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AP Literary Terms
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1. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
hyperbole
expose
pathos
genre
2. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
antithesis
picaresque novel
pastoral
style
3. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
epic
villanelle
satire
first-person narrative
4. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
roman a clef
indirect quotation
bombast
antithesis
5. 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
fable
sonnet
allegory
litotes
6. 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.
hubris
verisimilitude
rhythm
subplot
7. 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
loose sentence
style
rhyme
8. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
image
paradox
subtext
indirect quotation
9. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
verisimilitude
enjambment
lyric poetry
omniscient narrator
10. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
antithesis
Apollonian
heroic couplet
quatrain
11. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
hubris
mock epic
pseudonym
exposition
12. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
montage
ambiguity
pastoral
elliptical construction
13. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
metonymy
dramatic irony
connotation
anachronism
14. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
kenning
rhetoric
humanism
allusion
15. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
trope
mode
satire
persona
16. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
hubris
assonance
bathos
voice
17. The emotional tone in a work of literature
falling action
denotation
frame
mood
18. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
title character
mood
genre
paraphrase
19. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
Middle English
epithet
couplet
antithesis
20. A parody of traditional epic form. It usually treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness - using conventions such as invocations to the Muse - action-packed battle scenes - and accounts of heroic exploits.
motif
mock epic
Gothic novel
verisimilitude
21. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
analogy
setting
indirect quotation
exposition
22. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
style
genre
annotation
pathos
23. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
enjambment
denouement
burlesque
sentiment
24. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
foot
frame
periodic sentence
caesura
25. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
exegesis
blank verse
title character
protagonist
26. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
mood
consonance
classicism
in medias res
27. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
diction
heroic couplet
explication
fantasy
28. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
prosody
mode
kenning
subtext
29. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
symbolism
flashback
rhetoric
meter
30. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
extended metaphor
light verse
villanelle
exposition
31. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
deus ex machina
sonnet
sentimental
32. 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.
narrative
ellipsis
plot
tragedy
33. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
caesura
style
elliptical construction
Apollonian
34. '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.
in medias res
bard
exposition
ambiguity
35. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
invective
narrative
hubris
elegy
36. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
conceit
exposition
moral
adage
37. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
euphemism
alliteration
canon
sarcasm
38. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
dramatic irony
sonnet
consonance
expose
39. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
picaresque novel
euphemism
omniscient narrator
bibliography
40. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment
burlesque
montage
bard
stream of consciousness
41. 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
explication
foot
tragedy
belle-lettres
42. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
pathetic fallacy
moral
romance
synecdoche
43. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
irony
point of view
lampoon
loose sentence
44. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
explication
scan
foot
in medias res
45. 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.
hyperbole
oxymoron
epic
quatrain
46. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
catharsis
ottava rima
pastoral
onomatopoeia
47. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
burlesque
blank verse
archetype
oxymoron
48. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
myth
denouement
explication
scan
49. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
Gothic novel
empathy
first-person narrative
muse
50. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
diction
falling action
assonance
pathos