AP Literature Pt.4 Flashcards

6552962638	Elegy	A sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or another solemn theme	0
6552968868	Ellipsis	the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced for the context	1
6552976569	End-Stopped	A line with a pause at the end. (Line end with period, a comma, a colon, a semicolon, and exclamation point, or a question mark)	2
6552988308	Enjambment	the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next.	3
6553002025	Epigram	Brief, clever, and memorable statement	4
6553004399	Epilogue	A conclusion added to a literary work such as a novel, play, movie, or long poem. opposite of a prologue	5
6553008855	Epiphany	Revelation of such power and insight that it alters the entire world view	6
6553017250	Epistle	A poem addressed to a friend or a family member	7
6553023078	Epistrophe	Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the smae word or words	8
6553029408	Epithet	A short poetic nickname	9
6553033011	etymology	Study of the history of words, origin, form, and meaning have changed over time	10
6553038607	Euphemism	The substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener	11
6553046357	Euphony	A style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate. opposite of cacophony	12
6553052054	Extended metaphor	An implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem	13
6553059665	Existentialism	A twentieth-century philosophy arguing that ethical human beings are in sense cursed with absolutely free will in a purposeless universe.	14
6553072378	Eye rhyme	Rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme or slant-rhyme from the pronunciation	15
6553078524	Fable	Succinct fictional story featuring animals, etc that are given human characteristics	16
6553085530	Farce	A form of low comedy designed to provoke laughter through highly exaggerated caricatures of people in improbable or silly situations	17
6553092588	Feminine rhyme	A rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed	18
6553097041	Figurative language	writing that uses figures of speech such as Metaphor, irony, and simile	19