AP Key Terms #5 Flashcards
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| 9322067703 | aesthetic | appealing to the senses, beauty; also can apply to visual characteristics that define a person | 0 | |
| 9322089007 | anachronism | misplaced in time | 1 | |
| 9322093069 | anticlimax | occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect | 2 | |
| 9322107995 | antihero | protagonist who is markedly unheroic; morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities | 3 | |
| 9322123675 | aphorism | a short, usually witty saying, such as: "Classic? A book which people praise and don't read" --Twain | 4 | |
| 9322142913 | aside | a speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience | 5 | |
| 9322150115 | ballad | a long, narrative poem usually in very regular meter and rhyme (usually naive folksy quality, which distinguishes it from epic) | 6 | |
| 9322162556 | cacophony | in poetry, harsh awkward sounds | 7 | |
| 9322175183 | cadence | the beat or rhythm of poetry (ex: pulsing, conversational, marching) | 8 | |
| 9322184563 | catharsis | cleansing of emotion an audience member experiences having lived vicariously through a character (Aristotle wrote this about tragedy) | 9 | |
| 9322197530 | colloquialism | conversational; not accepted school book English | 10 | |
| 9322213642 | decorum | the idea that a character's speech must be styled according to her/his social station & in accordance with the occasion | 11 | |
| 9322216335 | epic | long narrative poem on a serious theme and in a dignified style. Usually deal with glorious or profound subject matter: great war, heroic journey, fall from Eden, trip to underworld, | 12 | |
| 9322216336 | figurative language | writing that uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning (Ex: metaphor, simile, irony) | 13 | |
| 9322221928 | hubris | excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main character's downfall | 14 | |
| 9322221929 | implicit | to write or say something that suggests and implies, but never states directly | 15 | |
| 9322226952 | metonym | a word that is used to stand for something else that is associated with its attributes. 50 cows=50 head of cattle | 16 | |
| 9322226953 | nemesis | the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty | 17 | |
| 9322235565 | persona | the narrator in a non-first personal novel. In a third person novel, you get some idea of the author's personality, even if s/he is manipulating what you think of him/her. | 18 | |
| 9322353894 | satire | exposes character or societal flaws: attempts to expose flaws in order to help correct them | 19 |