AP Terms Flashcards

11951706550	functions	move the heart and mind of the readers. Literature of knowledge has to teach. Means that literature gives particular values, messages, and themes to the readers. Ex: Persuade, Inform, Entertain	0
11951746372	symbolic	the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea Ex: The red dress in Mice and Men	1
11951794019	heed	To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe Ex: He paid it no heed, instead fascinated by the feel of her frame.	2
11951822808	satire	Using sarcasm or sharp wit to expose human vice or weakness Ex:	3
11951844678	euphemistically	by means of a mild or indirect word or expression instead of one considered too harsh or blunt Ex: pre-owned vehicles for used cars	4
11951853675	pedantically	someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, and minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning Ex: is a person at a party who bores everyone while talking at length about the origin and details of a particular piece of pottery	5
11951875615	grandiloquently	something with big words used in a overly self assured way. Ex: a selfish and wordy speech by a presidential candidate	6
11951897222	frugal	economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager Ex: Mr. Krabs	7
11951926908	metaphore	is a figure of speech that compares two things by saying one thing is the other thing ex: Life is a journey	8
11951936850	abstractions	applied to ideas that are philosophical and emotional not concrete or tangible. Ex:Truth, liberty, freedom	9
11951942230	iambic pentameter	a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable	10
11951999034	Blank verse	literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter	11
11952015351	Heroic couplet	pair of rhyming lines that express a memorable thought	12
11952042219	Terza rima	A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. Ex: Leaping upward like a spark, Light and fleet-non fleeter!- my poet fled this dirty, dark den of kitchen fetor.	13
11952051001	Ballad meter	four-line stanzas usually rhyming abcb with the first and third lines carrying four accented syllables and the second and fourth carrying three Ex: O mother, mother make my bed. O make it soft and narrow Since my love died for me today, I'll die for him tomorrow	14
11952061709	free verse	poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter Ex:	15
11954619666	contentment	a state of happiness and satisfaction	16
11954636952	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event Ex: Hercules is an allusion to Karate Kid when Hercules is training.	17