PHC Unofficial AP English Lang. & Comp. Vocab Guide (Week 7)
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Week 7 vocab words of the Unofficial AP English Language and Composition Vocabulary Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 genre | an artistic group, kind, or style based on content, technique, and form [noun]; pertaining to a literary type [adjective] |
| nonfiction | factual prose, as opposed to imaginative works; a group of works in the category of factual prose |
| short story | prose fiction usually focusing on one theme and usually under 10,000 words in length |
| Short short story | prose fiction shorter than the short story, usually condensed in both form and nature |
| biography | a written account of a person's life by another |
| autobiography | a written account of a person's life by himself or herself |
| memoir | prose about another person's life written by someone with personal, intimate connection, knowledge, and experience |
| fiction | imaginative writing; a group of works in the category of imaginative writing |
| novel | an extensive work of fiction in story form [noun]; new or unique [adjective] |
| allegory | a symbolic narrative story, play, poem, or picture where the obvious meaning has a symbolic, embedded meaning—usually spiritual or moral in nature; a group of works in the category of symbolic story |
| fable | a brief tale written to teach a moral, often including inanimate objects and/or animals [noun]; a fictitious story [noun]; spoken as if it were true [verb]; to lie [verb] |
| legend | a story passed down over time that is not provable but is believed to be true; a group of works in the category of non-provable stories believed to be true; the part of a map that explains symbols |
| ballad | a simple, slow, and often romantic song of folk beginnings that repeats stanzas to the same melody; a poetic written piece composed originally for song |
| epic | referring to a piece of writing usually concerning a hero and his/her feats, written in a style that is grandiose and sweeping in nature [adjective]; great (majestic, classic, larger-than-life, impressive, grand) [adjective]; large [adjective]; a composition that is grandiose [noun] |
| drama | a play [noun]; a story of a more serious nature with characters in conflict that is usually strong in tone and emotion, tragic, or vivid [noun]; a display of strong emotions [noun] |
| science fiction | a fiction work often set in the future that uses speculative science and technology in the story line; sometimes called the literature of ideas; themes may include alternate time lines, other worlds and aliens, but is always based on the knowledge of the real world; a group of works in the category of fiction in the future using ideas of speculative science; referring to something characterized by futuristic science that is fictitious in nature |
| Primitivist literature/primitivism literature | A style of literature and art in the 20th century that revolted against luxury and sophistication, stressing living simply and with a belief in man's natural goodness; discontent with the present led to adoration and elevation of the past [noun] |
| prose | ordinary speech, without rhyme or rhythm, opposite to poetry |
| prose poem | prose in narrative form written in a poetic structure and style with rhythm |
| romance/chivalric romance | a novel highlighting the dynamics of growing relationship where the protagonist ends up within the desired relationship, usually sentimental and idealized in nature [noun]; a novel highlighting heroic deeds and pageantry [noun]; chivalric romance: a medieval narrative in one verse [noun]; the literary genre encompassing novels with sentimental, idealized love interests [noun]; a love affair [noun]; to act in a way as to bring another into a love relationship [verb]; a spirit of adventure [noun]; to describe a person, place, or thing with the characteristics of wooing to love [adjective]; also written as the word, romantic; a word coming from a language of the Italian branch, called a Romance language [adjective] |
| romantic irony | a literary device, historically called English romantic irony but also found in other European and contemporary works, that uses a self-mirroring and playful attitude toward a normally-serious interaction with a literary narrative through a reminder that the author is present; the style is given origination with Schlegal (1772-1829), who is known to use aphorisms and paradox |
| soliloquy | a speech, most common in drama as a theatrical device, given by a single character who is often talking to himself, unaware of those around him or her |
| parable | a short allegorical story used to teach a spiritual or moral truth [noun] |
| deferential | showing respect (admiring, reverent, courteous) |
| complacent | pleasantly unbothered and even unaware of potential difficulty (untroubled); self-satisfied (smug) |
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