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AP Literary Terms
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1. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
mock epic
kenning
flashback
abstract
2. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
pun
title character
cacophony
ottava rima
3. Literally - 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
simile
end-stopped
satire
carpe diem
4. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
paraphrase
hyperbole
fable
montage
5. A parody of traditional epic form. It usually treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness - using conventions such as invocations to the Muse - action-packed battle scenes - and accounts of heroic exploits.
alliteration
style
mock epic
invective
6. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.
foot
personification
loose sentence
epic
7. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
naturalism
paraphrase
scan
elegy
8. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
persona
exegesis
Dionysian
coming-of-age story
9. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
irony
maxim
paraphrase
epithet
10. A work of literature dealing with rural life
Apollonian
Old English
abstract
pastoral
11. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
pulp fiction
pathos
end-stopped
motif
12. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
stream of consciousness
plot
non sequitur
pathetic fallacy
13. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
ellipsis
personification
symbolism
aphorism
14. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
theme
Dionysian
deus ex machina
expose
15. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
lampoon
elliptical construction
pathos
myth
16. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
fantasy
picaresque novel
onomatopoeia
epithet
17. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
mood
fantasy
expose
Bildungsroman
18. A short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior
pathetic fallacy
fable
voice
pulp fiction
19. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
verbal irony
Dionysian
Gothic novel
motif
20. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
syntax
metaphor
paradox
litotes
21. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
climax
mock epic
narrative
denouement
22. 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
exegesis
kenning
elliptical construction
narrative
23. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
denouement
onomatopoeia
bathos
verse
24. 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.
foot
verse
metonymy
verisimilitude
25. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
syntax
irony
exposition
26. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
wit
onomatopoeia
flashback
foreshadowing
27. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
subtext
moral
myth
prosody
28. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
genre
pun
invective
mode
29. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
setting
annotation
archetype
classic
30. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
versification
melodrama
caricature
verisimilitude
31. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.
bibliography
symbolism
in medias res
novel of manners
32. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
voice
fable
coming-of-age story
oxymoron
33. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
omniscient narrator
rhetoric
fantasy
rhythm
34. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
sentimental
euphemism
figurative language
climax
35. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
antithesis
annotation
metonymy
ballad
36. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
stanza
synecdoche
omniscient narrator
mood
37. The emotional tone in a work of literature
mood
bathos
rhetorical stance
antithesis
38. 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.
first-person narrative
sentimental
epic
epithet
39. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
verbal irony
lyric poetry
villanelle
analogy
40. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
couplet
syntax
roman a clef
mode
41. 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
subplot
quatrain
fantasy
42. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
irony
omniscient narrator
euphony
heroic couplet
43. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
denotation
allusion
naturalism
quatrain
44. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
rhyme scheme
antithesis
canon
setting
45. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
hyperbole
explication
rhythm
epigram
46. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
allusion
hubris
figurative language
analogy
47. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
pun
humanism
non sequitur
blank verse
48. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
style
verse
roman a clef
protagonist
49. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
voice
humanism
annotation
wit
50. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
rhetoric
roman a clef
trope
rhetorical stance
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