FREE LITERATURE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP LIT

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FREE LITERATURE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP LIT

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Question 1: CATHARSIS

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a purifying of emotions, especially pity or fear; described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama

Question 2: ALLITERATION

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literary device that uses the same consonant for majority of the words in a phrase

Question 3: BOMBAST

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a pompous/ pretentious talk or writing

Question 4: ANECDOTE

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a short account of an interesting or humerous incident

Question 5: SYNTAX

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pattern/formation of sentences/phrases; the "flow" of a sentence/phrase

Question 6: ANTHROMORPHISM

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representation of an object as having human forms or traits. (ex. gods)

Question 7: ALLUSION

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a figure of speech that makes a reference to something well known

Question 8: HYPERBOLE

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a gross exaggeration

Question 9: LYRIC

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thoughts or emotions in a song like form

Question 10: CANTO

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main divisions of long poetry

Question 11: APHORISM

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short phrase revealing a truth or opinion

Question 12: FORESHADOWING

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to show/indicate future events

Question 13: HUBRIS

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excessive arrogance

Question 14: DICTION

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choice of words

Question 15: SIMILIE

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a comparison using like or as

Question 16: IRONY

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discrepency between the expected results and the actual results

Question 17: GENRE

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literary "species" or form (comedy, tradegy, romance, sci-fi, etc)

Question 18: ELEGY

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mournful/melancholy poem/song for he dead

Question 19: EUPHEMISM

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substitution of a mid/indirect/ vague statement for one thought to be offensive

Question 20: EPIC

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long narrative poem that chronicles a journey over a long period of time

Question 21: APOSTROPHE

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someone dead/ something not human addessed as if they could respond

Question 22: FOIL

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a character who serves as a contrast to another character highlighting the other character's traits

Question 23: FOOT

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the rhythm that makes up a verse

Question 24: ASIDE

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actor/actress who says something to the audience that the rest of the case is not meant to hear

Question 25: BALLAD

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simple poem of folk origin that tells a story

Question 26: IN MEDIAS RES

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describing a narrative that begins in the middle of the story ( The Odyssey)

Question 27: FARCE

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a light, humerous play whose plot depends on the skillfully exploited situation

Question 28: MELODRAMATIC

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an over exaggeration of emotions