AP Language Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

4776841923	Baroque	of or relating to a style of architecture, music, and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century	0
4776843905	blank verse	unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse	1
4776846502	burlesque	an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity	2
4776851850	classical	referring to ancient Greek and Roman cultures, especially their art, music, literature, and architecture	3
4776853418	comedy	a literary work or production designed to amuse and to end well for the main characters	4
4776859547	denouement	the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as for a drama or novel	5
4776861052	farce	a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character	6
4776863395	free verse	verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern	7
4776864574	genre	a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like	8
4776868493	Gothic	features desolate, typically romantic settings and macabre or sensational plots with ghosts or supernatural occurrences	9
4776873326	lampoon	a usually lengthy verbal picture thoroughly ridiculing an individual	10
4776883403	parody	a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing	11
4776884762	Rococo	extravagantly or excessively ornate, highly ornamented and florid, especially of music and literature	12
4776887454	satire	the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.	13
4776889301	thespian	an actor or actress	14