AP English Literature Exam Review

The “vantage point” from which the narrative is passed from author to the reader.

"Bright star, would I were steadfast asthou art - " is an example of this literary term.

Person,place,thing that has meaning in itself & that also stands for something more than itself

A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-soundingchoice and arrangement of words.

An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.

The use of language to evoke a picture, a sensation of a person,a thing,a place,or experience.

Figure of speech where a person or thing, is referred to by a thing closely associated with it.

Opposition b/t two characters, b/t two groups of people,or b/t the protagonist and nature.

A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect.

A type of poem which was originally a song meant to be sung to the accompaniment of music.

Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things w/o use of "like" or "as".

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience

“play on words” based on multiple meanings of a single word.

Extended speech where a lone character expresses their "thoughts" to the audience.

Story where characters,settings,and events stand for other people or events or abstract ideas.

"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool? 

The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.

The author tells us explicitly what the character is like.

What is the repetition of an opening word or phrasein a series of lines?

An extended metaphor with a complex logicthat governs a poetic passage or an entire poem.

The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase.

A statement which says less than is really meant.

A statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth.

Figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

A character who acts as contrast to another character. Or a funny side kick to a dashing hero.

a poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit.

The use of words which sound like what they describe; e.g. "buzz, whir, babble."

A speaker or writer’s choice of words.

A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer’s style.

Hints of future events through unusual circumstances in the present.

Remark spoken by character to audience or another character; not heard by other characters.

Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.

"Aliceran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts," can best be described as: