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AP Lit Poetry Part 3
Lit terms review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aesthetics | Philosophical investigation into the nature of beauty and the perception of beauty especially in the arts; the theory of art or artistic taste. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. |
| Anecdote | A very short tale told by a character in a literary work. |
| Aphorism | a brief statement that expresses an observation on life usually intended as a wise observation. Ex: Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac" |
| Asyndeton | the omission of a conjunction from a list Ex: shoes flats boots sandals sneakers |
| Chiasmus | Term used when describing a situation in which you introduce subjects in order AB C then discuss in order CB A. |
| Colloqualism | spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
| Deus Ex Machina | An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict. |
| Exegesis | critical interpretation of a text especially a biblical text. |
| Farce | type of comedy based on a humorous situation. The situation provides the humor not the cleverness of plot or lines |
| Homily | an inspirational saying or platitude |
| Interpolation | a passage included in the author's work without his/her consent |
| Adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying |
| Cumulative sentence | a sentence with main clause at the beginning |
| Ellipsis | omission |
| Enjambment | describes a line of poetry in which the sense and grammatical construction continues on to the next line |
| Elegy | poem which expresses sorow over a death of someone for whom the poet cared |
| Caesura | a natural pause in the middle of a line, sometimes coinciding with punctuation |
| Sibilance | hissing sounds represented by s,z, and sh |
| Cacophony | harsh, non melodic, unpleasant sounding arrangement of words |
| Vignette | a small illustrative sketch |
| Polemic | controversial argument especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine. |
| Pastoral | relating to or being a literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life usually in an idealized way |
| Oxymoron | A combination of contradictory terms like compassionate conservative |
| Malapropism | an incorrect usage of a word usually with comic effect |
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