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ap lit terms 1

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Paradox   a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.  
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Ballad   Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.  
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Foot   the basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry  
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Epic   a long narrative poem written in elevated style which present the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation  
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Simile   a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')  
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Travesty   a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation  
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Abstract   (in writing) this is typically complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, and seldom uses examples to support its points.  
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Gothic Novel   a novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action  
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Foreshadowing   the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot  
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Euphony   any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds  
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