Ap Lit Terms 1

Front 1

An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric.

Back 1

Allegory

Front 2

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another.

Back 2

Alliteration

Hint 2

"beautiful blossoms blooming between the bushes."

Front 3

A reference to another work or famous figure assumed to be well known enough to be recognized by the reader.

Back 3

Allusion

Front 4

A comparison of two similar but different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship.

Back 4

Analogy

Hint 4

comparing the work of a heart to a pump

Front 5

The device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing or personified abstraction either to begin a poem or to make a dramatic break in through somewhere within the poem.

Back 5

Apostrophe

Front 6

A long narrative poem that presents a single dramatic episode, which is often tragic or violent

Back 6

Ballad

Hint 6

Folk ___________

or

Literary __________

Front 7

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, a favorite form used by Shakespeare

Back 7

Blank Verse

Front 8

The emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy.

Back 8

Catharsis

Front 9

A form poem focusing on death or mortality, usually beginning with recent death of a particular person.

Back 9

Elegy

Front 10

Language that contains figures of speech such as similes and metaphors in order to create associations that are imaginative rather that literal

Back 10

Figurative language

Front 11

A character who, by contrast highlights the characteristics of another character.

Back 11

Foil

Front 12

The use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later in the work

Back 12

Foreshadowing

Front 13

The excessive pride or ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom, eventually causing his or her downfall

Back 13

Hubris

Front 14

Words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture.

Back 14

Imagery

Front 15

A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.

Back 15

Irony

Front 16

A type of melodious, imaginative, and subjective poetry that is usually shot and personal, expressing the thoughts and feeling of a single speaker rather than telling a story

Back 16

Lyric

Front 17

A figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another.

Back 17

Metaphor

Hint 17

My love is a fragile flower

Front 18

A figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated.

Back 18

Metonymy

Hint 18

"the crown" to refer to a monarch

Front 19

Similar to tone, _____ is the primary emotional attitude of a work

Back 19

Mood

Front 20

A long lyric poem, usually serious and elevated in tone; often written to praise someone or something.

Back 20

Ode