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AP Literary Terms
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1. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
subplot
antithesis
myth
denouement
2. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
classicism
epithet
connotation
muse
3. The language of a work and its style; words - often highly emotional - used to convince or sway an audience
exegesis
image
conceit
rhetoric
4. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
canon
roman a clef
mode
lampoon
5. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
novella
Bildungsroman
montage
theme
6. 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.
mock epic
climax
style
roman a clef
7. The high point - or turning point - of a story or play
climax
archetype
trope
ellipsis
8. The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase
title character
exposition
connotation
quatrain
9. The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry
in medias res
consonance
eponymous
explication
10. Grating - inharmonious sounds
cacophony
elliptical construction
caesura
tone
11. A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
versification
Dionysian
omniscient narrator
ambiguity
12. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
elliptical construction
genre
Gothic novel
falling action
13. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
fantasy
indirect quotation
mood
couplet
14. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
free verse
ballad
archetype
assonance
15. An imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious tradition of a group or society
myth
euphemism
plot
carpe diem
16. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
bathos
satire
rhythm
simile
17. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
invective
consonance
naturalism
climax
18. 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
denouement
litotes
plot
bard
19. A French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
villanelle
ambiguity
roman a clef
bard
20. A pair of rhyming lines in a poem
classic
denouement
couplet
Bildungsroman
21. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
scan
paradox
rhyme scheme
bard
22. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
subtext
classic
deus ex machina
couplet
23. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
metaphysical poetry
moral
picaresque novel
paradox
24. French term for the world of books - criticism - and literature in general
genre
dramatic irony
belle-lettres
lampoon
25. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
pulp fiction
foot
realism
archetype
26. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character - ex. Oedipus Rex
sonnet
bathos
onomatopoeia
dramatic irony
27. A term for the title character of a work of literature
paradox
falling action
symbolism
eponymous
28. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
alliteration
wit
kenning
elegy
29. Also called 'pen name' or 'nom de plume'; a false name or alias used by writers. Ex: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
exposition
pseudonym
end-stopped
archetype
30. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
caricature
Dionysian
novel of manners
indirect quotation
31. A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main though only at the end. In other words - the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support.
Gothic novel
periodic sentence
aphorism
personification
32. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
abstract
consonance
deus ex machina
exegesis
33. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
stanza
denouement
verisimilitude
farce
34. A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group
mood
indirect quotation
novel of manners
sonnet
35. 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
irony
tragedy
lampoon
verbal irony
36. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
humanism
voice
fable
pastoral
37. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
fantasy
title character
sarcasm
pun
38. A subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
omniscient narrator
sonnet
subplot
motif
39. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
protagonist
catharsis
verbal irony
stanza
40. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
pastoral
moral
simile
caricature
41. A poem or prose selection that laments or mediates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
elegy
couplet
epithet
classicism
42. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
expose
end-stopped
rhetorical stance
hyperbole
43. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
analogy
villanelle
synecdoche
Apollonian
44. The choice of words in oral and written discourse
light verse
diction
romance
assonance
45. 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
picaresque novel
sentimental
scan
tragedy
46. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
bombast
point of view
fantasy
simile
47. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
Bildungsroman
roman a clef
picaresque novel
pulp fiction
48. The general form - pattern - and manner of expression of a work of literature
antagonist
mode
exposition
alliteration
49. Poetry written in iambic pentameter - the primary meter used in English poetry and the works of Shakespeare and Milton
novella
quatrain
farce
blank verse
50. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse - often (but not always) marked by punctuation
Gothic novel
caesura
consonance
Old English