AP Lit 2 BSH

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AP Lit 14-27 BHS
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  1. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  2. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  3. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  4. epiphany
    a usually sudden insight, perception, or understanding of something
  5. foil
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  6. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  7. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  8. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  9. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  10. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  11. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  12. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  13. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
Created on Mon Aug 12 19:47:10 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Oct 23 07:34:46 EDT 2013)

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