Crabtree AP Lit Terms-Quiz 2
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arianad214 on November 1, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aphorism | a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance |
| Dialect | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people |
| Dialogue | a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people |
| Diction | the word choices made by a writer |
| Elegy | a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme |
| Ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced for the context ("Some people prefer cats; others, dogs.") |
| 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 |
| Epigram | a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying |
| Epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two quotations. One of them is "You are all a lost generation" by Gertrude Stein. |
| Epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight |
| Epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or burial place |
| Epithet | a term used to point out a characteristic of a person. Homeric epithets are often compound adjectives ("swift-footed Achilles") that become an almost formulaic part of a name. |
| Eulogy | a formal speech praising a person who has died |
| Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant |
| Expletive | an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes, a profanity |
| Fantasy | a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point |
| Figurative Language | Writing that uses one or more figures of speech (irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia....) |
| Flashback | the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative |
| Flat Character | a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story. |
| Foreshadowing | The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story. |
| Frame Device | a story within a story |
| Genre | a type of literature or film |
| Homily | a sermon, or a moralistic lecture |
| Hubris | Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy |
| Hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect |
| Hypothetical Question | highly conjectural; not well supported by available evidence |
| Idiom | an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect |
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