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AP Literary Terms
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1. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
connotation
classicism
quatrain
alliteration
2. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
genre
burlesque
quatrain
metonymy
3. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
stream of consciousness
analogy
explication
farce
4. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
hyperbole
heroic couplet
point of view
fantasy
5. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
bard
tone
pulp fiction
Bildungsroman
6. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
muse
aphorism
foreshadowing
personification
7. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
invective
annotation
expose
hubris
8. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
trope
paradox
fable
Apollonian
9. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
humanism
bathos
syntax
verbal irony
10. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
classic
sonnet
epigram
analogy
11. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
catharsis
lyric poetry
ellipsis
rhythm
12. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
blank verse
humanism
non sequitur
prosody
13. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
prosody
non sequitur
bombast
apostrophe
14. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
ode
montage
indirect quotation
persona
15. 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...'
ambiguity
syntax
metonymy
alliteration
16. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
expose
ambiguity
canon
melodrama
17. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
scan
pulp fiction
lyric poetry
adage
18. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
litotes
realism
setting
pathos
19. 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
elegy
diction
eponymous
wit
20. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
frame
satire
maxim
ode
21. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
coming-of-age story
epithet
mood
prosody
22. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
satire
onomatopoeia
verbal irony
stream of consciousness
23. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
novel of manners
allegory
oxymoron
ode
24. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
subplot
rhythm
free verse
euphemism
25. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
metonymy
caricature
roman a clef
picaresque novel
26. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
muse
pathos
elegy
allusion
27. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
subtext
foreshadowing
exegesis
enjambment
28. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
narrative
elegy
antithesis
moral
29. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
periodic sentence
Apollonian
enjambment
explication
30. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
sentiment
lampoon
foot
enjambment
31. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
elegy
euphony
versification
diction
32. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
image
elliptical construction
metaphysical poetry
archetype
33. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
setting
canon
Apollonian
34. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
genre
mode
enjambment
bard
35. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
pathos
abstract
symbolism
extended metaphor
36. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
pulp fiction
empathy
pentameter
fable
37. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
epigram
deus ex machina
villanelle
style
38. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
subtext
prosody
indirect quotation
metonymy
39. A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
pastoral
flashback
verse
burlesque
40. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
conceit
title character
foot
onomatopoeia
41. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
denouement
ambiguity
archetype
motif
42. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
omniscient narrator
fantasy
empathy
naturalism
43. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.
connotation
point of view
hyperbole
frame
44. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
Apollonian
lyric poetry
omniscient narrator
elegy
45. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
epigram
aphorism
sarcasm
flashback
46. 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.
Middle English
verisimilitude
antithesis
pathos
47. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
myth
caricature
rhetorical stance
indirect quotation
48. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
mode
coming-of-age story
verse
euphony
49. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
theme
bathos
aphorism
archetype
50. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
hubris
caesura
irony
satire