AP Lit Terms

figurative language that describes something by calling it something else

When quoting poetry, use a ______ to indicate a line break.

A sensibility that includes such features as dark, gloomy castles, strange noises, and spooky occurrences.

A group of lines in a poem

A poetic form consisting of six six-line stanzas and a three line envoi. It also involves an intricate set rhyme scheme.

a work in which all elements work together to function on a symbolic level

a device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts and events

A plot archetype in which characters are thrown into chaos or uncertainty that plays out to extremes

Which device? -- "Our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind"

A plot archetype in which a hero must defeat a daunting force, either physical or psychological

A character that is intended to highlight attributes in another character through opposing traits.

when a poetic line is not end-stopped

An archetypal setting that typically represents paradise

Which device? In "The Author to Her Book," Bradstreet compares her book to a child.

A structural device in which a story begins and ends with a storyteller

Frankenstein was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley

two lines of rhyming poetry

A stanza of six lines is called a ______.

A type of poem that meditates on death or mortality in a serious, thoughtful manner.

A narrative poem consisting of a series of quatrains, usually in meter and rhyme. Typically has a naive, folksy quality.

Which device? -- "Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells / Resembling writing scrawls..."

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often to comic effect.

Third-person objective point of view typically creates:

The presence of water often represents:

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.

Which device? -- "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her."

Go-to strategy for analyzing poetry.

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

harsh or discordant sounds in a literary work

The moment when speakers or writers alter their style or tone in a piece

The release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences. Also known as a "purging" of emotions.

an unexpected contrast between what happens and what was expected to happen

A reference to another work or famous figure.

A form of poetry that consists of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet.

An elaborate and unusual comparison that is developed and extended over several lines of poetry.

A moment of sudden revelation or insight experienced by a character.

When a narrator is removed from the action in time, such as in a memory, the text makes use of:

Five feet of one unstressed and one stressed syllable (Shakespeare)

A recurring theme, subject, idea, or image.

A form of poetry that consists of an octet that presents a problem followed by a sestet that resolves it.

Only the Q3 (open question) REQUIRES a theme statement.

An archetypal setting that can be associated with either a descent into the unconscious/inner self or femininity

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts.

Third person POV that reports only what one character sees, feels, and thinks.