
8148611857	euphemism	Using a mild or vague expression in place of a harsh, blunt or offensive one	5
8148611858	enigma	A puzzling or unexplained occurrence, situation, or person	6
8148611859	lament	To feel sorrow or regret for	7
8148611860	lucid	Easily understood or clear; shining, bright	8
8148611861	analogous	Corresponding or comparable to something else	9
8148611862	nonchalant	Casually calm and relaxed; laidback	10
8148611863	overt	Done or shown openly; not secret or hidden. Obvious.	11
8148611864	contempt	Feeling that something is beneath consideration or worthless	12
8148611865	exemplify	To be a typical/standard example of	13
8148611866	pernicious	Having a harmful effect, especially in a subtle or gradual way	14
8148611867	reverence	Deep respect for someone or something; high regard or esteem	15
8148611868	dissemination	The act of spreading something (typically information) widely	16
8148611869	cynical	Believing that people are motivated by self interest; distrustful of sincerity	17
8148611870	formidable	Inspiring fear or respect through size, power, intensity, or capability	18
8148611871	morose	Gloomy, ill-tempered, moody	19
8148611872	imperturbable	Unable to be upset or excited; calm & collected	20
8148611873	sombre	Dark or dull in color/tone; gloomy	21
8148611874	resigned	Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about	22
8148611875	diverged	Separate from another route	23
8148611876	converge	Tend to meet at a point	24
8148611877	ominous	Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening	25
8148611878	malady	A disease or ailment	26
8148611879	recluse	A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people	27
8148611880	hasten	To be quick to do something	28
8148611881	tumultuously	Making a loud, confused noise; characterized by a noisy uproar	29
8148611882	impertinence	Lack of respect; rudeness	30
8148611883	conjecture	An opinion formed on the basis of incomplete information	31
8148611884	magnanimous	Very generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful	32
8148611885	stupor	A state of near-unconsciousness or intensity	33
8148611886	impede	To delay or prevent by obstruction; to hinder	34
8148630070	précis	a brief abstract of a paper, 1 paragraph long, that is the key essence of a work	35
8148638426	Types of meter	iambic, anapestic, trochaic, dactylic, spondaic, pyrrhic	36
8148640889	line length	monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter	37
8148649530	scansion	(1) the act of scanning, or analyzing poetry in terms of its rhythmic components (2) the graphic representation, indicated by marked accents, feet, etc., of the rhythm of a line or lines of verse	38
8148649531	diction	the word choice an author makes in a piece	39
8148653477	syntax	the word order in a sentence or piece	40
8148655391	symbolism	An object that represents something else and contains several layers of meaning	41
8148658485	imagery	words/ideas that represent something by appealing to senses; Helps create vivid imagery for reader to connect to the story; Often uses figurative language to create imagery.	42
8148660223	visual imagery	sight	43
8148660224	auditory imagery	sound	44
8148661627	olfactory imagery	smell	45
8148661628	gustatory imagery	taste	46
8148663532	tactile imagery	touch	47
8148666145	magical realism	Consists mostly of true-to-life narrative punctuated by moments of whimsical, often symbolic, fantasy described in the same matter-of-fact tone	48
8148667896	irony	A figure of speech that is incongruent between what is expected and what actually happens - words are used in a way that their intended meaning is different than their actual meaning	49
8148667897	verbal irony	A discrepancy between what a speaker or writer says and what he believes to be true - when a speaker's intention is opposite of what s/he says; Similar to sarcasm	50
8148671792	situational irony	A discrepancy between expectation and reality; what one expects to happen is different than what actually happens; Tends to be generally considered funny or tragic; Creates unexpected twists at the end of stories	51
8148673861	dramatic irony	A discrepancy between the character's perception and what the reader or audience knows to be true - when the audience is aware of something the character is not aware of; Tends to be considered tragic	52
8148675339	zero endings	Loose ends of a story not tied up, leaving a lot of questions for the reader	53
8148678617	synecdoche	figure of speech using parts to represent a whole or vice versa	54
8148680200	Author: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	55
8148684774	Author: "Sonny's Blues"	James Baldwin	56
8148685617	Author: "A Good Man is Hard to Find"	Flannery O'Connor	57
8148687295	Author: "Cathedral"	Raymond Carver	58
8148689346	Author: "A Worn Path"	Eudora Welty	59
8148691574	Author: "Hand"	Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette	60
8148691575	Author: "The Man of Adamant"	Nathaniel Hawthorne	61
8148692796	Author: "The Story of an Hour"	Kate Chopin	62
8148785653	poetic meter	the rhythm within the poem	63
8148788306	poetic feet	A poetic foot is a repeated sequence of rhythm comprised of two or more stressed and/or unstressed syllables.	64
8148793336	ᴗ	unstressed	65
8148793337	/	stressed	66
8148795584	ᴗ /	iamb	67
8148795585	/ ᴗ	trochee	68
8148797276	ᴗ ᴗ /	anapest	69
8148799101	/ ᴗ ᴗ	dactyl	70
8148801214	/ /	spondee	71
8148801215	ᴗ ᴗ	pyrrhic	72