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AP Literary Terms
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1. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
invective
figurative language
sentimental
coming-of-age story
2. The work of poets - particularly those of the seventeenth century - that uses elaborate conceits - is highly intellectual - and expresses the complexities of love and life
novel of manners
metaphysical poetry
ballad
Middle English
3. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
foreshadowing
rhetoric
versification
Middle English
4. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
romance
belle-lettres
bibliography
bathos
5. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
mock epic
ottava rima
bard
elegy
6. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
mock epic
subtext
ode
personification
7. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
subtext
fantasy
eponymous
narrative
8. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
rhetoric
analogy
fantasy
conceit
9. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
ellipsis
non sequitur
Apollonian
belle-lettres
10. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
subplot
novella
couplet
kenning
11. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
Dionysian
oxymoron
elliptical construction
syntax
12. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
empathy
invective
synecdoche
diction
13. One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer
pathetic fallacy
pathos
pentameter
muse
14. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
elegy
pseudonym
assonance
ellipsis
15. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
protagonist
persona
epithet
sentimental
16. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
consonance
ballad
lyric poetry
alliteration
17. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
non sequitur
Old English
Dionysian
elegy
18. Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is.
tragedy
verisimilitude
melodrama
realism
19. A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated - often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected
irony
dramatic irony
scan
paraphrase
20. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
mock epic
synecdoche
carpe diem
theme
21. Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity - and restraint
classicism
mood
canon
image
22. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
subtext
fantasy
mood
humanism
23. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
naturalism
image
narrative
paradox
24. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
ballad
burlesque
trope
parable
25. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
adage
exposition
tragedy
syntax
26. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
montage
cacophony
setting
consonance
27. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
euphony
naturalism
epic
novel of manners
28. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
villanelle
realism
litotes
epigram
29. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
stream of consciousness
belle-lettres
satire
wit
30. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
belle-lettres
first-person narrative
style
denouement
31. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
narrative
genre
verisimilitude
conceit
32. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
figurative language
rhyme
novella
antithesis
33. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
farce
enjambment
classicism
tone
34. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
humanism
irony
scan
lyric poetry
35. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
synecdoche
paradox
symbolism
idyll
36. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
ellipsis
rhetorical stance
connotation
novella
37. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
paradox
archetype
pseudonym
voice
38. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
tone
parable
versification
canon
39. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
naturalism
versification
belle-lettres
annotation
40. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
abstract
prosody
foreshadowing
mood
41. A work of literature dealing with rural life
pastoral
narrative
onomatopoeia
sonnet
42. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
motif
rhetoric
analogy
moral
43. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
oxymoron
realism
allusion
pathetic fallacy
44. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
trope
metaphysical poetry
oxymoron
Gothic novel
45. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
elegy
heroic couplet
omniscient narrator
rhetoric
46. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony - which is more subtle
cacophony
subtext
sarcasm
lampoon
47. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
classicism
subtext
image
sonnet
48. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
free verse
analogy
sentiment
maxim
49. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
caricature
invective
image
50. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
antagonist
fantasy
invective
classic