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AP Literary Terms
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1. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
sentimental
conceit
allegory
onomatopoeia
2. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
subplot
denouement
allusion
dramatic irony
3. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
maxim
point of view
Middle English
epigram
4. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
sentimental
bombast
title character
couplet
5. 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
epithet
Middle English
versification
foreshadowing
6. A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses - faults - frailties - or other shortcomings
harangue
denotation
expose
end-stopped
7. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
rhetoric
denotation
sonnet
Old English
8. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
in medias res
adage
foreshadowing
classicism
9. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
simile
bard
conceit
climax
10. The Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D.
Old English
connotation
bombast
wit
11. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth
farce
mood
ode
maxim
12. 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
Bildungsroman
prosody
enjambment
simile
13. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
melodrama
subplot
in medias res
trope
14. The generic name for a figure of speech such as image - symbol - simile - and metaphor
verisimilitude
synecdoche
trope
omniscient narrator
15. Language that conveys a speaker's attitude or opinion with regard to a particular subject
pun
wit
mode
rhetorical stance
16. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
euphemism
caesura
anachronism
metonymy
17. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
mode
rhetoric
Old English
motif
18. The author's attitude toward the subject being written about. The spirit or quality that is the work's emotional essence
Middle English
caricature
montage
tone
19. 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.
deus ex machina
enjambment
figurative language
plot
20. An eight-line rhyming stanza of a poem
motif
ottava rima
harangue
consonance
21. 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
epithet
realism
verisimilitude
coming-of-age story
22. A word or phrase representing that which can be seen - touched - tasted - smelled - or felt
enjambment
image
alliteration
synecdoche
23. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
scan
image
denouement
ode
24. A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
anachronism
metaphor
oxymoron
trope
25. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
satire
Dionysian
realism
paraphrase
26. A form of verse or prose that tells a story
deus ex machina
narrative
melodrama
motif
27. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
idyll
meter
symbolism
sonnet
28. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
exposition
novella
tragedy
eponymous
29. A character or force in a work of literature that - by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict
antagonist
empathy
sentiment
rhyme scheme
30. A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences - i.e. subject-verb-object. The main idea of the sentence is presented first and is then followed by one or more subordinate clauses
falling action
loose sentence
coming-of-age story
novel of manners
31. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
Bildungsroman
theme
persona
naturalism
32. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.
foot
theme
farce
falling action
33. A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative
Apollonian
frame
periodic sentence
climax
34. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
sentimental
caricature
picaresque novel
muse
35. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
tragedy
apostrophe
conceit
first-person narrative
36. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
dramatic irony
anachronism
abstract
irony
37. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
point of view
blank verse
naturalism
bard
38. A mocking - satirical assault on a person or situation
lampoon
explication
caricature
maxim
39. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
indirect quotation
free verse
Bildungsroman
antithesis
40. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
oxymoron
title character
irony
indirect quotation
41. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
ellipsis
expose
pathetic fallacy
apostrophe
42. A term for the title character of a work of literature
exegesis
montage
mock epic
eponymous
43. The organization of language into meaningful structure; every sentence has a particular pattern of words
figurative language
epigram
syntax
ambiguity
44. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
free verse
rhythm
analogy
romance
45. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
couplet
dramatic irony
adage
novel of manners
46. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
figurative language
novel of manners
frame
antithesis
47. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
enjambment
subtext
meter
syntax
48. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
Dionysian
classic
classicism
style
49. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
metaphor
exposition
rhyme scheme
ballad
50. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
kenning
consonance
pentameter
epic