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for AP English Lit

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style in writing that is typically complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil; seldom uses examples to support its points.   show
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dry and theoretical writing   show
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in poetry, refers to the stressed portion of a word.   show
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show aesthetic  
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reference to another work or famous figure   show
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misplaced in time   show
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comparison   show
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word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to   show
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when inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena are given human characteristics, behavior, or motivation   show
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show anticlimax  
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figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman   show
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use of deliberately old-fashioned language   show
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speech made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage   show
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trait or characteristic   show
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long, narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme   show
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writing of a scene evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy   show
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show bathos  
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use of disturbing themes in comedy   show
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show bombast  
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show burlesque  
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show cacophony  
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show cadence  
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name for a section division in a long work of poetry   show
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a portrait (verbal or otherwise) that exaggerates a facet of personality   show
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show catharsis  
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in drama, the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it   show
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arts of ancient Greece and Rome and the qualities of those arts   show
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new word, usually one invented on the spot   show
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technical term for coinage   show
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show conceit  
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show denotation  
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repetition of consonant sounds within words   show
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pair of lines that end in rhyme   show
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character's speech must be styled according to social station and in accordance with the occasion   show
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show diction  
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ordering and structuring of words   show
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show dirge  
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