AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

9710944853	Loose Sentence	main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases	0
9711059491	Lyric poetry	emotional song-like poetry	1
9711071007	Maxim	Saying or proverb expressing common wisdom truth	2
9711071008	Melodrama	a literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response	3
9711074489	Metaphor	A figure of speech that compares unlike objects	4
9711076845	Metaphysical poetry	The work of poets / uses elaborate conceits / highly intellectual / expresses the complexities of love and life	5
9711076846	Meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry	6
9711078925	Metonymy	A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated	7
9711080621	Middle English	The language spoken in English roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D	8
9711080622	Mock Epic	A parody of traditional epic form	9
9711082275	Mode	The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature	10
9711082276	Montage	A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea	11
9711082277	Mood	The emotional tone in a work of literature	12
9711082278	Moral	A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature	13
9711084333	Motif	A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature	14
9711084334	Muse	The imagery source of inspiration for an artist or writer	15
9711084335	Myth	Imaginary story that has become an accepted a part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society	16
9711087981	Narrative	A form of verse or prose that tells a story	17