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AP Literary Terms
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1. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
lyric poetry
picaresque novel
genre
hyperbole
2. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
couplet
lyric poetry
persona
hyperbole
3. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
lampoon
scan
allegory
aphorism
4. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
lampoon
ballad
Apollonian
fantasy
5. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
epic
symbolism
montage
in medias res
6. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
coming-of-age story
euphemism
flashback
moral
7. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
metonymy
harangue
elegy
ballad
8. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
denouement
ottava rima
rhyme
alliteration
9. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
symbolism
motif
paradox
classicism
10. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
mode
enjambment
setting
exposition
11. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
foot
epigram
free verse
12. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
conceit
simile
heroic couplet
epigram
13. A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things
caricature
pastoral
deus ex machina
symbolism
14. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
muse
annotation
caesura
pulp fiction
15. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
quatrain
lyric poetry
novella
extended metaphor
16. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
couplet
realism
euphony
indirect quotation
17. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
explication
verbal irony
metonymy
stream of consciousness
18. Deriving from the orderly qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture; implies formality - objectivity - simplicity - and restraint
anachronism
couplet
denotation
classicism
19. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
rhetoric
meter
burlesque
conceit
20. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
assonance
stanza
omniscient narrator
mock epic
21. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
synecdoche
style
satire
rhetoric
22. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
denotation
parable
ottava rima
alliteration
23. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
Old English
cacophony
analogy
consonance
24. A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity
humanism
naturalism
symbolism
paradox
25. 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
personification
ode
tragedy
26. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
epithet
genre
stanza
tone
27. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
enjambment
pseudonym
allusion
alliteration
28. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
mood
falling action
free verse
personification
29. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
archetype
realism
catharsis
Old English
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
falling action
title character
epithet
light verse
31. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
Dionysian
light verse
harangue
romance
32. 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.
diction
eponymous
epic
subplot
33. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
tone
first-person narrative
trope
sonnet
34. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
metaphysical poetry
motif
epithet
style
35. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
figurative language
fantasy
lampoon
verbal irony
36. 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
denotation
versification
symbolism
climax
37. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
dramatic irony
bombast
harangue
exegesis
38. A work of fiction of roughly 20 -000 to 50 -000 words--longer than a short story - but shorter than a novel
novella
free verse
indirect quotation
hubris
39. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
oxymoron
euphemism
trope
stanza
40. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
montage
euphemism
metaphor
anachronism
41. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
wit
blank verse
aphorism
personification
42. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
metaphor
denotation
pun
end-stopped
43. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
lampoon
Apollonian
theme
classic
44. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
trope
novel of manners
Middle English
enjambment
45. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
hubris
extended metaphor
bathos
ballad
46. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
rhyme
apostrophe
subtext
burlesque
47. The dictionary definition of a word
bathos
denotation
caesura
bard
48. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
foreshadowing
verse
villanelle
picaresque novel
49. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
ellipsis
kenning
versification
pastoral
50. 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'
anachronism
synecdoche
belle-lettres
catharsis