Ap Comp Vocab Empathy-Naturalism

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empathy

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a feeling of association or identificaiton with an object

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epigram

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the ingenious, witty, throughful, provocative statement ending a short poem

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existentialism

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a view of life that emphasizes existence as opposed to essence

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expressionism

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a from of at in which the artist depicts the inner essence of man and projects his view of the world as colored by that essence

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fable

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a short story designed to teach a useful lesson

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fantasy

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the creation of unreal worlds and people

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genre

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a term used to describe literary forms such as tragedy comedy novel and essay

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hamartia

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aristotles term for the protagonist's tragic flaw or tragic error of judgment

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hubris

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aristotle term for the pride of the tragic hero that leads him to ignore or overlook warnings of impending disaster or to break moral laws

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humanism

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in common usage, an attitude that emphasizes human intersts; an optimistic view of human potential

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humor

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the quality in action, speech or writing which excites amusement; less intellectual than wit and having a more sympathetic tone

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impressionism

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in writing, the presentation of the salient features of a scene, event, or person as they appear to the author at the time

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invective

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in satirical writing, the use of dunuciatory anry and insulitng language

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irony

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a form of expression ins which the meaning intended is the opposite from what is stated

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lampoon

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a violent and scurrilous satirical attack against a person or institution

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empathy

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a feeling of association or identificaiton with an object

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epigram

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the ingenious, witty, throughful, provocative statement ending a short poem

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existentialism

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a view of life that emphasizes existence as opposed to essence

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expressionism

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a from of at in which the artist depicts the inner essence of man and projects his view of the world as colored by that essence

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fable

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a short story designed to teach a useful lesson

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fantasy

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the creation of unreal worlds and people

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genre

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a term used to describe literary forms such as tragedy comedy novel and essay

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hamartia

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aristotles term for the protagonist's tragic flaw or tragic error of judgment

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hubris

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aristotle term for the pride of the tragic hero that leads him to ignore or overlook warnings of impending disaster or to break moral laws

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humanism

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in common usage, an attitude that emphasizes human intersts; an optimistic view of human potential

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humor

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the quality in action, speech or writing which excites amusement; less intellectual than wit and having a more sympathetic tone

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impressionism

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in writing, the presentation of the salient features of a scene, event, or person as they appear to the author at the time

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invective

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in satirical writing, the use of dunuciatory anry and insulitng language

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irony

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a form of expression ins which the meaning intended is the opposite from what is stated

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lampoon

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a violent and scurrilous satirical attack against a person or institution

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melodrama

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a literary account in which the incidents are sensational, the characters exceptionally noble or evil, the appeal to the emotions extreme

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metaphor

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a literary comparsion

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metaphysical poetry

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the work of poets, particularly those of the seventeenth century, which employ elaborate conciets

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metonymy

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when one specific thing is referred to as being part of a whole

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middle english

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the english language as spoken after norman conqueset 1066

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mode

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an attibrute or quality of thing

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montage

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a quick succession of images or pictures to express an idea

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motif

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a device which serves as a unifying agent in conveying a theme

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muses

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the goddesses presiding over the arts

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myth

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a solidy conceived, but entirely imaginative world, with beliefs and values, created by an author

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naturalism

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a mode of a work in which the writer applies total objectivity in his/her observation and treatment of life without idealizing, imposing value judgment, or avoiding the repulsive