AP Vocab 2 Flashcards

10345101438	Adage	a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth	0
10345101439	Autobiography	an account of a person's life written by that person	1
10345101440	Bard	a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition	2
10345102128	Carpe Diem	used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future	3
10345104065	Deus Ex Machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel	4
10345104066	Epic	a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation	5
10345104067	Foreshadow	a warning or indication of (a future event)	6
10345105573	Humanism	an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters	7
10345105574	Loose Sentence	starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea, and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers	8
10345105575	Myth	a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events	9
10345106063	Paradox	a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true	10
10345106064	Soliloquy	an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play	11
10345106611	Subtext	an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation	12
10345106612	Theme	the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic	13