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Mrs. Warren's AP Lang Lit Term Review
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Pertaining to the value of art for its own sake
or for form.
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Aesthetic
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Use of historically inaccurate details in a text.
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Anachronism
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Repetition of the last word of one clause at the
beginning of the next clause.
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Anadoplosis
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The regular repetition of the same word or phrase
at the beginning of successive phrases or
clauses.
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Anaphora
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The use of opposing or contrasting ideas in
parallel grammatical forms of parts of speech.
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Antithesis
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A concise statement designed to make a point or
illustrate a commonly held belief.
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Aphorism
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The practice of omitting conjunctions between
words, phrases, or clauses.
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Asyndeton
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A novel or story whose theme is the moral or
psychological growth of the main character.
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Bildungsroman
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The works of an author that have been accepted as
authentic.
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Canon
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Seize the day.
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Carpe Diem
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Purification or cleansing of the spirit through
the emotions of pity and terror as a witness to a
tragedy.
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Catharsis
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Figure of speech by which the order of the terms
in the first of parallel causes is reversed in
the second.
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Chiasmus
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Informal speech or writing, such as local or
regional saying.
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Colloquial
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The repetition of two or more consonants with a
change in the intervening vowels, such as
pitter-patter, splish-splash, and click-clack.
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Consonance
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Process of reasoning in which a conclusion is
determined from a set of given evidence.
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Deductive
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The dictionary definition of a word the direct
and specific meaning.
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Denotation
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The use of an artificial device or contrived
solution to solve a difficult situation.
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Deus ex machina
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Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson.
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Didactic
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A format discussion of a subject.
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Discourse
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Ghostly counterpart of a living person or an
alter ego.
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Doppelganger
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An imaginary place where people live dehumanized,
often fearful lives.
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Dystopia
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A poem or prose lamenting the death of a
particular person.
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Elegy
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A quote set at the beginning of a literary work
or at its divisions to set the tone or suggest a
theme.
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Epigraph
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A piece of literature contained in or carried on
by letters.
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Epistolary
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The repetition of a word or words at the end of
two or more successive verses, clauses, or
sentences.
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Epistrophe
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A piece of writing in praise of a deceased person.
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Epitaph
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The moral element that determines a characters
actions, rather than thought or emotion.
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Ethos
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The substitution of a milder or less direct
expression for one that is harsh or blunt.
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Euphemism
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A single word or short phrase intended to
emphasize surrounding words.
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Expletive
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An argument that isnt valid.
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Fallacy
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A person or thing that makes another seem better
by contrast.
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Foil
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Aristotles term for the main characters tragic
flaw or error in judgment.
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Hamartia
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A sentence or word that relays a command.
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Imperative
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Refers to opening a story in the middle of the
action.
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In Media Res
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The use of angry and insulting language in
satirical writing.
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Invective
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Placing of two items side by side to create a
certain effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish
some other purpose.
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Juxtaposition
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The logical information Presented.
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Logos
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Monitoring your own thoughts as you encounter
ideas and facts presented to you in written form.
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Metacognition
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Desire to return in thought or fact to a former
time.
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Nostalgia
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A statement that seems contradictory but is
actually true.
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Paradox
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The audience's anticipated emotional reaction
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Pathos