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AP Literary Terms
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1. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
voice
metaphor
explication
caesura
2. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
burlesque
sarcasm
apostrophe
Middle English
3. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
voice
conceit
synecdoche
light verse
4. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
foreshadowing
frame
annotation
Gothic novel
5. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
adage
myth
humanism
pathetic fallacy
6. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
symbolism
scan
figurative language
hyperbole
7. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
cacophony
rhyme scheme
caesura
subplot
8. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
Bildungsroman
antithesis
syntax
expose
9. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
ambiguity
diction
periodic sentence
rhythm
10. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
adage
explication
end-stopped
symbolism
11. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
first-person narrative
eponymous
ottava rima
setting
12. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
litotes
lyric poetry
sonnet
loose sentence
13. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
antagonist
diction
ambiguity
harangue
14. The emotional tone in a work of literature
voice
burlesque
mood
fantasy
15. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
belle-lettres
free verse
periodic sentence
aphorism
16. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
coming-of-age story
analogy
hyperbole
elegy
17. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
parable
metaphysical poetry
motif
tone
18. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
diction
picaresque novel
catharsis
ambiguity
19. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
falling action
paraphrase
rhyme
pun
20. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
adage
narrative
heroic couplet
mock epic
21. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
setting
farce
myth
falling action
22. 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
versification
image
light verse
coming-of-age story
23. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
pathos
ode
setting
Apollonian
24. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.
Old English
heroic couplet
denotation
bibliography
25. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
lyric poetry
rhythm
stanza
title character
26. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
omniscient narrator
expose
image
syntax
27. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
ambiguity
Old English
novel of manners
couplet
28. A verse with five poetic feet per line
omniscient narrator
pentameter
euphemism
point of view
29. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
rhetorical stance
paradox
roman a clef
ode
30. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
mode
consonance
mood
sentiment
31. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
climax
bibliography
paraphrase
prosody
32. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
villanelle
ellipsis
idyll
Old English
33. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
caricature
antithesis
realism
novella
34. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
stanza
voice
invective
bathos
35. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
rhetorical stance
pseudonym
invective
exegesis
36. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
pathos
denouement
eponymous
analogy
37. The main character in a work of literature
rhyme scheme
voice
tragedy
protagonist
38. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
satire
pun
rhetoric
ballad
39. A short - pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment
epithet
naturalism
persona
aphorism
40. Also called 'pen name' or 'nom de plume'; a false name or alias used by writers. Ex: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
synecdoche
pseudonym
versification
sarcasm
41. 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
invective
simile
personification
irony
42. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
muse
connotation
Apollonian
classicism
43. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
elegy
sentimental
scan
Dionysian
44. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
subtext
ambiguity
syntax
connotation
45. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
heroic couplet
setting
expose
hyperbole
46. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
euphony
montage
caesura
antagonist
47. 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
denouement
point of view
tragedy
pun
48. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
persona
kenning
figurative language
mock epic
49. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
metaphysical poetry
climax
caesura
fantasy
50. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
pathos
paraphrase
genre
humanism