Ap Terms 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying |
| Ad Hominem Argument | an aurguement attacking them personally not stating religion, nationly. |
| Allegory | a literary work in which characters or ojects represent abstract ideas |
| Analogy | a comparison of two things |
| Anecdote | a story or a narrative that focuses on a certain incident |
| Antecedent | the word phrase or clause a pronous refers to |
| Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced |
| Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly address an imaginary or abstract item |
| Archetype | a detail image or character that occurs frequently in lit. and mythes. appeals in a universal way |
| Arguement | a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work |
| Dialect | a particular variation of a language spoken in a class or religion; slang |
| Flat Character | a person who is a minor character that doesn't change in the story |
| Foreshadowing | the hint in a narrative that will later develope |
| Genre | a type of lit. or film |
| Climax | a decisive moment that is of maximun intensity or turning in plot |
| Colloquialism | pertaining to words or expressions moresuitable for speech rather than formal writing |
| Dialogue | in addition to being a feature of fiction and drama which represents characters, speech, the dialogue is also a type of lit. |
| Imagery | the pattern of images that are the verbal equivalents of sense experience in a text or portion of a text |
| Legend | story that is rooted in fact but which has been elaborated over time so its largely fictional |
| Mood | the emotional atmosphere of the reader |
| Syllepis | a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but only agrees to one |
| Theme | a significant idea in a lit. text also used to describe a recurring idea |
| Tone | the emotional atmosphere of the writer |
| Tragedy | a form of lit. that depicts a downfall of an individual; usually bad |
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