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AP Literary Terms
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1. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
rhyme scheme
stream of consciousness
verisimilitude
voice
2. 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.
pathetic fallacy
plot
genre
falling action
3. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
Old English
pentameter
caesura
motif
4. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
denouement
omniscient narrator
extended metaphor
invective
5. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
harangue
farce
paradox
novel of manners
6. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
wit
coming-of-age story
end-stopped
Apollonian
7. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
invective
subplot
ambiguity
farce
8. '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.
allusion
in medias res
versification
litotes
9. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
expose
antagonist
verbal irony
idyll
10. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
roman a clef
indirect quotation
sentimental
loose sentence
11. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
setting
abstract
light verse
synecdoche
12. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
sentiment
pun
synecdoche
plot
13. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
motif
irony
litotes
maxim
14. 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
pseudonym
canon
annotation
wit
15. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
litotes
metaphor
in medias res
hubris
16. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
idyll
title character
narrative
rhyme scheme
17. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
falling action
title character
simile
oxymoron
18. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
idyll
rhetorical stance
conceit
figurative language
19. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
personification
blank verse
end-stopped
litotes
20. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
roman a clef
assonance
Apollonian
eponymous
21. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
motif
ellipsis
Apollonian
22. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
kenning
deus ex machina
onomatopoeia
image
23. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
hubris
rhythm
simile
personification
24. Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity - and restraint
classicism
falling action
analogy
caesura
25. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
sonnet
exposition
pentameter
annotation
26. 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
Bildungsroman
exposition
voice
falling action
27. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
mock epic
ballad
Middle English
rhetoric
28. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
metaphysical poetry
protagonist
quatrain
foot
29. A form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish
lyric poetry
tragedy
oxymoron
tone
30. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
blank verse
sentimental
archetype
personification
31. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
caesura
heroic couplet
abstract
mode
32. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
conceit
apostrophe
ballad
explication
33. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
analogy
extended metaphor
rhyme scheme
blank verse
34. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.
point of view
mode
plot
sonnet
35. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
ballad
rhyme
exposition
annotation
36. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
enjambment
periodic sentence
style
sentimental
37. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
satire
subplot
rhyme
oxymoron
38. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
figurative language
euphony
couplet
caesura
39. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
consonance
euphony
expose
prosody
40. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
metaphor
stream of consciousness
point of view
bard
41. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
bathos
Bildungsroman
carpe diem
narrative
42. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
couplet
free verse
ottava rima
sentimental
43. 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
connotation
irony
idyll
anachronism
44. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
idyll
caricature
alliteration
tone
45. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
epic
classicism
elliptical construction
villanelle
46. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
rhyme
novella
free verse
antithesis
47. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony - which is more subtle
sarcasm
aphorism
couplet
picaresque novel
48. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
stanza
first-person narrative
irony
verse
49. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
romance
Old English
epithet
melodrama
50. A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main though only at the end. In other words - the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support.
ode
periodic sentence
quatrain
symbolism