AP English Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 5. A short, pithy saying that expresses a basic truth or practical precept
  2. 6. A plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work
  3. 8. Bitter or cutting speech intended to give pain to the person addressed
  4. 10. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
  5. 13. A meter in which a majority of the feet are dactyls
  6. 15. A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike
  7. 16. The basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word
  8. 18. The poetic representation of a painting or sculpture in words
  9. 19. A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables (for example, merrily)
  10. 21. A reversal in order, nature, or effect
  11. 22. What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word’s overtones of meaning
  12. 23. Poetry with a meter, but not rhymed, usually in iambic pentameter
  13. 24. The sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed
Down
  1. 1. Rhymes that occur at the ends of lines
  2. 2. A metrical line containing three feet
  3. 3. A dramatic soliloquy
  4. 4. An unexpected turn in the development of a plot
  5. 6. Word organization and order.
  6. 7. A metrical line containing five feet
  7. 9. Positioning opposites next to each other to heighten the contrast
  8. 11. Any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound
  9. 12. A four-line stanza or a four-line division of a sonnet marked off by its rhyme scheme.
  10. 14. A meter in which the majority of feet are trochees
  11. 17. A metrical line containing four feet
  12. 20. Two successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme
  13. 24. A play on words