Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AP English 12 > End Of Year Vocab ✏️ > Flashcards

End Of Year Vocab ✏️ Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
0
Q

Apostrophe

A

Rhetorical device in which speaker addresses dead, absent or imaginary person or object

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Alliteration

A

Repitition of initial consonant sounds in speech or writing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Ballad

A

Narrative poem, sometimes sung, often about a person

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Couplet

A

Two lines of poetry with same rhyme and meter, often expressing a complete thought

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

End rhyme

A

Rhyming words that occur at the ends of lines of poetry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Enjambment

A

Running over of a sentence from one line of verse into another

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Meter

A

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Blank verse

A

Verse with no rhyme but meter, usually iambic pentameter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Foot

A

Basic unit of meter consisting of a set group of stressed and unstressed syllables

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

iamb

A

Metrical foot of one unstressed syllable then one stressed, like heartbeat

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

idyll

A

Simple work in poetry or prose that presents peaceful rustic life or pastoral scenes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Ode

A

Lyric poem using exalted emotion on a specific subject

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Quatrain

A

Four line stanza

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Sonnet

A

Poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Elizabethan, Petrarchan, Spenserian

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Tercet

A

Three line stanza

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Archetype

A

In art, a pattern, character, or idea that recurs and conveys a universal symbolic meaning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Caricature

A

An exaggerated depiction of a character or incident, often using ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Dynamic/round character

A

A character whose personality changes or evolved through a work

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Static/flat character

A

A simple character who does not change or evolve during the course of a narrative; one who is not developed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Stock character

A

A very simple literary character who remains undeveloped in a work; one who is a stereotype

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Foil

A

Character that serves as contrast to highlight opposing traits in another character

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Persona

A

Voice/character representing speaker in literary work; the role a character plays in work

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Tragic hero

A

A hero in a tragedy who makes an error on judgement or has a fatal flaw that combines with fate and/or external forces to bring about his/her downfall

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Denouement

A

The ending; final outcome of a work, usu, including resolution of main complication

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Montage

A

A composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing images or designs; a cascade of images in cinema/literature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

In media res

A

The opening of an epic midway in a story- “in the middle of things” usually the hero recounts what occurred earlier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Deus ex machina

A

An unexpected, improbable character, device or event that is introduced suddenly to resolve a situation or untangle a problem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Aside

A

In play, a brief moment when a character speaks “under his breath”; only audience hears

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Colloquialism

A

A local or regional dialect expression

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Monologue

A

A dramatic soliloquy or long speech

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Internal monologue

A

A type of narration in which the author depicts the interior thoughts of a single individual

31
Q

Stream of consciousness

A

Narration like internal monologue, but when little coherence to convey jumble of thoughts

32
Q

Soliloquy

A

In drama, a section in which a character reveals thoughts without addressing a listener; usually proses a dilemma and weighs the pros/cons, declaring final decision at the end

33
Q

Omniscient narrator

A

3rd person narrator who knows all characters’ thoughts and motivations. Limited omniscient has knowledge of one or more characters but not all

34
Q

Avant-garde

A

Referring to an innovative group in the arts; “cutting edge” of an artistic field

35
Q

Black comedy

A

Comedy that uses “dark” humor

36
Q

Comedy of manners

A

Dramatic work that satirizes the manners/behaviors of a social class

37
Q

Didactic literature

A

Instructional or informative literature

38
Q

Epic

A

A narrative poem of the life of a heroic or mythological person or group

39
Q

Mock epic

A

Parody that mocks common romantic or modern stereotypes of heroes

40
Q

Epistle/epistolary literature

A

Literature written in letter format

41
Q

Fable

A

A short tale with a moral lesson at the end

42
Q

Farce

A

A light dramatic work marked by satiric comedy and an improbable plot

43
Q

Frame story

A

Narrative technique of a story within a story

44
Q

Morality play

A

An allegorical play (from 15th-16th C) in which characters personify abstract qualities or concepts (ie death)

45
Q

Mystery/miracle play

A

A medieval drama based on scriptural (biblical) incidents or life of a saint

46
Q

Hymn

A

Song of praise, usually religious

47
Q

Novel of manners

A

A work that recreates a social world, conveying in detail the customs, values, and morals of a developed and complex society

48
Q

Novella

A

A short novel

49
Q

Bildungsroman

A

A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological and intellectual development of a youthful protagonist

50
Q

Pastoral

A

A poem that draws on the natural world and rustic human society

51
Q

Satire

A

Writing which ridicules it’s subject to provoke or prevent social change

52
Q

Tragedy

A

Drama in which hero is overcome by superior force, fate, and/or his/her own doing

53
Q

Tragicomedy

A

Drama that combines certain elements of both tragedy and comedy

54
Q

Courtly romance

A

A medieval tale based on chivalric love, adventure, and supernatural elements

55
Q

Parable

A

A story with a moral or religious lesson

56
Q

Parody

A

A work that ridicules the style of an author or a work for comic effect

57
Q

Classical

A

Referring to ancient Greeks/Romans (~6th to C BC to 5th C AD), especially the art, architecture, and literature of the empires

58
Q

Medieval period/Middle Ages

A

Period extending from the end of the Western Roman Empire (5th century) until the Renaissance

59
Q

Renaissance

A

The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

60
Q

Elizabethan Age

A

A period associated with the reign of Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603) considered a part of the renaissance

61
Q

Humanism

A

A renaissance movement emphasizing the importance of human existence and seeking knowledge and understanding of all matters pertaining to earthly, secular life

62
Q

Neoclassical age

A

Era (18th C) of a revival of art/literature characterized by classical ideals of reason, form, and restraint

63
Q

Romanticism

A

An artistic and intellectual movement originating of the late 18th/early 19th C, characterized by interest in nature, emphasis on emotion and imagination, and departure from the attitudes/techniques of 18 C

64
Q

Gothic

A

Works characterized by a taste for the medieval or morbid; gothic novels (usually from 19th C) feature elements of horror, supernatural, gloom and violence

65
Q

Realism/naturalism

A

19 C movement advocating the literal, objective portrayal of reality

66
Q

Fin de Siecle

A

A French term meaning “end of century” the term denotes the last decade of the 19 C, a transition when writers/artists abandoned old conventions for new techniques and objects

67
Q

Modernism

A

The deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguished many styles in the art and literature of the 20th century; self-conscious break from previous genres

68
Q

Lost generation

A

A term used to describe the post WWI generation of American writers: men and women haunted by a sense of betrayal and emptiness brought about by the destructiveness of the war

69
Q

Surrealism

A

A 20th century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter

70
Q

Harlem Renaissance

A

Time in American history (1920s-1930s) when African American literature, art and music flourished in NYC

71
Q

Existentialism

A

A 20th C philosophy concerned with the nature and perception of human existence. Followers often believe that the condition is one of suffering and loneliness. Never less, individuals can create their own meaning

72
Q

Theater of the Absurd

A

A form of drama that emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by employing disjointed, repetitious, and meaningless dialogue, purposeless and confusing situations, and plots that lack realistic or logical development

73
Q

Postmodernism

A

Period/movement (~1944 to present) which carried modernist styles or practices to extremes and/or rejects modernism for new approaches to art/literature

74
Q

Beat poets

A

Group of American writers of the 1950s whose work strongly influenced the cultural transformation of the ’60s

75
Q

Magical realism

A

A literary genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realist setting; also a genre of Latin American literature from the 1960s in which magical themes were combined with realistic subject matter

AP English 12 (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions