Ap Flashcards

10720286487	Sonnet	a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.	0
10720286488	travesty	(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion	1
10720286489	Archaism	The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.	2
10720286490	Foot	A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.	3
10720286491	form	The form of a piece of writing is simply its structure, how it is constructed and organized.	4
10720286492	structure	the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work	5
10720286493	Simile	A comparison of two unlike things using like or as	6
10720286494	Pun	a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.	7
10720286495	Gothic novel	A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action	8
10720286496	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	9
10720286497	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	10
10720286498	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	11
10720286499	euphony	pleasant, harmonious sound	12
10720286500	masculine rhyme	rhyme that falls on the stressed and concluding syllables of the rhyme-words	13
10720286501	Irony	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.	14
10720286502	Melodrama	A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response.	15
10720286503	Couplet	two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.	16
10832968448	Volta	the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem	17
10832968449	Utopia	perfect society	18
10832968450	Shakespearean sonnet	A fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme scheme	19
11113435152	Antihero	Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples.	20
11113435153	Nemisis	something causing pain or harm; enemy	21
11113435154	cadence	rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words	22
11113435155	requiem	a religious service or song for the deceased	23
11113435156	bombast	arrogant, pompous language	24
11113435157	chorus	A group of characters in Greek tragedy (and in later forms of drama), who comment on the action of a play without participation in it.	25
11113435158	Meter	A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	26
11113435159	Rhyme	Repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.	27
11113435160	Rythym	A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.	28
11130940180	bombast	arrogant, pompous language	29
11130940181	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	30
11130940182	dirge	a funeral hymn or mournful speech	31
11130940183	interior monologue	a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts	32
11130940184	lampoon	a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone	33
11130940185	Objectivity	treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices	34
11130940186	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	35
11130940187	requiem	A song or religious service for the dead or lost	36
11130940188	Subjectivity	a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author's feelings and opinions	37
11130940189	Zeugma	use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings	38
11237203322	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	39
11237203323	Globe Theater	Shakespeare's theater	40
11237203324	Inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)	41
11237203325	Metonym	a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated	42
11237203326	Hubris	excessive pride or self-confidence	43
11237277880	Aside	a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage	44
11302168445	cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	45
11302168446	Aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	46
11302168447	Hubris	excessive pride	47
11302183244	prallelism		48