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AP Literary Terms
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1. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
lampoon
extended metaphor
meter
myth
2. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
anachronism
classic
romance
versification
3. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
setting
stanza
maxim
realism
4. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
blank verse
Dionysian
point of view
anachronism
5. 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
title character
first-person narrative
motif
6. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
rhythm
non sequitur
protagonist
apostrophe
7. 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
heroic couplet
belle-lettres
irony
romance
8. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
metaphor
rhetorical stance
ambiguity
lyric poetry
9. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
in medias res
oxymoron
allegory
metaphor
10. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
assonance
tone
denotation
litotes
11. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
elegy
classic
parable
connotation
12. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
farce
title character
bathos
non sequitur
13. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
paradox
satire
point of view
adage
14. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.
bibliography
epithet
lampoon
myth
15. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
versification
denotation
foot
elegy
16. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
oxymoron
realism
blank verse
allusion
17. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
quatrain
persona
first-person narrative
euphony
18. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
realism
stream of consciousness
meter
catharsis
19. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
verse
quatrain
stanza
non sequitur
20. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
rhetorical stance
farce
satire
adage
21. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
personification
paradox
satire
assonance
22. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
invective
Old English
epigram
oxymoron
23. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
tragedy
foreshadowing
consonance
mock epic
24. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
epigram
Old English
verisimilitude
image
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.
farce
onomatopoeia
plot
syntax
26. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
paraphrase
idyll
archetype
fable
27. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
deus ex machina
fantasy
mock epic
persona
28. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
irony
heroic couplet
first-person narrative
connotation
29. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
verbal irony
bombast
abstract
classicism
30. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
subtext
catharsis
free verse
Gothic novel
31. 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
canon
symbolism
tragedy
periodic sentence
32. 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...'
muse
metonymy
expose
paradox
33. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
Dionysian
syntax
simile
satire
34. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
farce
trope
roman a clef
hubris
35. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
elliptical construction
expose
symbolism
narrative
36. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
ellipsis
anachronism
bombast
non sequitur
37. The emotional tone in a work of literature
subtext
anachronism
setting
mood
38. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
extended metaphor
sentimental
Old English
pathetic fallacy
39. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
antagonist
verbal irony
romance
cacophony
40. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
rhyme
wit
bibliography
diction
41. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
pun
dramatic irony
title character
heroic couplet
42. The dictionary definition of a word
theme
denotation
rhetoric
realism
43. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
euphony
syntax
humanism
classicism
44. A term for the title character of a work of literature
carpe diem
trope
consonance
eponymous
45. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
euphemism
frame
figurative language
pentameter
46. The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to the story or subject matter of a poem.
frame
point of view
consonance
kenning
47. '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.
foot
persona
in medias res
pentameter
48. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
Middle English
Apollonian
sentiment
frame
49. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
pun
allusion
paraphrase
rhythm
50. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
litotes
ode
Middle English
pseudonym