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AP Literary Terms
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1. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
first-person narrative
falling action
rhetoric
point of view
2. The depiction of people - things - and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
verbal irony
rhyme
realism
myth
3. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
meter
end-stopped
personification
epic
4. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
syntax
paradox
empathy
montage
5. A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
parable
mock epic
deus ex machina
Gothic novel
6. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
explication
prosody
paraphrase
indirect quotation
7. A term for the title character of a work of literature
protagonist
climax
allusion
eponymous
8. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
denouement
bathos
sentiment
alliteration
9. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
adage
enjambment
Dionysian
roman a clef
10. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
voice
anachronism
couplet
denotation
11. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
idyll
naturalism
light verse
sonnet
12. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
verse
protagonist
canon
non sequitur
13. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
elliptical construction
bombast
parable
non sequitur
14. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
humanism
bathos
ambiguity
litotes
15. A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse - but sometimes with a satirical thrust
maxim
litotes
light verse
bard
16. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
fable
caesura
pathos
blank verse
17. 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.
allegory
pseudonym
verisimilitude
enjambment
18. The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time - place - historical milieu - and social - political - and even spiritual circumstances
onomatopoeia
setting
loose sentence
aphorism
19. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
paraphrase
couplet
caricature
narrative
20. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
wit
pulp fiction
empathy
burlesque
21. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
explication
point of view
carpe diem
classic
22. A reference to a person - place - or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
connotation
metaphor
allusion
archetype
23. 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
first-person narrative
kenning
setting
motif
24. A work of literature dealing with rural life
litotes
rhythm
pastoral
epithet
25. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
frame
consonance
paraphrase
euphony
26. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
mock epic
Apollonian
antithesis
allegory
27. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
ambiguity
deus ex machina
ballad
falling action
28. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
maxim
ellipsis
oxymoron
abstract
29. A sentence containing a deliberate omission of words. In the sentence 'May was hot and June the same -' the verb 'was' is omitted from the second clause
title character
mode
elliptical construction
explication
30. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
euphemism
verbal irony
archetype
Old English
31. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
ballad
satire
pun
couplet
32. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
verisimilitude
style
couplet
bibliography
33. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
indirect quotation
litotes
sentiment
pastoral
34. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
simile
narrative
tone
caesura
35. A brief explanation - summary - or evaluation of a text or work of literature
ellipsis
eponymous
wit
annotation
36. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
pseudonym
burlesque
oxymoron
37. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
indirect quotation
trope
simile
syntax
38. Personal - reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject
empathy
elegy
lyric poetry
symbolism
39. A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic - metaphorical - or possibly an ethical meaning
metaphysical poetry
allegory
rhyme scheme
figurative language
40. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
Apollonian
end-stopped
blank verse
hubris
41. A sharp - caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt; different from irony - which is more subtle
caricature
trope
sarcasm
analogy
42. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
exposition
rhetorical stance
apostrophe
montage
43. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
adage
subtext
irony
analogy
44. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
muse
trope
hyperbole
tragedy
45. A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
novella
narrative
burlesque
idyll
46. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
falling action
persona
pentameter
bibliography
47. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
eponymous
picaresque novel
expose
pentameter
48. The emotional tone in a work of literature
burlesque
mood
invective
explication
49. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
syntax
classicism
empathy
lampoon
50. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
motif
bombast
personification
catharsis