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AP Literary Term
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| story in which persons, places, and things form system of clearly labeled equivalents, standing for other definite meanings, which are often abstractions | allegory |
| assignment of something to time when it was not in existence | anachronism |
| metrical foot consisting of 2 unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable | Anapest |
| figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it was alive and present and could reply | apostrophe |
| original pattern or model. Plot or character element that recurs in cultural or cross-cultural myths such as "quest" or "descent into underworld | archetype |
| poem about dawn, morning love song, or poem about parting of lovers at dawn | aubade |
| description that may move to laughter instead of tears | bathos |
| rhythmic flow of sequence of sounds | cadence |
| pause introduced into reading of line of poetry by mark of punctuation. Do not affect scansion | caesura |
| works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be most important study or read, which collectively constitute "masterpieces" or "classics" of literature | canon |
| drawn or written picture that distorts or exaggerates qualities of person in order to ridicule | caricature |
| theme, especially common in lyric poetry, that emphasizes life is short, time is fleeting, that one should make most of present pleasures | carpe diem |
| extended and elaborate metaphoric comparison that may form framework of entire poem | conceit |
| usual device or feature of literary work (often unrealistic) that is understood and accepted by audiences because it has come, through usage and time, be recognized as familiar technique | convention |
| metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by 2 unaccented syllables | dactyl |
| resolution of plot by use of highly improbable chance or coincidence | Deus Ex Machina |
| a type of drama, allied to comedy, radically nonrealistic in both content and presentation, that emphasizes the absurdity, emptiness, or meaninglessness of life | drama of absurd |
| release of emotions of pity and fear by audience at end of tragedy. According to Aristotle, these negative emotions are purged because the tragic protagonist's suffering is an affirmation of human values rather than despairing denial of them | catharsis |
| sterotyped character: one whose nature is familiar from prototypes in previous fiction | stock character |
| group of actors speaking or chanting in unison, often while going through steps of elaborate formalized dance; characteristic device of Greek drama for conveying communal or group emotion | chorus |
| main purpose is to expose and ridicule human folly, vanity, or hypocrisy | scornful comedy |
| whose likeable and sensible main characters are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at end of play, either attaining their ends or having their good fortunes restored. Oftentimes, conclude with marriages | romantic comedy |
| repetition at close intervals of final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words | consonance |
| poetry having as primary purpose to teach or preach | didactic poetry |
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