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Lit Terms Set 1
for AP English Lit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| style in writing that is typically complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil; seldom uses examples to support its points. | abstract |
| dry and theoretical writing | academic |
| in poetry, refers to the stressed portion of a word. | accent |
| adjective meaning "appealing to the senses." noun meaning coherent sense of taste. plural noun is the study of beauty. | aesthetic |
| story in which each aspect has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | allegory |
| repetition of initial consonant sounds | alliteration |
| reference to another work or famous figure | allusion |
| misplaced in time | anachronism |
| comparison | analogy |
| short narrative | anecdote |
| word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to | antecedent |
| when inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena are given human characteristics, behavior, or motivation | anthropomorphism |
| occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect | anticlimax |
| protagonist who is markedly unheroic | antihero |
| short and usually witty saying | aphorism |
| figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman | apostrophe |
| use of deliberately old-fashioned language | archaism |
| speech made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage | aside |
| trait or characteristic | aspect |
| repeated use of vowel sounds | assonance |
| emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene | atmosphere |
| long, narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme | ballad |
| writing of a scene evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy | pathos |
| writing strains for grandeur it can't support and tries to jerk tears from every little hiccup | bathos |
| use of disturbing themes in comedy | black humor |
| pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language; tries to be eloquent by using largest, uncommon words | bombast |
| broad parody, takes a style or form and exaggerates it into ridiculousness | burlesque |
| using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds | cacophony |
| beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense | cadence |
| name for a section division in a long work of poetry | canto |
| a portrait (verbal or otherwise) that exaggerates a facet of personality | caricature |
| "cleansing: of emotion an audience member experiences, having lived (vicariously) through the experiences presented on stage | catharsis |
| in drama, the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it | chorus |
| typical or an accepted masterpiece | classic |
| arts of ancient Greece and Rome and the qualities of those arts | classical |
| new word, usually one invented on the spot | coinage |
| technical term for coinage | neologism |
| word or phrase used in everyday conversational English that isn't a part of accepted "schoolbook" English. | colloquialism |
| there is more than one possibility in the meaning of words; there are subtleties and variations; multiple layers of interpretation; meaning is both explicit and implicit | complex |
| similar to complex | dense |
| in poetry, startling or unusual metaphor, or a metaphor developed and expanded upon over several lines. | conceit |
| image from a metaphor dominates and shapes the entire poem | controlling image |
| literal meaning of a word | denotation |
| what a word suggests or implies | connotation |
| repetition of consonant sounds within words | consonance |
| pair of lines that end in rhyme | couplet |
| character's speech must be styled according to social station and in accordance with the occasion | decorum |
| author's choice of words | diction |
| ordering and structuring of words | syntax |
| song for the dead | dirge |
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