AP Literature Vocab 3 Flashcards

7487099847	didactic verse	term for a poem that teaches almost preaches	0
7487112474	dionysian	pertaining to the base side of man	1
7487126881	drama	story performed by actors on a stage	2
7487148295	dramatic irony	irony in which the character uses words which mean one thing to them but another to those who understand the situation better	3
7487179982	dramatic monologue	poem that reveals a "soul in action" through the speech of one character in a dramatic situation	4
7519047417	dystopia	opposite of a utopia, controlled world where pain exists instead of pleasure	5
7519052886	elegy	lyrical poem about death	6
7519060465	empathy	feelings of pity and understanding for a character	7
7519064572	end rhyme	schematic rhyme that comes at the ends of lines of verse	8
7519075563	end stop line	line of verse which both grammatical structure & sense reach completion at the end of a line	9
7519090079	enjambment	line of verse that carries over into next line without a pause of any kind	10
7519095298	envelope method	begins and ends with same setting and/or narrator(s); middle is a flashback	11
7519109564	epic	a long narrative, adventures of a hero whom rests the fate of a nation	12
7519115544	epigram	a witty saying, usually at the end of a poem, about 2 lines long	13
7519131615	epigraph	brief quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter	14
7519139981	epiphany	an awakening; sudden understanding or burst of insight; key moments in greek plays	15
7519151363	epitaph	an engraving on a tombstone	16
7519154843	epithet	nickname or appellation	17
7519159498	euphemism	substitute words that sound better than another; use of inoffensive or neutral words to describe to describe harsher, more serious concepts	18
7519191712	euphony	quality of style marked by pleasing, harmonious sounds, the opposite of cacophony	19
7519196941	existentialism	term applies to a group of attitudes which emphasize existence rather than essence	20
7519208349	exposition	the introductory material which sets the tone, gives the setting, introduces characters, and supplies necessary facts	21
7519219997	eye rhyme	form of rhyme where look is more important than sound	22
7519236506	fable	story written to make a moral point, using animals as characters	23
7519254641	fairy tale	fictional tale, marked by fantasy and magic, often appealing to imagination	24
7519261172	falling action	everything that happens in a plot between the climax or crisis and the denouement	25
7519269432	false dichotomy	two extremes in a continuum of intermediate possibilities	26
7519279019	fantasy	imaginative writing; author breaks away from reality	27
7519285209	farce	totally ridiculous comedy	28
7519288827	feminine rhyme	double rhyme(ex. resenting/consenting)	29