Ap English Summer Vocabulary

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a complex style which discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points.

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Abstract

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dry and theoretical writing. Used to descri be writing that is sucking all the life out of its subjet with analysis

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academic writing

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refers to the stressed portion of a word. sometimes the matter of opinion.

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accent

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"appealing to the senses"
N-coherent sense of taste
plural- the study of beauty

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aesthetic

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a story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. Ex.-many fables

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allegory

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the repetitions of initial consonant sounds.

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alliteration

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a references to another work or famous figue

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allusion

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"misplaced in time"

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anachronism

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a comparison usually involving two or more symbolic parts, employed to clarify an action or relationship

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analogy

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a short narrative

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anecdote

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when inanimate objects are given human characteristics

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anthropomorphism

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occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect, frequently used for a comic effect

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anticlimax

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a protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest or any other unsavory quality

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antihero

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a short and usually witty saying

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aphorism

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

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apostrophe

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the use of deliberately old-fashioned language

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archaism

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a speech after a short comment made by an actor to the audiences as the momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage

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aside

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the repeated use of vowel sounds

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assonance

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the emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene

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atmosphere

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a long narrative poem usually in very regular meter and rhyme. Usually with a naive folsy quality, a characteristic that distinguishes it from epic poetry.

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ballad

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when the writing of a scene evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy.

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pathos

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when writing 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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use of disturbing themes in comedy

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black humor

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pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language. when one tires to be eloquent by using big words

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bombast

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a broad parody that taes a style or a form, and exaggerates it into ridiculousness. parody.

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burlesque

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using deliberatley harsh, awkward sounds

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cacophony

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the beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense

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cadence

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the name for a section division in a long work of poetry
-divides a long poem into parts the way chapters divide a novel

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canto

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aa portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality

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caricature

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this term is drawn from aristotles writings on tragedy. "cleansing" of emotion an audience member eperiences, having lived through the experiences presented on stage

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catharsis