AP Lit Quiz 9 Flashcards
Bathos
An abrupt, often ludicrous change from the lofty exalted to the ordinary or trivial in writing or speech
Argument
A form of argument which the writer defines a term by placing it in a particular category, claiming what is true for the whole category is true for that term
Black comedy
Disturbing of absurd material presented in a humorous manner
Canon
A group of literary works commonly regarded as authoritative or central to the literary tradition
Epistolary
Narrated through letters
Ethos
The overall character, moral make-ups or guiding beliefs of an individual, group, or institution
Eye rhyme
Agreement in spelling but not in sound of the ends of words or of the lines of verse
Foot
The basic unit if the accentual syllabic live (stressed/unstressed syllable)
Begging
The act of ignoring a problem or issue by assuming that it is already settled
Feminine rhyme
Occurs in the rhymed syllables are stressed before the final syllable in the line
Logos
In the context or rhetoric, refers to the process of persuading by means of logic and reason, as opposed to style, authority, or emotion
Masculine rhyme
Occurs if the rhymed syllables are the last in the line
Melodrama
The use of sentimentality, gushing emotions, sensational actions, or plot twists to provoke evidence or reader response
Meter
The pattern created in a line by its structure of sounds and stressed syllables
Neologism
A new or invented word, expression, or usage
