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AP Literary Terms
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1. In literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
deus ex machina
figurative language
adage
bibliography
2. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
tone
pulp fiction
exegesis
non sequitur
3. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
simile
sonnet
canon
classic
4. 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...'
classic
metonymy
rhyme scheme
anachronism
5. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
metonymy
satire
heroic couplet
annotation
6. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
tone
couplet
burlesque
litotes
7. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
personification
flashback
rhetoric
farce
8. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
oxymoron
irony
Middle English
pathetic fallacy
9. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
allegory
harangue
assonance
adage
10. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
bombast
paradox
versification
myth
11. 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
tragedy
metaphysical poetry
first-person narrative
plot
12. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
epigram
ottava rima
rhythm
verbal irony
13. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony - which is more subtle
explication
catharsis
bombast
sarcasm
14. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
antithesis
ambiguity
farce
analogy
15. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
ode
prosody
rhythm
Gothic novel
16. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
subtext
title character
ode
light verse
17. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
parable
realism
moral
style
18. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
trope
cacophony
roman a clef
mood
19. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
title character
melodrama
lampoon
harangue
20. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
antithesis
epigram
style
elegy
21. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
stream of consciousness
burlesque
light verse
abstract
22. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
burlesque
protagonist
Gothic novel
theme
23. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
annotation
Middle English
symbolism
pastoral
24. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
Apollonian
wit
elliptical construction
heroic couplet
25. One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer
muse
allusion
Bildungsroman
rhythm
26. A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities - as in 'ring-giver' for king and 'whale-road' for ocean
kenning
epigram
caricature
archetype
27. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
in medias res
bathos
roman a clef
stream of consciousness
28. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
lyric poetry
syntax
setting
figurative language
29. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
pulp fiction
enjambment
abstract
moral
30. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
ballad
periodic sentence
rhetorical stance
classicism
31. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
aphorism
Bildungsroman
end-stopped
free verse
32. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
eponymous
myth
Apollonian
image
33. A term for the title character of a work of literature
mode
sentiment
trope
eponymous
34. 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.
personification
title character
periodic sentence
irony
35. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
free verse
figurative language
alliteration
rhyme scheme
36. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
adage
carpe diem
verbal irony
ballad
37. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
periodic sentence
euphemism
hyperbole
archetype
38. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
catharsis
plot
anachronism
fantasy
39. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
point of view
analogy
ellipsis
theme
40. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
consonance
deus ex machina
point of view
genre
41. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
rhetorical stance
sarcasm
free verse
archetype
42. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
stream of consciousness
non sequitur
villanelle
fantasy
43. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
blank verse
picaresque novel
quatrain
villanelle
44. 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.
rhyme scheme
verisimilitude
pentameter
muse
45. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.
point of view
kenning
free verse
analogy
46. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
first-person narrative
caesura
quatrain
meter
47. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
simile
setting
picaresque novel
non sequitur
48. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
prosody
foreshadowing
stanza
elliptical construction
49. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
melodrama
sarcasm
rhetoric
pastoral
50. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
trope
title character
rhyme
end-stopped