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AP Literary Terms
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1. Pleasing - harmonious sounds
first-person narrative
elegy
euphony
apostrophe
2. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits. Ex: Don Quixote - Moll Flanders
euphemism
picaresque novel
moral
pathos
3. That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
trope
pastoral
pathos
rhythm
4. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
metonymy
theme
rhetorical stance
foreshadowing
5. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
couplet
hubris
parable
onomatopoeia
6. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
foot
couplet
analogy
aphorism
7. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
exposition
humanism
scan
satire
8. A narrator with unlimited awareness - understanding - and insight of characters - setting - background - and all other elements of the story
dramatic irony
ambiguity
omniscient narrator
mood
9. As distinguished from Apollonian - the word refers to sensual - pleasure-seeking impulses
euphony
catharsis
onomatopoeia
Dionysian
10. The use of one object to evoke ideas and associations not literally part of the original object
metaphysical poetry
ambiguity
symbolism
ottava rima
11. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.
allegory
figurative language
blank verse
pentameter
12. The interpretation or analysis of a text.
antithesis
setting
explication
pulp fiction
13. The emotional tone in a work of literature
motif
mood
moral
elegy
14. The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature
Gothic novel
carpe diem
denouement
subtext
15. 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
fable
parable
bibliography
allusion
16. The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.
ottava rima
climax
Middle English
plot
17. A concise but ingenious - witty - and thoughtful statement
genre
quatrain
pathos
epigram
18. 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'
ellipsis
synecdoche
adage
pathetic fallacy
19. The work of poets - particularly those of the seventeenth century - that uses elaborate conceits - is highly intellectual - and expresses the complexities of love and life
allegory
Old English
cacophony
metaphysical poetry
20. A synonym for poetry. Also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
verse
first-person narrative
realism
denouement
21. A term often used as a synonym for realism - also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
consonance
extended metaphor
naturalism
heroic couplet
22. A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation
parable
point of view
burlesque
genre
23. 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.
indirect quotation
sonnet
antagonist
periodic sentence
24. The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals - used mostly in poetry.
Middle English
climax
rhyme
ballad
25. A narrative told by a character involved in the story - using first-person pronouns such as I and we.
first-person narrative
myth
epic
meter
26. A cleansing of the spirit brought about by the pity and terror of a dramatic tragedy
catharsis
lampoon
melodrama
point of view
27. Inflated - pretentious language used for trivial subjects
novella
bombast
adage
periodic sentence
28. The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader - a viewer - or the world at large
bathos
light verse
persona
tragedy
29. In contrast to Dionysian - it refers to the most noble - godlike qualities of human nature and behavior
canon
montage
analogy
Apollonian
30. The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that suprise and delight by their unexpectedness; the power to comment subtly and pointedly on the foibles of the passing scene
pulp fiction
realism
couplet
wit
31. The dictionary definition of a word
sarcasm
denotation
style
classicism
32. Grating - inharmonious sounds
cacophony
rhyme
villanelle
indirect quotation
33. 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
versification
Old English
figurative language
in medias res
34. The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose
naturalism
pun
catharsis
alliteration
35. A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation.
end-stopped
mock epic
syntax
parable
36. A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea
montage
consonance
classic
sentimental
37. A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present
apostrophe
pseudonym
light verse
deus ex machina
38. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
meter
versification
Apollonian
romance
39. 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
consonance
elliptical construction
pathetic fallacy
deus ex machina
40. Two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse.
loose sentence
belle-lettres
heroic couplet
mode
41. A term used to describe literary forms - such as novel - play - and essay
scan
genre
connotation
coming-of-age story
42. A phrase - idea - or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
ambiguity
cacophony
point of view
motif
43. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
free verse
caesura
novella
paradox
44. One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer
muse
periodic sentence
parable
moral
45. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research
point of view
mode
setting
abstract
46. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
verbal irony
roman a clef
antagonist
invective
47. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line.
plot
scan
narrative
connotation
48. The main idea or meaning - often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built
rhyme
rhythm
theme
personification
49. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature
sentiment
allegory
denotation
novel of manners
50. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
indirect quotation
kenning
exegesis
epigram