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AP Literary Terms
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1. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
Apollonian
antagonist
allusion
assonance
2. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
romance
pastoral
annotation
burlesque
3. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
enjambment
villanelle
farce
denotation
4. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
stanza
verisimilitude
bathos
sentiment
5. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
exposition
persona
exegesis
explication
6. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
myth
allusion
versification
stanza
7. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
adage
syntax
novel of manners
quatrain
8. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
eponymous
assonance
archetype
stanza
9. A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences - i.e. subject-verb-object. The main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses
loose sentence
versification
blank verse
mode
10. The interrelationship among the events in a story; the plot line is the pattern of events - including exposition - rising action - climax - falling action - and resolution.
ballad
rhetorical stance
plot
catharsis
11. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
realism
harangue
title character
dramatic irony
12. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
antithesis
theme
verisimilitude
muse
13. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
extended metaphor
elegy
farce
enjambment
14. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
novel of manners
light verse
invective
sonnet
15. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
title character
pathetic fallacy
tone
epigram
16. A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
image
novel of manners
verse
denotation
17. The main character in a work of literature
protagonist
sentiment
eponymous
fantasy
18. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
figurative language
ottava rima
muse
diction
19. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
exegesis
extended metaphor
canon
20. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
allegory
denotation
syntax
lampoon
21. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
rhyme scheme
fantasy
explication
Bildungsroman
22. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
belle-lettres
onomatopoeia
exposition
antagonist
23. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
antagonist
exposition
cacophony
tragedy
24. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
motif
ode
maxim
elegy
25. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
euphemism
novella
verisimilitude
naturalism
26. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
pathos
in medias res
Gothic novel
belle-lettres
27. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
omniscient narrator
pathos
indirect quotation
paradox
28. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
lyric poetry
farce
assonance
conceit
29. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
belle-lettres
Old English
moral
realism
30. 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'
synecdoche
irony
paradox
trope
31. The work of poets - particularly those of the seventeenth century - that uses elaborate conceits - is highly intellectual - and expresses the complexities of love and life
canon
meter
genre
metaphysical poetry
32. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
sentimental
persona
pun
archetype
33. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
foreshadowing
satire
trope
periodic sentence
34. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
hyperbole
pathos
genre
carpe diem
35. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
humanism
naturalism
stream of consciousness
pseudonym
36. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
paradox
genre
alliteration
non sequitur
37. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
falling action
maxim
montage
light verse
38. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
extended metaphor
blank verse
consonance
Gothic novel
39. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
connotation
invective
melodrama
classicism
40. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
onomatopoeia
tone
non sequitur
symbolism
41. 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...'
sarcasm
metonymy
novella
invective
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
rhetorical stance
tragedy
bombast
in medias res
43. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
analogy
mock epic
antagonist
stream of consciousness
44. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
pun
picaresque novel
image
parable
45. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
synecdoche
simile
enjambment
versification
46. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
rhyme scheme
light verse
myth
classicism
47. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
heroic couplet
alliteration
pathos
wit
48. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
point of view
Gothic novel
synecdoche
Apollonian
49. 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
bard
litotes
point of view
epithet
50. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.
rhetorical stance
naturalism
point of view
free verse