AP Literature Terminology

Which is NOT true of a sonnet?

Which of these statements is incorrect?

ID: "Tyger, tyger, burning bright/In the forest of the night"

ID: "Yet, never, in Extremity,/It asked a crumb--of Me."

According to Aristotle, after watching a tragedy, the audience experiences ____________.

Which device is NOT used? "...the rich/and succulent marrows/of earth--a poor/dry stick"

If a rhyme is not quite perfect, we call it a

blend of unharmonious sounds

ID: "Her mother is perfectly unbearable. Never met such a Gorgon..."

_____is the dictionary definition of a word; ____ is the feelings associated with the word

ID: "We are the origins of war – not history’s forces, nor the times, nor justice..."

a short speech/conversation not heard by the other characters on stage

If the narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts of all characters, this is called

the turning point or most exciting point of a story

ID: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

Which is NOT true of THEME?

In Hamlet, Claudius is the

Which is NOT true of a heroic couplet?

ID: "As midnight makes/Her giant heart.../Drink the pale drug of silence..."

In A Doll's House, Nora is a ____ character, while the nurse is a ____ character.

ID: "I must be cruel only to be kind."

When Hamlet gives his "To Be or Not To Be" speech, this is a

Some might consider Hamlet's procrastination to be his ______, or fatal error.

ID: "This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, / This earth of majesty..."

writing designed to teach

Identify the device used: "My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar..."

ID: "She sat there paler and whiter than anyone in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her.”

poetry written in iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme

When a story ends with a very unlikely coincidence that solves all the problems, it's called a

Even though it's not part of TPCASTT, one must examine the ______, or structure, of poetry.

A story in which all characters/events can be interpreted to reveal another layer of meaning

ID: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"

This quote contains all of the following EXCEPT ____: "I came, I saw, I conquered."

The primary device that creates suspense in Oedipus Rex is

If a line of poetry has been shortened, this is called a

Sarcasm is a type of ______ irony.

an extended metaphor

A ___ rhyme ends on a stressed syllable; a ____ rhyme ends on an unstressed syllable.

ID: “The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees…”

ID: "The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone."