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AP Literary Terms
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1. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
expose
satire
paraphrase
adage
2. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
burlesque
connotation
caricature
figurative language
3. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
caesura
melodrama
aphorism
stanza
4. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
romance
end-stopped
light verse
consonance
5. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
rhyme
farce
ambiguity
realism
6. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
belle-lettres
dramatic irony
tone
exposition
7. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
bard
burlesque
myth
rhetoric
8. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.
romance
antithesis
sonnet
foot
9. 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'
first-person narrative
Middle English
synecdoche
hyperbole
10. The main character in a work of literature
persona
omniscient narrator
pun
protagonist
11. Literally - 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
villanelle
harangue
carpe diem
mock epic
12. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
empathy
paraphrase
syntax
villanelle
13. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
litotes
flashback
bibliography
conceit
14. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
antagonist
point of view
diction
mock epic
15. A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
Apollonian
pathetic fallacy
subplot
euphony
16. Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity - and restraint
connotation
classicism
rhetorical stance
Apollonian
17. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
rhyme scheme
annotation
light verse
synecdoche
18. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
metaphysical poetry
apostrophe
melodrama
muse
19. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
sarcasm
prosody
rhetoric
bathos
20. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
pentameter
antithesis
Apollonian
ballad
21. In literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
sentimental
archetype
subplot
deus ex machina
22. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
tragedy
symbolism
simile
climax
23. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
rhetorical stance
bombast
euphony
bathos
24. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
consonance
metaphor
metonymy
expose
25. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
paraphrase
point of view
pun
prosody
26. 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.
satire
elliptical construction
verisimilitude
deus ex machina
27. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
protagonist
coming-of-age story
pun
28. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
end-stopped
prosody
tone
couplet
29. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
Middle English
couplet
picaresque novel
verse
30. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
coming-of-age story
subtext
enjambment
irony
31. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
wit
personification
theme
allusion
32. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
plot
rhetoric
exposition
caesura
33. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
theme
couplet
invective
tone
34. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
blank verse
invective
naturalism
pathetic fallacy
35. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
parable
pun
aphorism
sentiment
36. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
caricature
allegory
genre
elliptical construction
37. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
euphemism
abstract
plot
classicism
38. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
naturalism
novel of manners
adage
diction
39. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
analogy
humanism
idyll
Dionysian
40. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
pseudonym
enjambment
classicism
metaphor
41. 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
euphemism
Bildungsroman
maxim
villanelle
42. 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
extended metaphor
moral
assonance
tragedy
43. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
moral
title character
fable
picaresque novel
44. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
Gothic novel
verisimilitude
ambiguity
myth
45. 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
kenning
litotes
analogy
caesura
46. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
parable
myth
annotation
theme
47. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
Old English
ballad
foreshadowing
first-person narrative
48. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
climax
blank verse
ambiguity
in medias res
49. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
hubris
invective
adage
bard
50. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
expose
diction
free verse
setting