AP Lit - Vocab 3 Flashcards
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| 10267841956 | Ballad | a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature | 0 | |
| 10267842737 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 1 | |
| 10267842738 | Coming-of Age Story | A story of changing from childhood to adulthood | 2 | |
| 10267845540 | Bildungsroman | A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. | 3 | |
| 10267845957 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 4 | |
| 10267849100 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 5 | |
| 10267849101 | Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. | 6 | |
| 10267850178 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 7 | |
| 10267850179 | Farce | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | 8 | |
| 10267859141 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 9 |