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AP Literary Terms
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1. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature
epigram
melodrama
moral
protagonist
2. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
verisimilitude
title character
sonnet
setting
3. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
satire
ellipsis
syntax
foreshadowing
4. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme - or some other plan
catharsis
expose
naturalism
stanza
5. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
anachronism
antagonist
Middle English
frame
6. A work of literature dealing with rural life
verbal irony
narrative
maxim
pastoral
7. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
paradox
Middle English
figurative language
protagonist
8. A person - scene - event - or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set
consonance
anachronism
litotes
bard
9. Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
pathetic fallacy
figurative language
point of view
paradox
10. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
exegesis
deus ex machina
first-person narrative
alliteration
11. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term; i.e. 'pass away' instead of 'die'
euphemism
heroic couplet
deus ex machina
theme
12. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
lampoon
mood
naturalism
conceit
13. 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
verse
mood
elliptical construction
fantasy
14. A forceful sermon - lecture - or tirade
harangue
couplet
simile
kenning
15. The grammar of meter and rhythm in poetry
caricature
end-stopped
pun
prosody
16. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
hyperbole
dramatic irony
narrative
adage
17. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
pentameter
connotation
hyperbole
symbolism
18. A kind of poetry without rhymed lines - rhythm - or fixed metrical feet
free verse
romance
light verse
setting
19. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses - or sentences: 'They promised freedom but provided slavery'
rhyme scheme
verse
antithesis
alliteration
20. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -
exposition
style
apostrophe
extended metaphor
21. A figurative comparison using the words like or as
fantasy
kenning
cacophony
simile
22. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
non sequitur
pastoral
bombast
enjambment
23. A term for the title character of a work of literature
eponymous
classicism
montage
narrative
24. A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.
pulp fiction
light verse
setting
foot
25. French for a novel in which hisotrical events and actual people appear under the guise of fiction
roman a clef
eponymous
pathos
verbal irony
26. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
voice
tragedy
mode
foot
27. A series of comparisons between two unlike objects
extended metaphor
irony
empathy
style
28. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased
foreshadowing
verbal irony
setting
indirect quotation
29. The pattern of rhymes within a given poem
idyll
rhyme scheme
connotation
enjambment
30. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited
theme
ballad
idyll
irony
31. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
pathos
rhyme
prosody
expose
32. A short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people whose actions enable the author to make observations or draw useful lessons about human behavior
classicism
fable
metaphysical poetry
denouement
33. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake
epithet
anachronism
narrative
empathy
34. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
explication
first-person narrative
mock epic
epigram
35. A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind
assonance
stream of consciousness
conceit
deus ex machina
36. 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
aphorism
lyric poetry
loose sentence
couplet
37. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
archetype
ellipsis
Gothic novel
conceit
38. A lyric poem usually marked by serious - respectful - and exalted feeling towards the subject
kenning
belle-lettres
ode
prosody
39. 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
litotes
omniscient narrator
rhyme scheme
ellipsis
40. The use of insincere or overdone sentimentality
idyll
bathos
genre
theme
41. In literature - the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem
free verse
deus ex machina
humanism
bibliography
42. A popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme.
sonnet
bibliography
denouement
Bildungsroman
43. A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish
sentimental
falling action
denouement
ballad
44. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
empathy
theme
exegesis
pun
45. 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
point of view
novella
pathos
versification
46. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
maxim
mood
fantasy
wit
47. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
omniscient narrator
consonance
hubris
novella
48. '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.
allusion
in medias res
tone
subtext
49. The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose
assonance
ballad
verse
naturalism
50. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
picaresque novel
abstract
bibliography
Bildungsroman
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