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AP LIT Vocab Terms Test

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ELEGY
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EUPHEMISM
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COUPLET
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ALLEGORY
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EPITAPH
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ALLITERATION
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BOMBAST
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ANALOGY
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ASIDE
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SYNTAX
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BLACK HUMOR
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IMPLICIT
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ABSTRACT
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ARCHAISM
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DICTION
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METAPHOR
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GENRE
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HYPERBOLE
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NEMESIS
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FARCE
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a light, humerous play whose plot depends on the skillfully exploited situation
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literary device that uses the same consonant for majority of the words in a phrase
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literary "species" or form (comedy, tradegy, romance, sci-fi, etc)
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mournful/melancholy poem/song for he dead
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pattern/formation of sentences/phrases; the "flow" of a sentence/phrase
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a comparison that DOESN'T use the words 'like' or 'as'
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substitution of a mid/indirect/ vague statement for one thought to be offensive
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represents an abstract idea with a physical manifestation; (ex. a boy gives a girl flowers because he cares about her, he can't give her 'care')
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refers to ideas that cannot be felt with any of the five senses
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an opponent or situation that cannot be overcome easily
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choice of words
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bitter/ironic humor that deals or represents with unpleasent aspects of life
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a word/phrase that is old fashioned
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actor/actress who says something to the audience that the rest of the case is not meant to hear
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comparison between two different subjects to highlight a similarity
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implied rather that directly stated
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a gross exaggeration
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a verse of two lines that rhymes with equal lines
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an inscription on a tomb
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a pompous/ pretentious talk or writing
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a purifying of emotions, especially pity or fear; described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama
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someone dead/ something not human addessed as if they could respond
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a copy/imitation so distorted as to be ludicrous
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describing a narrative that begins in the middle of the story ( The Odyssey)
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the deeper meaning/understanding behind the word
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simple poem of folk origin that tells a story
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a book showing a character's development (owen meany, or any coming of age story)
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a comparison using like or as
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a figure of speech that makes a reference to something well known
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state of being out of place/time

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