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AP Literary Terms
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1. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
rhetoric
ottava rima
first-person narrative
parable
2. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
frame
denouement
oxymoron
3. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
sentimental
belle-lettres
falling action
end-stopped
4. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
trope
allusion
bombast
abstract
5. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
sarcasm
heroic couplet
style
persona
6. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
light verse
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
caricature
7. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
Dionysian
simile
narrative
caesura
8. 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
synecdoche
romance
climax
9. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
metaphysical poetry
subplot
narrative
antithesis
10. The main character in a work of literature
indirect quotation
blank verse
omniscient narrator
protagonist
11. A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main though only at the end. In other words - the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support.
paradox
periodic sentence
foot
allusion
12. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
ottava rima
myth
romance
metonymy
13. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
exegesis
picaresque novel
plot
metaphor
14. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
bibliography
style
Old English
expose
15. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
canon
metaphor
moral
blank verse
16. 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...'
metonymy
novella
onomatopoeia
canon
17. One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer
muse
hyperbole
setting
narrative
18. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
blank verse
omniscient narrator
diction
pathos
19. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
caricature
pun
blank verse
sentimental
20. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
Old English
oxymoron
kenning
pseudonym
21. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
persona
onomatopoeia
Middle English
protagonist
22. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
antagonist
narrative
light verse
free verse
23. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
rhyme scheme
fable
rhyme
eponymous
24. In literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
deus ex machina
Apollonian
idyll
lyric poetry
25. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
climax
pathetic fallacy
in medias res
pathos
26. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
catharsis
montage
denotation
style
27. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
prosody
coming-of-age story
epithet
hubris
28. A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated - often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected
plot
carpe diem
irony
fable
29. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
pastoral
canon
verisimilitude
ode
30. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
tone
diction
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
31. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
picaresque novel
bombast
belle-lettres
onomatopoeia
32. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
pulp fiction
bombast
plot
heroic couplet
33. The structural form of a line of verse as revealed by the number of feet it contains. For example: monometer = 1foot; tetrameter = 4 feet; pentameter = 5 feet - and so forth
persona
subplot
euphemism
versification
34. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
rhythm
ballad
connotation
subtext
35. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
Gothic novel
persona
picaresque novel
novel of manners
36. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
wit
enjambment
title character
expose
37. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
assonance
alliteration
diction
melodrama
38. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
paraphrase
realism
invective
classicism
39. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
idyll
pathetic fallacy
litotes
parable
40. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
point of view
caesura
epithet
fable
41. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
belle-lettres
extended metaphor
parable
foot
42. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
moral
mock epic
novella
Bildungsroman
43. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
verbal irony
romance
foot
rhyme
44. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
melodrama
realism
meter
euphony
45. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
euphemism
climax
quatrain
Gothic novel
46. A tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood. The character may develop understanding via disillusionment - education - doses of reality - or any other experiences that alter his or her emotional or intellectual maturi
moral
free verse
hubris
coming-of-age story
47. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
abstract
syntax
mood
apostrophe
48. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
couplet
ode
ellipsis
scan
49. Grating - inharmonious sounds
cacophony
bard
analogy
pulp fiction
50. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
satire
stream of consciousness
metonymy
lampoon