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AP Literary Terms
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1. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
explication
classic
elliptical construction
motif
2. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
Middle English
non sequitur
verbal irony
antithesis
3. The emotional tone in a work of literature
coming-of-age story
Bildungsroman
oxymoron
mood
4. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
adage
muse
paraphrase
syntax
5. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
sonnet
style
verbal irony
maxim
6. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
diction
style
verse
hyperbole
7. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
canon
symbolism
theme
verse
8. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
rhetorical stance
plot
synecdoche
myth
9. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
allusion
assonance
myth
sarcasm
10. 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
irony
voice
genre
Middle English
11. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
simile
rhyme scheme
euphemism
Old English
12. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
sentimental
mode
fantasy
enjambment
13. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
bard
maxim
catharsis
harangue
14. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
lyric poetry
frame
sentiment
metaphor
15. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
end-stopped
consonance
archetype
extended metaphor
16. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
lyric poetry
hubris
kenning
rhyme
17. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
blank verse
epic
caricature
catharsis
18. 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.
bard
plot
anachronism
epic
19. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
bombast
villanelle
Dionysian
burlesque
20. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
fable
subtext
rhetoric
heroic couplet
21. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
kenning
fantasy
roman a clef
villanelle
22. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
pentameter
irony
deus ex machina
ballad
23. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
light verse
trope
rhetoric
novel of manners
24. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
ambiguity
bathos
loose sentence
heroic couplet
25. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
foot
oxymoron
epithet
non sequitur
26. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.
foot
picaresque novel
extended metaphor
pun
27. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
first-person narrative
antagonist
simile
irony
28. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
invective
light verse
subplot
farce
29. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
Dionysian
lampoon
exegesis
denouement
30. A verse with five poetic feet per line
simile
pentameter
setting
belle-lettres
31. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
exegesis
foreshadowing
moral
irony
32. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
harangue
sarcasm
Gothic novel
pun
33. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
archetype
pathos
verse
mock epic
34. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
ellipsis
euphemism
Middle English
apostrophe
35. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
farce
fable
humanism
onomatopoeia
36. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
alliteration
light verse
fantasy
scan
37. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
couplet
pathetic fallacy
denouement
novel of manners
38. 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
wit
harangue
scan
pastoral
39. 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
loose sentence
Dionysian
rhyme
versification
40. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
voice
diction
aphorism
first-person narrative
41. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
oxymoron
Middle English
elliptical construction
abstract
42. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
rhyme scheme
versification
theme
picaresque novel
43. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
analogy
caesura
in medias res
non sequitur
44. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
stream of consciousness
quatrain
bathos
harangue
45. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
ode
belle-lettres
satire
burlesque
46. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
syntax
bombast
sentimental
climax
47. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
tragedy
belle-lettres
metonymy
archetype
48. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
rhetoric
muse
rhythm
bibliography
49. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
connotation
rhythm
subplot
novel of manners
50. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
verbal irony
couplet
sarcasm
non sequitur