AP Lit Vocab 3

The body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one.

The organization and form of a work is called structure

A highly structure poetic form of 39 lines, written in iambic pentameter.

A poem that tells a story

A clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs. man.

The unique way an author presents his ideas.

An eight-line stanza, usually combined with a sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet.

The hero or main character of a literary work, the character the audience sympathizes with.

The method of narration in a work.

Writing reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept.

One who carries out the action of the plot in literature.

An indirect comparison that uses the words “like” or “as” to link the differing items.

The interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning

Poetry without a defined form, meter or rhyme scheme is free verse

Hints of future events in a literary work.

A verbal approximation of a sensory impression, concept, or emotion.

The total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature.

A direct comparison between dissimilar things. Not using like or as

A clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs. man.

A speech given by one character.

A figure of speech that utilizes a part as a representative of the whole.

Background information presented in a literary work.

The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts.

The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience.

Underlying ideas that the author illustrates through characterization, motifs, language, etc.

The turning point of action/character in a literary work, usually the highest moment of tension

Metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line: iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee.

The denouement of a literary work.

An image of contradictory terms.

A question that does not expect an explicit answer.