Ap English Final

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metaphor

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a comparison or analogy that states one this is another. "(example: his eye's were burning coals)

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accent

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refers to the stressed portion of a word (example: to be or not to be)

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aesthetic

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can be used as an abjetive meaning applealing to senses.

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allegory

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a story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale it self.

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allusion

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a referance to another work of famous figure

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anachronism

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means missed placed in time

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anticlimax

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occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect

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apostrophe

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a figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman.

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archaism

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the use of deliberately old fashion language.

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aside

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a speech made by an actor to the audience as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage.

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the emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene

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atmosphere

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writing that strains for grandeur it can't support and tries to jerk tears from every little hiccup

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bathos

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a writing of a scene that evokes feelings of diginifed pity and sympathy

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pathos

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the use of disturbing themes in comedy

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black humor

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one who to sound more educated then they really are by using the largest most uncommon words

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bombast

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is a broad parody one that a style or form such a tragic drama asnd exaggerates it into ridiculousness

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burlesque

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the deliberate use of harsh awkward sounds

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cacophony

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refers to the cleansing of emotions an audience memeber exeriences having lived vicariously through the experiances presented on stage

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catharsis

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a new word created

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coinage

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word or phrase used in everyday conventional english that isn't a part of the accepted schoolbook english

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colloquialism

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conceit

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refers to a startling or unsual metaphor

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decorum

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a character's speech that is styled according to their social station

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diction

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the authors choice of words

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syntax

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refers to the order and structure of the words

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dirge

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a song for the dead

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doggerel

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crude simplistic verse often a sing song rhyme

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dramatic irony

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when the audience knows something the characters don't

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elegy

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a type of poem that meditates on death or mortality in a serious thoughtful manner

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elements

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the basic techniques of each genre of literature

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epitaph

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lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place

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euphemism

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a word or phrase that takes place of a harsh unpleasant or impolite reality

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euphony

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words or sounds that blend harmoniously

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explicit

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to say or write something directly and clearly

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farce

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today we use this word to refer to extemely broad humor

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foil

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a secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the charateristics of the main character usually by contrast

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forshadowing

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an event or statement in a narrative that in miniature suggests a larger event that is yet to come

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free verse

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poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern

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genre

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a subcategory of literature

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gothic

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the sensiblity derived from gothic novels.

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hubris

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the excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main charcater's downfall

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hyperbole

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exaggeration or deliberate overstatement