Ap-Prep- literary terms

a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another

a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known for literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or popular culture

a comparison of two things to show that they are alike in certain respects

the character or force that opposes or blocks the protagonist, or main character, in a narrative

a contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement

a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present and capable of responding

recurring patterns (plot structures, symbol, character types, themes) that occur in mythology, religion, and stories across cultures and time periods

private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience or to another character and that are not supposed to be overheard by others on stage

the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together !!!

the mood or feeling in a literary work

a written account of the authors own life

a song or songlike poem that tells a story

an account of a persons life written by another person

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

the natural rise and fall of the voice

an individual in a story or play

process in which the writer reveals the personality of a character

an expression that was fresh and apt when first coined but is now so overused that os had become hackneyed and stale

the point of greatest emotional intensity or suspense in a plot

in general, a story that ends happily

a fanciful and elaborate figure of speech that makes a surprising connection between two seemingly dissimilar things

a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions

all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

the repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

see plot

any artificial or contrived device used at the end of a plot to resolve or untangle the complications

a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people

conversation between two or more people

a writers or speakers choice of words

a harsh, discordant combination of sounds

a poem in which a character addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed

a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost

a line of poetry in which the meter and the meaning conclude with the end of the line

a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society

in a literary work, a moment of sudden insight or revelation that a character experiences

an adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing

a short piece of nonfiction prose that examines a single subject from a limited point of view

a very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral, or practical lesson about life

a type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in far-fetched, silly situations

a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another that is not meant to be understood on a literal level

a scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to ¨flash backward" and tell what happened in an earlier time

a character who sets off another character by strong contrast

the use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the plot

an introductory narrative within which one or more of the characters proceed to tell a story

poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect

a line of poetry made up of five iambs

a metrical foot, consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

language that appeals to the senses

the technique of starting a story in the middle and then using a flashback to tell what happened earlier

A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen, or between what appears to be true and what really is true

In Anglo-Saxon poetry, a metaphorical phrase or compound word used to name a person, place, thing, or event indirectly.

poetry that focuses on expressing emotions or thoughts, rather than on telling a story

brief statement that contains a little piece of wisdom or a general rule of behavior

a kind of non-fiction writing in which a person details their own experiences

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using a connective word as like, than, or resembles

a metaphor that is extended over several lines of writing

a metaphor that becomes so common that we no longer notice it is a figure of speech

the incongruous mixture of two or more metaphors

a term applied to the poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and other seventeenth-century poets who wrote in similarly difficult and abstract style

a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry