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AP Literary Terms
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1. A work of literature dealing with rural life
parable
light verse
end-stopped
pastoral
2. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
tone
Gothic novel
deus ex machina
narrative
3. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
epigram
climax
euphemism
scan
4. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
diction
sentiment
pun
picaresque novel
5. 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
climax
bombast
novella
kenning
6. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
plot
trope
periodic sentence
Apollonian
7. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
metaphor
epigram
bombast
annotation
8. A feeling of association or identification with an object or person
burlesque
aphorism
ellipsis
empathy
9. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
frame
antagonist
annotation
allegory
10. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
belle-lettres
classicism
subtext
allegory
11. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
caesura
carpe diem
quatrain
fantasy
12. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
indirect quotation
invective
exposition
lyric poetry
13. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
muse
pulp fiction
plot
foreshadowing
14. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
Dionysian
pentameter
caesura
empathy
15. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
assonance
carpe diem
pulp fiction
stream of consciousness
16. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
pulp fiction
rhyme
denouement
scan
17. A form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish
tragedy
novella
loose sentence
caricature
18. 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
voice
aphorism
falling action
verse
19. The emotional tone in a work of literature
mood
ode
pulp fiction
kenning
20. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
pun
adage
sonnet
end-stopped
21. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
verbal irony
end-stopped
setting
oxymoron
22. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
kenning
non sequitur
enjambment
frame
23. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
meter
rhythm
annotation
mode
24. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
connotation
sentiment
maxim
non sequitur
25. A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
subtext
verse
denotation
alliteration
26. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language
prosody
conceit
idyll
annotation
27. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
exegesis
hyperbole
pulp fiction
epigram
28. 'In the middle of things'--a Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events - but at some other critical point.
Bildungsroman
light verse
in medias res
moral
29. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
free verse
lampoon
abstract
euphony
30. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
expose
climax
elegy
moral
31. Grating - inharmonious sounds
point of view
diction
cacophony
connotation
32. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
rhetorical stance
enjambment
voice
foreshadowing
33. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
rhythm
canon
image
bathos
34. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
myth
couplet
satire
oxymoron
35. 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
Gothic novel
exposition
Bildungsroman
voice
36. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
conceit
epithet
consonance
rhetoric
37. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.
empathy
bibliography
euphemism
elegy
38. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
subtext
wit
extended metaphor
hubris
39. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
exegesis
subtext
lampoon
parable
40. A verse with five poetic feet per line
archetype
pulp fiction
pentameter
metaphysical poetry
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'
personification
picaresque novel
synecdoche
rhyme scheme
42. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
ballad
mood
symbolism
picaresque novel
43. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
realism
mode
burlesque
explication
44. 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.
classicism
epic
moral
expose
45. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
first-person narrative
aphorism
metaphor
oxymoron
46. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
farce
rhyme
euphony
title character
47. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
rhyme
free verse
allusion
fable
48. 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
kenning
versification
idyll
personification
49. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
light verse
exegesis
analogy
adage
50. 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
ballad
pun
oxymoron