AP Vocab 61-90 Flashcards

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Digression

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Use of material unrelated to the subject of the work.

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Dramatic Monologue

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A poem in which a the speaker addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed.

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Economy

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A style of writing characterized by brevity and conciseness.

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Ekphrastic Poetry

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A form of poetry that comments on a work of art in another genre, such as painting or music.

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Elegy

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A solemn, reflective poem, usually about death, written in a formal style.

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Ellipsis

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Omission of an element from a sentence so that the grammatical is incomplete but the meaning is clear; often appears in aphorisms, epigrams, proverbs, and maxims.

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End-Stopped Lines

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Lines of poetry that end with punctuation marks.

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Enjambment

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In poetry, the running over of a sentence from one line, verse, or stanza to the next without stopping at the first.

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Epic

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Long narrative poem dealing with heroes and adventures, usually having a large setting and involving supernatural forces, written in a ceremonial style.

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Epigram

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A short witty verse or saying, often ending with a wry twist.

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Epigraph

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A motto or quotation at the beginning of a story, novel, or chapter, often indicating theme.

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Epiphany

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A character’s transformative moment of realization.

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Epistolary Novel

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A novel comprised of letters written by one or more of the characters.

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Euphemism

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Describing something negative in a positive way.

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Euphony

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A choice and arrangement of words creating a pleasant sound.

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Fable

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A brief tale that teaches a moral truth and usually features animals as characters.

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Farce

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A dramatic form marked by wholly absurd situations, slapstick, raucous wordplay, and sometimes innuendo.

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Figurative Language

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Language that uses figures of speech; non-literal language usually evoking strong images. Common types include metaphor, simile, irony, hyperbole, etc.

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Fixed Form

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Poetry which follows a specific rhyme, meter, and/or stanza arrangement.

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Flashback

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Going back in time to reveal past history that is important to the work.

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Foot

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A unit of meter that contains a set number of syllables.

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Foot, Dactylic

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A metrical foot with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. (‘^^)

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Foot, Iambic

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A metrical foot comprised of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. (^’)

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Foot, Trochaic

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A metrical foot comprised of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable. (‘^)

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Foot, Anapestic

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A metrical foot comprised of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. (^^’)

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Foot, Spondee

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A metrical foot comprised of two stressed syllables. (‘’)

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Form

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The external pattern of the poem (continuous, stanzaic, free verse, fixed form, blank verse).

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Foreshadowing

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A literary technique in which the author gives hints about future events.

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Frame

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A narrative device presenting a story or group of stories within the context of a larger work or plot.

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Free Verse

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Poetry with no set form or meter.