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AP Literary Terms
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1. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
plot
parable
pulp fiction
caricature
2. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
syntax
style
pathetic fallacy
loose sentence
3. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
romance
euphony
exegesis
heroic couplet
4. A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities - as in 'ring-giver' for king and 'whale-road' for ocean
parable
kenning
apostrophe
style
5. The interrelationship among the events in a story; the plot line is the pattern of events - including exposition - rising action - climax - falling action - and resolution.
protagonist
personification
plot
mode
6. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
classicism
fantasy
subplot
tragedy
7. 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
in medias res
parable
metaphysical poetry
rhyme
8. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
carpe diem
flashback
epigram
versification
9. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
elliptical construction
montage
abstract
assonance
10. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony - which is more subtle
in medias res
ellipsis
sarcasm
consonance
11. Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity - and restraint
point of view
classicism
explication
eponymous
12. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
paradox
flashback
carpe diem
motif
13. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
epic
pun
mood
image
14. The main character in a work of literature
catharsis
realism
rhetorical stance
protagonist
15. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
frame
metonymy
apostrophe
first-person narrative
16. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
exegesis
diction
adage
farce
17. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
antagonist
climax
verisimilitude
conceit
18. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. Ex: 'The White House says...'
metonymy
stanza
antithesis
deus ex machina
19. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
non sequitur
ode
eponymous
dramatic irony
20. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Ex: He's not a bad dancer
litotes
blank verse
mood
onomatopoeia
21. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
wit
couplet
sonnet
trope
22. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
setting
muse
quatrain
personification
23. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
catharsis
canon
parable
mode
24. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
persona
novella
allegory
frame
25. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
caricature
sentimental
empathy
kenning
26. A short - pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment
aphorism
narrative
flashback
protagonist
27. The emotional tone in a work of literature
adage
invective
mood
cacophony
28. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
connotation
free verse
novella
hubris
29. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
stream of consciousness
lyric poetry
maxim
melodrama
30. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
ellipsis
setting
exegesis
symbolism
31. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
empathy
motif
elliptical construction
diction
32. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
paraphrase
classic
verisimilitude
metaphysical poetry
33. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words. In the sentence 'May was hot and June the same -' the verb 'was' is omitted from the second clause
subtext
elliptical construction
mock epic
ballad
34. A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole ('fifty masts' for fifty ships) or the whole signifies the part ('days' for life - as in 'He lived his days in Canada'). Also when the name of the material stands for the thing itself ('pigskin'
synecdoche
epigram
novel of manners
bathos
35. The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict
falling action
rhyme
caesura
ode
36. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
metaphor
exposition
roman a clef
tragedy
37. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
syntax
persona
invective
ambiguity
38. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
personification
roman a clef
Middle English
dramatic irony
39. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
exegesis
novel of manners
mode
rhythm
40. 'In the middle of things'--a Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events - but at some other critical point.
melodrama
epithet
in medias res
couplet
41. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
verbal irony
personification
Dionysian
denouement
42. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
allegory
tragedy
roman a clef
burlesque
43. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
anachronism
satire
melodrama
rhetorical stance
44. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
extended metaphor
elegy
Dionysian
tone
45. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
classic
humanism
flashback
stanza
46. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
paraphrase
synecdoche
analogy
explication
47. A work of literature dealing with rural life
canon
metonymy
periodic sentence
pastoral
48. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
apostrophe
diction
canon
foot
49. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
conceit
pastoral
farce
voice
50. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
ellipsis
burlesque
syntax
antagonist