AP Literary Terms Review #1

short tale often featuring nonhuman characters that act as people (learn about human behavior)

A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place.

A concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement.

A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is opposite of what is stated

A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature

extended narrative poem telling of the adventures & exploits of a hero that is larger than life

Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect

the action in a play/story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion

A narrative told by a character involved in the story, using pronouns such as I/we.

A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.

Device in Anglo-Saxon poetry where the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions

Includes metaphors, similes, and personification, among many others.

A minor character whose personality/attitude contrasts with that of the main character.

Poets, using elaborate conceits/highly intellectual/expresses the complexities of love/life

Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings about the subject

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

form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis

two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in 18th-century verse.

Pleasing, harmonious sounds.

a kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet

A Latinterm for anarrative starts not atthe beginning ofevents but at someother critical point.

An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing(sun-bright topaz)

a literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create extreme emotional response

A forceful sermon, lecture or tirade

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry.

Figureofspeech using thename of 1 thing torepresent something else with which it is associated.

A series of comparisons between unlike objects.

providing hints of things to come in a story or play

A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line.

A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.

A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with a satirical thrust.

A figure of speech that compares unlike objects

A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay