AP Literature Vocabulary Set 5 Flashcards

11178490274	Existentialist	A work of literature which reflects upon absurd or meaningless existence. Example: Albert Camus's The Stranger	0
11178494687	Farce	Generally, today this word indicates broad humor. However, in the past, it had a more specific meaning: a comedy (play) involving ridiculous actions and dialogue with the purpose of exaggerating, rather than imitating life. Example: The Importance of Being Earnest	1
11178508478	Feminine rhyme	Lines rhymed by the final two syllables, often the final syllable is unstressed. Example: lines ending with passion and fashion.	2
11178512841	Foot	The basic rhythmic unit of a line of poetry, formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed. Iambic is the most popular form of this.	3
11178516017	Free verse	Borrowed from the French verse libre, this term refers to poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern.	4
11178521232	Genre	A category of a particular kind of artistic form, style, or content.	5
11178528331	Gothic (Gothic Novel)	A form of literature appearing in the 17th century and was quite popular into the century. Typical elements of this kind of literature are: gloomy, mysterious castles, the supernatural, noises in the attic, a young damsel in distress morally or physically. Example Anne Radcliff's The Mysteries of Udolpho.	6
11178541178	Heroic couplet	Two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter. An example of this can be seen in one of Shakespeare's sonnets: "For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings / That then I scorn to change my state with kings" (Sonnet 29).	7
11178559730	Hyperbole	Deliberate overstatement or exaggeration.	8
11178561494	Imagery	The use of language to form mental images, it is based on one or all of the five senses. Example: Dante is known for this explicit and horrific language in "The Inferno," which depicts sinners running over filth chassed by wasps and hornets.	9