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AP Literary Terms
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1. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
couplet
omniscient narrator
sonnet
verse
2. 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
canon
fable
pentameter
3. A verse with five poetic feet per line
pathos
indirect quotation
loose sentence
pentameter
4. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
anachronism
antithesis
paradox
pulp fiction
5. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
first-person narrative
metaphor
exegesis
bard
6. A German word referring to a novel structured as a series of events that take place as the hero travels in quest of a goal
novella
bombast
Bildungsroman
personification
7. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
pathetic fallacy
climax
belle-lettres
pseudonym
8. 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
euphony
wit
archetype
lampoon
9. The main character in a work of literature
rhyme scheme
protagonist
novella
subtext
10. A term for the title character of a work of literature
litotes
prosody
eponymous
title character
11. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
myth
ode
pun
diction
12. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
antithesis
title character
empathy
motif
13. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
Middle English
theme
persona
analogy
14. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
in medias res
Dionysian
omniscient narrator
belle-lettres
15. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
subplot
heroic couplet
motif
expose
16. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
roman a clef
antithesis
naturalism
anachronism
17. Literally - 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
verse
kenning
pentameter
carpe diem
18. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
free verse
moral
omniscient narrator
genre
19. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Ex: He's not a bad dancer
litotes
allusion
annotation
enjambment
20. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
blank verse
dramatic irony
ode
Apollonian
21. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
verbal irony
harangue
melodrama
allusion
22. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
epic
denouement
non sequitur
ottava rima
23. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
expose
classic
abstract
idyll
24. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
Bildungsroman
realism
mode
plot
25. 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.
plot
picaresque novel
conceit
syntax
26. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
classicism
style
ottava rima
verbal irony
27. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words. In the sentence 'May was hot and June the same -' the verb 'was' is omitted from the second clause
motif
harangue
elliptical construction
ottava rima
28. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
caesura
humanism
Old English
aphorism
29. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
catharsis
abstract
naturalism
novel of manners
30. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
allegory
picaresque novel
metaphysical poetry
Gothic novel
31. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
annotation
realism
lyric poetry
explication
32. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
exegesis
rhetoric
falling action
elegy
33. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.
falling action
foot
foreshadowing
empathy
34. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
realism
canon
flashback
trope
35. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
eponymous
rhyme scheme
cacophony
point of view
36. 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
metaphysical poetry
Middle English
villanelle
paradox
37. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
maxim
style
montage
rhythm
38. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
empathy
belle-lettres
invective
connotation
39. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
irony
Gothic novel
blank verse
bombast
40. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
voice
epigram
myth
image
41. 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
stanza
pulp fiction
bombast
42. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
euphemism
Old English
novel of manners
antagonist
43. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
cacophony
ode
explication
quatrain
44. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
adage
trope
abstract
idyll
45. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
invective
kenning
rhyme
rhetoric
46. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
pathos
romance
melodrama
novel of manners
47. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
humanism
first-person narrative
onomatopoeia
title character
48. 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.
bard
romance
exegesis
periodic sentence
49. In literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
deus ex machina
image
alliteration
metaphor
50. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
light verse
roman a clef
rhythm
caricature