AP English Lit&Comp Final

The pattern of images that are the verbal equivalents of sense experience in a literary text

A perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, event is changed by its context

Folk verse or narrative, usually sung

Main character in a story who has qualities the opposite of those usually regarded as heroic.

Doctrine that a literary work ought to end with good characters rewarded and evil ones punished

A word or phrase that functions as part of someone's name (Richard the Lion-Hearted)

Sentence structure or the way sentences are put together

An indirect phrase that avoids direct unpleasantness

Particular word choice used to make a point

A line of verse that concludes with a pause coinciding with the completion of a phrase/clause

The traditional term for the source of poetic inspiration

Includes describing or relating an object with complete particulars

The dictionary definition of a word

A change in the normal word order; used to give emphasis or to be rhetorical

Any aspect of culture's beliefs, practices, such that have been passed on orally from gen 2 gen

In classical Greek, a word meaning "purgation" or "cleansing

In fiction or drama, a falling off in intensity and interest following a serious high point.

In drama, a final speech addressed to the audience soliciting its approval for the play

The repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or sentence.

The emotional atmosphere of a literary work

A passage that is repeated at various points in a poem or song

A reference within a literary text to some person, place, or event outside the text

Medieval plays that depict scenes from the Bible

A word whose sound hints at its meaning

Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary

A witty phrase or short poem

Play on words, usually for comic effect, but sometimes used for a serious purpose

Lines of poetry written without a regular meter and usually without rhyme

Inflated or exaggerated language

A traditional assumption or practice in literature or drama

A broad satirical piece that focuses on an individual

A narrative convention in which a story begins in the middle of an important action

Latin term expressing the idea of taking advantage of the present moment.

A song of rejoicing, often used to describe any intense expression of joy or praise

Form of English drama of the 15th + 16th centuries where characs show moral/religs abstractions

The distinctive feature of a person's language

The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.

Part of a play or fiction that sets up the main action, introduces ppl, backgrounds, conflict

Indicates necessary predisposition on part of reader to accept 1st hypothesis of a work of lit.

A lyric poem meditating on the death of an individual or mortality in general

The chief character in a drama or story

A comparison based upon a similarity between two things; used to make a point.

Imitation of a particular style or genre for the purpose of satirizing it

In verse or prose, a discordant, harsh sound

Use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate

Three-line stanzas

Error or mistake; comes from Greek translated as "sin"

When the reader/audience knows something the characters don't know

Attributing human emotion and conduct to all aspects of nature

A short story from which a lesson may be drawn

Unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable

An image which runs through a work

The process by which a person, place, object, or event comes to stand for something

Branch of philosophy that explores the theory of the beautiful and nature of art.

The first eight lines of a Petrarchan sonnet; establishes the speakers situation

A nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains.

Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter; standard form for English drama.

Sudden appearance of a silly idea or event in a book/movie/discussion that is serious in tone

A 12-line lyric poem usually written in iambic pentamer

Literary movement whose aim to produce scientifically accurate descrip of life at cost ofugly

Term for an exaggerated description of an individual.

A comparison between two dissimilar things, usually connected by the words "like" or "as"

A violent, verbal attack using strong, verbal language

In drama, a monologue in which a character appears to be thinking out loud

A type of narrative in which the surface story reflects at least one other meaning.

A lack of clarity in a situation or expression.

An element that appears in a number of literary works

Term that means "sermon" but can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving advice

Crude, shallow verse, sometimes consciously employed for comic effect

A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole or the whole for the part

A term for a particularly fanciful metaphor

The use of clues that suggests events that are to come

A figure of speech in which a word is used to apply to something conventionally associated with

A literary form idealizing rural settings

An implied comparison between two unlike objects

An unconscious pun, the misuse of a word sounding like the appropriate word

The specialized terminology of particular groups or professions

A type of narrative featuring adventures in exotic places, love stories, and/or rustic life

Out of time; something where it does not belong

A type of literature or film.

Use of humor and wit to point out the foibles of society to try and bring about a change

Formal structure of a line of poetry in terms of its stressed and unstressed syllables

A major section of a long poem

Refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images.

A method of describing a poem by analyzing the meter and rhyme of its lines

Term for a story that is longer than a short story and shorter than a short story

A temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing

When the outcome of a situation turns out to be very different from what is expected

An extended simile often running to many lines, used typically to intensify the heroic stature

The pattern of sounds and pauses that are a feature of poetry, prose, and ordinary speech

A short narrative in prose or verse in which the action of the charactersconveys a moral lesson

A form of critical analysis that involves the "close" reading of a literary text

A decisive point in a story or play

A poem in which an imagined speaker addresses a silent listener, usually not the reader.

Long, complex sentence in which main clause appears near the end, creating a suspense about end

A tale designed to teach a moral lesson

In verse, the basic division of a poem; the equivalent of a paragraph in prose

The evocation in an audience of the feelings of pity and sorrow

To overstate an issue; over exaggeration

A type of Japanese poetry that captures the impression of a single object.

A humorous scene in tragic drama or fiction that has the effect of temp. altering the mood

A four-line stanza of verse, generally exhibiting a rhyme scheme

The capacity to enter into the experience of another

A funeral song lamenting someone's death

A poem or stanza of six lines

A long poem that narrates the adventures of a hero

A poem in which lovers complain of the appearance of dawn, which requires them to part.

A pause within a line of verse

In Old English verse, a metaphor made up of a compound of two or more words

Author's attitude toward his subject and audience

In a Shakespearean sonnet, the last two lines which resolve the conflict, usually turn in thot

A word, or group of words, that reads the same forward and backwards

A pleasing, agreeable sound, traditionally associated with lyric poetry

Language that uses fig of speech like hyperbole, simile, metaphor, etc

A lyric poem of any length that addresses a person or treats a theme in a serious manner

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Attributing human emotion and conduct to all aspects within nature

An introduction to a literary work

Figure of speech in which a speaker turns from the audience to address an absent person or idea

An apparent contradiction that asserts a truth

A significant idea in a literary work

Set of associations that occur to people when they hear or read a word

When what is said is the opposite of what is meant

An appearance or manifestation of a deity; sudden understanding or realization

The repetition of stressed initial sounds in a group of words.

In drama, a comment by a character directed to the audience, not meant for others on stage

The form of a language spoken by people in a specific region.

In verse, the continuation without pause from one line or couplet to the next

A brief, elegant statement of a principle or opinion. (Usually witty)

Form of lit that depicts downfall of leading character whose life means something significant

Repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of items in a series.