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AP Literary Terms
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1. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
hyperbole
verisimilitude
flashback
pulp fiction
2. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
burlesque
conceit
archetype
sentimental
3. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.
pastoral
theme
foot
allusion
4. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
abstract
villanelle
fable
euphemism
5. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
melodrama
classic
sentimental
mode
6. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
conceit
moral
lampoon
humanism
7. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
novella
Apollonian
irony
empathy
8. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
satire
ballad
novel of manners
assonance
9. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony - which is more subtle
bombast
catharsis
rhyme
sarcasm
10. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
idyll
simile
sentimental
satire
11. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
connotation
oxymoron
stanza
end-stopped
12. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
caesura
euphemism
in medias res
picaresque novel
13. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
extended metaphor
dramatic irony
stanza
metonymy
14. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
mode
pulp fiction
romance
anachronism
15. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
sarcasm
maxim
omniscient narrator
voice
16. 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
persona
kenning
pun
17. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
plot
wit
moral
maxim
18. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
satire
motif
ballad
denotation
19. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
allegory
canon
humanism
fable
20. 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...'
aphorism
scan
metonymy
euphemism
21. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
quatrain
allusion
extended metaphor
voice
22. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
anachronism
humanism
roman a clef
denotation
23. The emotional tone in a work of literature
classicism
loose sentence
pentameter
mood
24. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
idyll
title character
apostrophe
elegy
25. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
epic
protagonist
rhythm
frame
26. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
scan
epic
exegesis
title character
27. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
idyll
trope
dramatic irony
light verse
28. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
epithet
farce
theme
falling action
29. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
voice
empathy
archetype
lyric poetry
30. The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict
burlesque
annotation
falling action
oxymoron
31. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
allusion
satire
rhyme
paradox
32. 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
rhyme
diction
canon
litotes
33. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
narrative
personification
ambiguity
motif
34. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
paraphrase
rhetoric
style
rhythm
35. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
couplet
conceit
humanism
ballad
36. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
epithet
heroic couplet
expose
Old English
37. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
syntax
periodic sentence
oxymoron
elliptical construction
38. A verse with five poetic feet per line
pentameter
metonymy
subtext
annotation
39. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
pastoral
free verse
onomatopoeia
point of view
40. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
empathy
expose
diction
euphemism
41. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
assonance
dramatic irony
figurative language
invective
42. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
rhyme scheme
rhetoric
catharsis
pun
43. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
hyperbole
euphony
tragedy
rhyme
44. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
light verse
caesura
flashback
pastoral
45. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
Apollonian
Old English
genre
plot
46. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
extended metaphor
expose
Dionysian
burlesque
47. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
humanism
ballad
consonance
farce
48. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
omniscient narrator
allegory
metaphor
Middle English
49. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
persona
synecdoche
tone
climax
50. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
abstract
Old English
free verse
epic