English 12 Ap Words 61-90

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economy

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a style of writing characterized by brevity and conciseness.

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either/or reasoning

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the tendency to see an issue as having only two sides.

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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 structure 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 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 adventurers; having a national, world-wide, or cosmic setting; involving supernatural focuses, and written in a deliberately ceremonial style.

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epigram

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

Little strokes
Fell great oaks.

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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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epistolary novel

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a novel in letter form written by one or more of the characters.

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ethos

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ethical appeal in argumentation.

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euphemism

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describing something distasteful 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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exemplum

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a short medieval story illustrating a moral.

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exposition

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one of the four major types of writing which explains; in drama, it is the initial part of the play when the background information is presented to the audience.

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fable

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brief tale which teaches a moral truth and which contains characters who are often animals.

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figures of speech

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imaginative comparisons (ex. metaphors, similes, personification, etc.) to convey tone, purpose, or effect.

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fixed form

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poems which have 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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flat character

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a one-dimensional character who remains the same throughout the work and about whom little is revealed.

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foil

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a character who contrasts another character.

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foot

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a unit of meter that contains a measure of syllables (ex. anapest, dactyl, iamb, spondee, trochee)

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form

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external pattern of the poem (ex. continuous form, stanzaic form, 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.

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free verse

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poetry with no set rhyme and no set meter.

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genre

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form or type of literary work; novel, poetry, drama, essay, etc.

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gerund

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the -ing form of the verb used as a noun.

"Walking the dog keeps you healthy."

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gothic

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narrative which combines a desolate setting and mysterious event to create an atmosphere of terror.

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grotesque

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an element of Gothic Romanticism in which bizarre, fantastically ugly or absurd elements are important to the overall effect.