Colvin - AP Literature Terminology

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

Which of these statements is incorrect?

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

Sarcasm is a type of ______ irony.

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

blend of unharmonious sounds

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

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

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

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

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

writing designed to teach

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

Which is NOT true of a heroic couplet?

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

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

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

Which is NOT true of THEME?

an extended metaphor

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

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

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

the turning point or most exciting point of a story

The primary device that creates suspense in Oedipus Rex is

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Hamlet, Claudius is the

poetry written in iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme

Which is NOT true of a sonnet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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