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AP Literary Terms
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1. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
kenning
Old English
caesura
abstract
2. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
carpe diem
parable
caricature
trope
3. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
mood
rhyme scheme
alliteration
classicism
4. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
deus ex machina
muse
pulp fiction
abstract
5. 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
stanza
irony
genre
tone
6. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
Apollonian
roman a clef
elegy
dramatic irony
7. The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that suprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene
burlesque
wit
villanelle
antagonist
8. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
ode
rhyme scheme
montage
epithet
9. 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
sarcasm
heroic couplet
narrative
10. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
annotation
wit
rhetorical stance
conceit
11. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
omniscient narrator
romance
mood
Middle English
12. A German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal
allusion
Bildungsroman
Middle English
synecdoche
13. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
versification
assonance
subplot
maxim
14. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
blank verse
hubris
apostrophe
in medias res
15. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
setting
rhetoric
free verse
epic
16. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
pastoral
title character
genre
light verse
17. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
idyll
epithet
archetype
rhetorical stance
18. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
mock epic
ambiguity
meter
expose
19. A term for the title character of a work of literature
caesura
pathetic fallacy
eponymous
pseudonym
20. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
aphorism
frame
bibliography
periodic sentence
21. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
dramatic irony
myth
naturalism
burlesque
22. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
frame
hyperbole
lampoon
syntax
23. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
trope
assonance
connotation
synecdoche
24. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
Middle English
catharsis
muse
enjambment
25. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
farce
exegesis
pentameter
archetype
26. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
montage
humanism
verisimilitude
tone
27. The dictionary definition of a word
cacophony
free verse
denouement
denotation
28. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
melodrama
omniscient narrator
style
end-stopped
29. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
antagonist
classicism
elegy
narrative
30. Literally - 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
naturalism
carpe diem
fantasy
euphony
31. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
sentiment
motif
idyll
theme
32. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
ambiguity
rhetorical stance
flashback
deus ex machina
33. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
mood
lampoon
rhetoric
allusion
34. The structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains. For example: monometer = 1foot; tetrameter = 4 feet; pentameter = 5 feet - and so forth
style
harangue
ballad
versification
35. 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
synecdoche
metaphysical poetry
verbal irony
plot
36. The emotional tone in a work of literature
stanza
verse
first-person narrative
mood
37. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
apostrophe
coming-of-age story
elegy
dramatic irony
38. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
rhetorical stance
conceit
tone
foreshadowing
39. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
title character
hubris
mode
ambiguity
40. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
litotes
figurative language
assonance
blank verse
41. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
ottava rima
tragedy
moral
narrative
42. 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.
exposition
symbolism
mock epic
verisimilitude
43. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
novel of manners
flashback
simile
classicism
44. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
verse
eponymous
setting
verbal irony
45. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
aphorism
Gothic novel
pulp fiction
villanelle
46. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
style
abstract
invective
satire
47. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
Old English
burlesque
aphorism
pentameter
48. 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'
pseudonym
allusion
Apollonian
synecdoche
49. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
catharsis
metonymy
dramatic irony
euphemism
50. A verse with five poetic feet per line
pentameter
falling action
allegory
figurative language