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AP Lit Final
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19
English
11th Grade
01/19/2012

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Anecdote
Definition
short description of an event or something that happened (story)
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Antithesis
Definition
Opposition, enemy
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Aphorism
Definition
short saying, stating a truth, observation

Benjamin Franklin
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Appositive
Definition
word or phrrase that applies to another phrase (Washington, our president)
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Archetype
Definition
original model from which others are based (first model)
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Didactic
Definition
instructive (like teaching)
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Hubris
Definition
excessive pride or self confidence
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Juxtaposition
Definition
Placing side by side for comparison
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Metonymy
Definition
When one noun or phrase is used to replace another, such as using "poet" instead of "William Shakespeare"
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Litote
Definition
Strong ironic understatement
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Apostrophe
Definition
When a character is speaking to one who is dead or something that cannot respond
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Hamartia
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another term for tragic flaw
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caesura
Definition
break in the midline
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Kenning
Definition
sword-play mouse-hunter
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Paradox
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A contradiction
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Synechdoche
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noun used to replace a larger whole
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Motif
Definition
repeated idea, pattern, image, or theme
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Menippean Satire
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chaotic, formless use of satire. Ridicules everything
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Horatian Satire
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Gentle form of satire
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