AP Lit Terms III

A pair of rhyming lines in a poem

The dictionary definition of a word.

The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction

The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict

A story containing unreal, imaginary features

A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay

A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action (i.e. Frankenstein)

The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature

The emotional tone in a work of literature

A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of a story.

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning

The main character in a work of literature

A humorous play on words, using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings

The depiction of people, things, and evnets as they eally are without idealization or exaggeration for effect

Another name for poetry; also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry

The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker.

The quickness of intellect and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness

The total environment for the action in a novel or play. It includes time, place, historical milieu, and social, political, and even spiritual circumstances

A figurative comparison using the words "like" or "as"

The language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience

The repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry

A term consisting of contradictory elements justaposed to create a paradoxical effect (i.e. jumbo shrimp)

A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived

A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true