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AP Literary Terms
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1. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
climax
frame
picaresque novel
sonnet
2. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
diction
mood
metaphysical poetry
in medias res
3. The emotional tone in a work of literature
cacophony
mood
image
maxim
4. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
belle-lettres
quatrain
melodrama
pentameter
5. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
personification
belle-lettres
prosody
couplet
6. The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that suprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene
classicism
foot
wit
end-stopped
7. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
falling action
flashback
personification
canon
8. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
deus ex machina
sentiment
falling action
omniscient narrator
9. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
consonance
subplot
denouement
antithesis
10. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
oxymoron
tone
exposition
satire
11. 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
paraphrase
idyll
adage
kenning
12. Grating - inharmonious sounds
villanelle
farce
foot
cacophony
13. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
belle-lettres
exposition
elliptical construction
first-person narrative
14. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
villanelle
mode
satire
voice
15. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
persona
Apollonian
meter
climax
16. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
novel of manners
kenning
epigram
rhetoric
17. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
non sequitur
explication
light verse
subtext
18. A verse with five poetic feet per line
elliptical construction
anachronism
pentameter
stream of consciousness
19. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
tone
melodrama
pentameter
abstract
20. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
fable
pathetic fallacy
persona
moral
21. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
litotes
ellipsis
metaphysical poetry
moral
22. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
antagonist
heroic couplet
allegory
bard
23. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
verse
sonnet
indirect quotation
paraphrase
24. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
satire
idyll
aphorism
parable
25. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
prosody
realism
sentiment
synecdoche
26. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
first-person narrative
deus ex machina
pentameter
elliptical construction
27. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
free verse
pun
metaphor
verisimilitude
28. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
novella
antagonist
narrative
kenning
29. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
pentameter
metaphysical poetry
syntax
allegory
30. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
rhetorical stance
canon
bathos
persona
31. 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.
verisimilitude
tone
metaphor
harangue
32. 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
classic
fable
deus ex machina
ambiguity
33. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
denotation
analogy
cacophony
style
34. 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
climax
pentameter
roman a clef
falling action
35. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
invective
scan
indirect quotation
allusion
36. The main character in a work of literature
paraphrase
analogy
trope
protagonist
37. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
litotes
rhyme
metaphysical poetry
naturalism
38. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
novel of manners
belle-lettres
dramatic irony
parable
39. A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. Ex: 'The White House says...'
figurative language
motif
tragedy
metonymy
40. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
motif
pulp fiction
flashback
epithet
41. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
tone
metonymy
non sequitur
image
42. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
subtext
ambiguity
connotation
non sequitur
43. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
novella
antithesis
title character
image
44. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
picaresque novel
bibliography
light verse
subtext
45. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
couplet
indirect quotation
epithet
protagonist
46. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
tone
rhythm
Gothic novel
indirect quotation
47. A work of literature dealing with rural life
pastoral
aphorism
denotation
dramatic irony
48. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
ode
sarcasm
pathos
epigram
49. 'In the middle of things'--a Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events - but at some other critical point.
ambiguity
oxymoron
in medias res
harangue
50. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
carpe diem
apostrophe
classic
bombast