AP Literature 7 Flashcards

11515328863	Accent	In poetry, the stressed portion of a word.	0
11515328864	Aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	1
11515328865	Anticlimax	Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect.	2
11515328866	Bombast	Pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language.	3
11515328867	Cacophony	In poetry, using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds.	4
11515328868	Cadence	the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense	5
11515328869	Canto	The name for a section division in a long work of poetry.	6
11515328870	Colloquialism	A word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "school-book" English.	7
11515972483	Connotation	Everything other than the literal meaning that a word suggests or implies	8
11515972484	Foil	a secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a main character, usually by contrast	9
11515972485	Foot	The basic rhythm ethic unit of a line of poetry, formed by a combination of two or three syllables, either stressed or unstressed	10
11515972486	Hubris	The excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main character's downfall	11
11515972487	Lampoon	A satire	12
11515972488	Melodrama	a form of overly-dramatic theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten, and the heroine oh-so-pure.	13
11515972489	Oxymoron	A phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction.	14
11515972490	Parallelism	repeated syntactical similarities used for effect	15
11515972491	Refrain	A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.	16
11515972492	Rhapsody	an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise	17
11515972493	Summary	A simple retelling of what you've just read.	18
11515972494	Utopia	An idealized place. Imaginary communities in which people are able to live in happiness, prosperity, and peace.	19