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AP Literary Terms
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1. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
enjambment
heroic couplet
irony
ambiguity
2. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
trope
sonnet
pseudonym
mode
3. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
paraphrase
mood
epic
sentiment
4. 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
denotation
catharsis
fantasy
fable
5. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
rhyme scheme
villanelle
irony
sentiment
6. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
naturalism
roman a clef
epigram
rhythm
7. A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
pentameter
explication
subplot
personification
8. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
sonnet
rhyme
pseudonym
climax
9. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
muse
bard
naturalism
plot
10. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
persona
naturalism
light verse
rhetorical stance
11. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
carpe diem
conceit
protagonist
Apollonian
12. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
antagonist
style
plot
exposition
13. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
denotation
roman a clef
analogy
tone
14. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
ballad
invective
rhetoric
fable
15. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
belle-lettres
enjambment
fable
bombast
16. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
classic
quatrain
persona
epithet
17. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
extended metaphor
verbal irony
dramatic irony
syntax
18. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
stream of consciousness
enjambment
analogy
metaphor
19. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
invective
conceit
harangue
litotes
20. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
harangue
theme
allusion
novella
21. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
pastoral
rhetorical stance
classic
realism
22. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
consonance
prosody
pastoral
meter
23. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
pastoral
burlesque
caesura
belle-lettres
24. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
idyll
antagonist
protagonist
voice
25. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
aphorism
empathy
exposition
Gothic novel
26. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
periodic sentence
fantasy
indirect quotation
maxim
27. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
diction
indirect quotation
versification
paraphrase
28. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
pastoral
assonance
foot
antagonist
29. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
ballad
explication
plot
farce
30. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
Gothic novel
synecdoche
Bildungsroman
myth
31. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
Gothic novel
syntax
elegy
euphemism
32. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
carpe diem
image
quatrain
deus ex machina
33. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
denouement
lyric poetry
flashback
blank verse
34. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
genre
motif
novel of manners
kenning
35. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
aphorism
tragedy
climax
image
36. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
eponymous
allusion
exposition
moral
37. 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...'
loose sentence
harangue
metonymy
annotation
38. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
realism
sonnet
belle-lettres
personification
39. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
stanza
climax
symbolism
Old English
40. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
belle-lettres
Gothic novel
pseudonym
sentimental
41. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
motif
elegy
Dionysian
frame
42. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
indirect quotation
sarcasm
simile
periodic sentence
43. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
image
Middle English
classicism
motif
44. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
euphony
deus ex machina
pulp fiction
Bildungsroman
45. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
frame
montage
paraphrase
villanelle
46. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
verse
expose
onomatopoeia
coming-of-age story
47. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
humanism
parable
invective
subtext
48. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
dramatic irony
archetype
hyperbole
rhythm
49. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.
pastoral
assonance
bibliography
connotation
50. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
carpe diem
subtext
scan