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AP Literary Terms
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1. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
lyric poetry
syntax
rhyme scheme
eponymous
2. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
pastoral
sentimental
canon
coming-of-age story
3. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
Dionysian
figurative language
in medias res
elegy
4. Literally - 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
metonymy
carpe diem
metaphor
epithet
5. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
voice
free verse
onomatopoeia
motif
6. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
hyperbole
Dionysian
pathos
setting
7. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
plot
onomatopoeia
stanza
simile
8. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
elegy
ambiguity
ode
humanism
9. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
adage
euphony
metaphysical poetry
litotes
10. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
exposition
rhetoric
climax
periodic sentence
11. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
carpe diem
Dionysian
classicism
image
12. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
setting
Old English
point of view
end-stopped
13. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
bard
light verse
tragedy
caricature
14. A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
classicism
subplot
idyll
rhythm
15. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
verbal irony
trope
litotes
bathos
16. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
annotation
bathos
lyric poetry
hyperbole
17. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
elliptical construction
rhetorical stance
melodrama
heroic couplet
18. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
ballad
lyric poetry
heroic couplet
pathetic fallacy
19. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
irony
classic
kenning
romance
20. 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.
epic
consonance
frame
prosody
21. A verse with five poetic feet per line
syntax
synecdoche
pentameter
theme
22. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
aphorism
conceit
novella
light verse
23. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
dramatic irony
sonnet
coming-of-age story
Apollonian
24. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
flashback
setting
novel of manners
eponymous
25. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
narrative
pun
rhyme scheme
catharsis
26. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
omniscient narrator
title character
free verse
scan
27. 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
motif
novel of manners
voice
tragedy
28. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
expose
cacophony
sentimental
diction
29. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
extended metaphor
pun
mode
falling action
30. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
bibliography
belle-lettres
free verse
trope
31. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
extended metaphor
verbal irony
romance
non sequitur
32. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
sentimental
trope
empathy
eponymous
33. One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer
ballad
muse
pun
persona
34. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
symbolism
in medias res
genre
versification
35. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
metaphor
figurative language
archetype
falling action
36. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
exegesis
explication
verbal irony
syntax
37. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
epigram
burlesque
in medias res
bathos
38. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words. In the sentence 'May was hot and June the same -' the verb 'was' is omitted from the second clause
epithet
elliptical construction
adage
narrative
39. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
caesura
fantasy
euphemism
epic
40. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
sentimental
genre
end-stopped
realism
41. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
elegy
apostrophe
analogy
caesura
42. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
montage
scan
non sequitur
foreshadowing
43. 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
alliteration
assonance
kenning
pathos
44. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
sentimental
setting
antithesis
picaresque novel
45. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
assonance
antagonist
mode
allegory
46. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
satire
picaresque novel
connotation
paradox
47. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
ode
personification
carpe diem
pathos
48. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
scan
satire
antithesis
frame
49. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
analogy
sonnet
denouement
figurative language
50. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
roman a clef
rhetoric
paraphrase
lyric poetry