AP Literary Terms
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1. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work.

2. A figurative comparison using the words like or as

3. A humorous play on words - using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings

4. Also called figure of speech. In contrast to literal language - it implies meanings. Includes metaphors - similes - and personification - among others.

5. A term for the title character of a work of literature

6. 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.

7. 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

8. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea - often stated in figurative language

9. A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased

10. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics

11. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true

12. A poet; in olden times - a performer who told heroic stories to musical accompaniment

13. An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research

14. The manner in which an author uses and arranges words -

15. A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness - although it may have a serious - scornful purpose.

16. A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature

17. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before

18. A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances.

19. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing - ex. sun-bright topaz - sun-lit lake - sun-bright lake

20. The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death

21. In poetry - the use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them

22. 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

23. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack - or ridicule an idea - vice - or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change

24. A simple narrative verse that tells a story that is sung or recited

25. A synonym for view or feeling; also a refined and tender emotion in literature

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