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AP Literary Terms
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1. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
empathy
expose
point of view
connotation
2. The dictionary definition of a word
pulp fiction
alliteration
paradox
denotation
3. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
light verse
litotes
connotation
picaresque novel
4. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
antagonist
deus ex machina
Old English
motif
5. 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
motif
allegory
novella
6. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
tragedy
title character
allegory
pentameter
7. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
ambiguity
quatrain
theme
consonance
8. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
light verse
verisimilitude
ambiguity
setting
9. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
fantasy
classic
syntax
empathy
10. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
subplot
rhythm
heroic couplet
foreshadowing
11. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
maxim
end-stopped
paraphrase
image
12. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
denotation
stanza
syntax
antagonist
13. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
parable
climax
euphony
anachronism
14. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
antagonist
personification
end-stopped
moral
15. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
burlesque
anachronism
belle-lettres
analogy
16. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
aphorism
scan
versification
novella
17. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
assonance
myth
Old English
burlesque
18. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
myth
climax
prosody
sonnet
19. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
pseudonym
antagonist
hubris
stream of consciousness
20. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.
subplot
bibliography
elliptical construction
stream of consciousness
21. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
metaphor
canon
sentimental
mode
22. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
pulp fiction
theme
bathos
wit
23. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
rhyme
narrative
rhyme scheme
sentiment
24. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
metaphysical poetry
flashback
bombast
Dionysian
25. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
prosody
kenning
elegy
novel of manners
26. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
bathos
trope
wit
Gothic novel
27. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
setting
diction
moral
theme
28. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
sentiment
Old English
ballad
roman a clef
29. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
deus ex machina
setting
mock epic
simile
30. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
climax
pathos
classic
bathos
31. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
epithet
diction
invective
verisimilitude
32. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
caricature
ode
pathetic fallacy
tragedy
33. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
moral
elegy
euphemism
rhyme scheme
34. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
verbal irony
ambiguity
personification
in medias res
35. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
couplet
mode
Bildungsroman
apostrophe
36. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
dramatic irony
abstract
classic
extended metaphor
37. 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
catharsis
metaphysical poetry
coming-of-age story
eponymous
38. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
idyll
foot
antithesis
pulp fiction
39. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
aphorism
denotation
paradox
sentiment
40. 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.
periodic sentence
paraphrase
annotation
classicism
41. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
moral
verse
rhythm
abstract
42. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
caricature
denouement
catharsis
genre
43. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
connotation
non sequitur
ellipsis
Gothic novel
44. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
fantasy
sentiment
sentimental
roman a clef
45. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
pentameter
melodrama
pathetic fallacy
epithet
46. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
narrative
ballad
antagonist
blank verse
47. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
allegory
free verse
montage
expose
48. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
realism
alliteration
melodrama
subplot
49. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
onomatopoeia
hubris
syntax
extended metaphor
50. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
allusion
lampoon
euphony
adage