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AP Literary Terms
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1. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
lyric poetry
catharsis
mood
paraphrase
2. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
ottava rima
title character
stanza
3. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.
harangue
blank verse
apostrophe
flashback
4. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
ambiguity
wit
frame
farce
5. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
invective
villanelle
motif
climax
6. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
plot
abstract
rhyme scheme
allegory
7. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
fable
assonance
figurative language
satire
8. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
free verse
pathetic fallacy
sentimental
epic
9. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
metonymy
extended metaphor
pseudonym
first-person narrative
10. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
coming-of-age story
stream of consciousness
maxim
wit
11. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
subplot
meter
title character
enjambment
12. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
exposition
stream of consciousness
image
allusion
13. A four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem
onomatopoeia
first-person narrative
sarcasm
quatrain
14. Grating - inharmonious sounds
cacophony
loose sentence
denotation
irony
15. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
exposition
classicism
burlesque
prosody
16. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
ambiguity
annotation
verse
Dionysian
17. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
irony
rhetoric
prosody
bard
18. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
pathos
heroic couplet
abstract
archetype
19. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
dramatic irony
realism
voice
hubris
20. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry
assonance
syntax
rhythm
Apollonian
21. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
burlesque
Old English
alliteration
bard
22. 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'
stanza
plot
sonnet
synecdoche
23. 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
rhetoric
falling action
first-person narrative
euphony
24. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
persona
stanza
carpe diem
syntax
25. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
Bildungsroman
pun
harangue
hyperbole
26. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
paraphrase
romance
adage
syntax
27. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
trope
synecdoche
picaresque novel
catharsis
28. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
invective
metonymy
omniscient narrator
setting
29. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
indirect quotation
Apollonian
heroic couplet
rhetoric
30. An extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places
stream of consciousness
romance
villanelle
stanza
31. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
tragedy
paraphrase
rhyme scheme
symbolism
32. Literally - 'seize the day'; enjoy life while you can - a common theme in literature
carpe diem
burlesque
synecdoche
voice
33. A tale in which a young protagonist experiences an introduction to adulthood. The character may develop understanding via disillusionment - education - doses of reality - or any other experiences that alter his or her emotional or intellectual maturi
mood
satire
coming-of-age story
idyll
34. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
omniscient narrator
mode
idyll
roman a clef
35. A parody of traditional epic form. It usually treats a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness - using conventions such as invocations to the Muse - action-packed battle scenes - and accounts of heroic exploits.
subtext
expose
Old English
mock epic
36. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
pulp fiction
genre
pathetic fallacy
mode
37. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
adage
kenning
Dionysian
realism
38. The emotional tone in a work of literature
parable
point of view
sonnet
mood
39. '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.
heroic couplet
alliteration
in medias res
persona
40. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
bombast
ottava rima
invective
bathos
41. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
sentiment
novella
naturalism
denotation
42. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
antithesis
loose sentence
title character
harangue
43. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
elliptical construction
realism
moral
metaphor
44. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
alliteration
melodrama
light verse
caricature
45. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
abstract
anachronism
personification
narrative
46. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
ottava rima
falling action
metonymy
assonance
47. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
explication
syntax
novel of manners
canon
48. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. Ex: He's not a bad dancer
dramatic irony
consonance
villanelle
litotes
49. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
adage
irony
persona
subtext
50. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
lyric poetry
rhythm
connotation
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