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AP Literary Terms
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1. A short - pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment
prosody
narrative
blank verse
aphorism
2. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
classicism
consonance
humanism
foreshadowing
3. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
synecdoche
farce
Apollonian
prosody
4. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
sonnet
bard
motif
syntax
5. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
belle-lettres
romance
abstract
kenning
6. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
plot
tone
metonymy
catharsis
7. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
ode
explication
novella
archetype
8. A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
ambiguity
farce
onomatopoeia
verse
9. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
in medias res
irony
pulp fiction
free verse
10. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
cacophony
verbal irony
antithesis
moral
11. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
light verse
archetype
oxymoron
meter
12. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
consonance
sarcasm
ellipsis
voice
13. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
subplot
enjambment
Dionysian
Middle English
14. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
annotation
pathos
indirect quotation
realism
15. A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
subplot
picaresque novel
couplet
oxymoron
16. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
stream of consciousness
picaresque novel
adage
heroic couplet
17. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
syntax
heroic couplet
denouement
sentimental
18. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
antithesis
end-stopped
metonymy
rhyme scheme
19. 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.
fantasy
parable
litotes
periodic sentence
20. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
pulp fiction
allegory
dramatic irony
fantasy
21. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
villanelle
quatrain
foreshadowing
epithet
22. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
motif
antithesis
denotation
bibliography
23. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
first-person narrative
tragedy
pastoral
hyperbole
24. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
rhyme
rhetoric
paraphrase
caesura
25. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
euphemism
end-stopped
blank verse
point of view
26. 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
tragedy
Bildungsroman
satire
hyperbole
27. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
Old English
end-stopped
classicism
humanism
28. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
euphony
kenning
voice
image
29. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
metaphor
novel of manners
euphony
idyll
30. 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
non sequitur
falling action
metonymy
bard
31. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
exegesis
analogy
anachronism
satire
32. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
title character
sonnet
ellipsis
symbolism
33. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
euphemism
irony
rhetorical stance
antagonist
34. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
rhythm
muse
meter
non sequitur
35. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
omniscient narrator
light verse
satire
annotation
36. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
moral
scan
first-person narrative
ode
37. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
ottava rima
Dionysian
extended metaphor
canon
38. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
indirect quotation
expose
subplot
climax
39. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
sentiment
pathos
exegesis
realism
40. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
pathetic fallacy
bombast
subtext
harangue
41. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
euphony
quatrain
bombast
style
42. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
antithesis
conceit
satire
caricature
43. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
invective
non sequitur
myth
conceit
44. An extended narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero that is generally larger than life and is often considered a legendary figure - i.e. Odysseus - Beowulf - Homer's Iliad - Vergil's Aeneid.
moral
Middle English
epic
climax
45. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
onomatopoeia
extended metaphor
deus ex machina
idyll
46. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.
explication
verisimilitude
point of view
parable
47. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
denotation
consonance
annotation
omniscient narrator
48. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
climax
burlesque
romance
Gothic novel
49. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
voice
subplot
in medias res
bombast
50. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
extended metaphor
simile
couplet
end-stopped
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