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AP English Vocab: 021-40
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11th Grade
01/08/2009

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antinovel
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a fictional work characterized by the absence of traditional elements of the novel
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antistrophe
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the portion of an ode sung by the chorus that ballances out the strophe
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antithesis
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the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences
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antithetical criticism
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criticism that is in direct and unequivocal opposiyion
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autonomasia
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substitution of any phrase for a proper name
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apollonian
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characterized by clarity, harmony, and restraint
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aporia
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a fig of speech in which the speaker expresses real or simulated doubt or perplexity
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aposiopesos
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a sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue
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archetypical criticism
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a type of critical theory that interprets the text by focusing on recurring myths and archetypes in the narrative, symbols, images, and haracter types in a literary work
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assonance
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a repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences
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asyndeton
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a stylistic scheme in which conjuntions are deliberately ommitted from a series of related clauses
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aubade
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a song concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak
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avant-garde
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represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo
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baroque
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of, characteristic of, or like a style of art and architecture characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
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bathos
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an attempt to perform a serious, dramatic fashion that fails and ends up being a commedy
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pathos
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appeals to the audience's emotions through a metaphor or story telling
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ethos
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explains the personal appeal of one's character
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bildungsroman
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the psychological, moral, and social shaping of the personality of a young protagonist
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black humor
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a grotesque or morbid humor used to express the absurdity, insensitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the modern world
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bombast
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talk or writing that sounds grand or important byt has little meaning; pompous language
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aphorism
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denotes an orginal thought in a concise and easily memorable form
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apocalypse
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a term that refers to the disclosure of something hidden from the majority of humankind to certain priveledged persons
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