AP Lit Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy.
  2. 4. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
  3. 6. A pause within a line of verse.
  4. 9. A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between
  5. 10. NOVEL A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the
  6. 14. IRONY Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but
  7. 15. A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
  8. 16. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.
  9. 19. A type of refrain (repeated line) device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of
  10. 24. A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
  11. 25. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
  12. 27. NARRATIVE A storytelling structure in which past trauma resurfaces indirectly—through
  13. 28. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
  14. 32. NARRATIVE A storytelling structure in which the plot is told out of order, with gaps,
  15. 35. The repetition of vowel sounds.
  16. 36. A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme.
  17. 39. The main idea of the story.
  18. 41. A quotation or dedication placed at the beginning of a literary work that hints at the work's central
  19. 42. OF CONSCIOUSNESS – A narrative technique that presents a character's thoughts, feelings, and
  20. 43. A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision.
  21. 46. In drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be
  22. 49. Substituting a title, epithet, or descriptive phrase for a proper name, or using a proper name
  23. 52. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.
  24. 54. The repetition of final consonant sounds.
  25. 55. A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner.
  26. 56. A writer's or speaker's choice of words.
Down
  1. 1. The placement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, or images side by side (or close
  2. 3. The use of words that imitate sounds.
  3. 4. A form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean and rotten
  4. 5. FLAW The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
  5. 7. Placing contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical structure to sharpen the contrast.
  6. 8. Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
  7. 11. Describing a character who is cunning, scheming, and willing to use deceit and
  8. 12. REALISM A mode in which supernatural or magical elements exist alongside and within an
  9. 13. A quality that evokes emotions (especially pity or sorrow).
  10. 17. The implied or associative meaning of a word.
  11. 18. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
  12. 20. The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
  13. 21. The representation through language of sense experience.
  14. 22. The emotional meaning behind lines of poetry or prose.
  15. 23. A stanza or group of four lines in a poem, often with a specific rhyme scheme.
  16. 25. Directly addressing an absent person, abstract idea, or inanimate object as if it could
  17. 26. A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.
  18. 29. CHARACTER A character who is relatively simple and one-dimensional, typically defined by a single
  19. 30. A recurring element in a literary work—such as an image, symbol, phrase, situation, or idea—that
  20. 31. The dictionary definition of a word.
  21. 33. SCHEME The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, typically expressed using letters
  22. 34. CHARACTER A character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a
  23. 37. A short narrative or story.
  24. 38. The protagonist's arch enemy or supreme and persistent difficulty.
  25. 40. MONOLOGUE When a single speaker in literature delivers a long speech to the audience or
  26. 44. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).
  27. 45. A literary work in which the characters represent abstract ideas; a symbolic representation.
  28. 47. PENTAMETER A metrical pattern in poetry consisting of five iambs (unstressed-stressed syllable
  29. 48. A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another.
  30. 50. A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
  31. 51. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke
  32. 53. The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.