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AP Words of the Week
These are Mr. Garcia's "AP Words of the Week"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allusion | a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to well-known historical or literary event, person or work |
| attitude | a speaker's, author's, or character's disposition (tone) toward or opinion of a subject |
| details | parts that make up the larger picture of a story |
| devices of sound | Devices that relate to how a poem sounds, such as rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia |
| diction | the specific word choice by an author to elicit an effect on the reader |
| figurative language | non-literal language such as metaphor, simile, and irony |
| allegory | a story in which people, things and events have another meaning |
| ambiguity | multiple meanings a literary work may communicate |
| apostrophe | direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present |
| connotation | the implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning |
| convention | a device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| didactic | explicitly instructive |
| digression | the use of material unrelated to the subject of a work |
| epigram | a pithy saying, often using contrast |
| euphemism | a figure of speech using indirection to avoid being offensive |
| grotesque | characterized by distortions or incongruities |
| hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration |
| jargon | the special language of a profession or group |
| literal | not figurative, matter of fact |
| lyrical | songlike, emotional |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| ballad meter | four line stanza rhymed abcb with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| dactyl | a metrical foot of three syllables |
| end-stopped | a line with a pause at the end (ceasura) |
| free verse | poetry which is not written in a traditional manner |
| heroic couplet | two end stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the though usually completed in the two-line unit |
| hexameter | a line containing six feet |
| iamb | a two syllable foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning |
| pentameter | a line containing five feet |
| rhyme royal | a seven line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc |
| sonnet | normally a fourteen-line iambic pentameter poem |
| stanza | usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme |
| terza rima | a three line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cde, |
| tetrameter | a line of four feet |
| antecedent | that which goes before |
| clause | a group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not be a complete sentence |
| ellipsis | the omission of a word or several words necessary for a complete construction that is still understandable |
| imperative | the mood of a verb that gives an order |
| modify | to restrict or limit meaning |
| parallel structure | a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph |
| syntax | the structure of a sentence |
| tone | the speaker, or author's attitude toward a subject |
| prose | straight forward language |
| soliloquy | a device often used in drama whereby a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without anyone else on stage |
| antithesis | the presentation of two contrasting images |
| motif | the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters |
| speaker | the voice of a poem, usually more general than the author |
| vivify | to enliven or animate |
| paradox | a true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition |
| paronomasia | pun |
| synesthesia | the bringing together of feelings |
| anaphora | repetition of the same word or phrase throughout a work or a section of a work in order to lend weight and emphasis |
| pedantic | Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules |
| oppression | the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. |
| ignorance | the state of being uninformed |
| despotism | is a form of government by which a single entity rules with absolute and unlimited power |
| aestheticism | A movement in which people believed that art should not be judged on moral grounds but, instead, should be valued for its beauty, sophistication, refinement, as well as the pleasure derived from its design and composition. |
| hedonism | is a school of ethics which argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good |
| ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. |
| major map | the series of classes that one must take to fulfill the requirements of a college major |
| career path | the series of steps one must take to become qualified for a specific career |
| prologue | the firs part of a Greek play that provides the exposition |
| parados | the second part of a Greek play, entry of the chorus and orchestra |
| episode | the principal action in a Greek play takes place in four episodes usually |
| stasimons | the performance by a chorus following the action of an episode in Greek drama |
| exodus | the conclusion of a Greek drama |
| schadenfreude | pleasure derived from the misfortune of others |
| tragic hero | the protagonist in a tragedy |
| tragic vision | Includes a conclusion that is catastrophic and inevitable,and occurs ultimately because of the hero. The hero suffers terribly, yet the suffering is usually redemptive, bringing out the noblest of human learning and the acceptance of moral responsibility. |
| catharsis | the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music |
| Syllogism | the format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion |
| humor | the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to produce laughter |
| database | a collection of articles for research |
| chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.” |
| dystopia | a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. |
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