AP English Literature Review 1

A novel where the narrative is carried forward by letters written by 1 or more characters

A short speech. Only the audience hears the speech; other characters are deaf to the words. 

Method to arouse laughter at targets such as individuals,types of people,groups,or human nature

The type of metrical foot and meter of this line:“I will not cease from mental fight.”

Expression of an idea that gives more than 1 meaning&leaves uncertainty as to its significance

POV: a narrator has limited to complete knowledge of how ONE character thinks/feels/sees/hears

A four-line stanza 

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Literary passage where a character examines his/her thoughts & feelings (represents the psyche)

One of the characteristics of a tragic hero--pride and arrogance

A poem, usually personal, of grief ormourning

Equivalent items(joined by coordinate conjunctions)placed in comparable grammatical structures 

A concept or story element that recurs in literature

Exploits speech/dress/mannerisms/habits of thought/topography peculiar to certain region

Minor character whose situation/actions parallel & illuminates those of a major character

This is a longer lyric poem, usually meditative or philosophical.

Point at which tension slackens after the climax of a text. (The unraveling of the conflict)

Rhyme of more than one syllable: river,giver

A meter composed of feet that are short-long: propose, delete

Running over of a sentence or thought from one poetic line to another (with no punctuation). 

A speech in which a character, onstage alone, voices his or her thoughts or intentions aloud

The quality in art and literature that stimulates pity, tenderness, or sorrow 

Poem consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter.Its rhyme scheme is:abbaabba&variation on CDE

Aristotle's term for the emotional experience the audience feels after a tragedy

A fixed form consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter.Its rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEGG