AP Lit Prose Literary Terms Review

Type of POV: a narrator has limited to complete knowledge of how ONE character thinks/feels/sees/hears

• First Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

A minor character whose situation/actions parallel & illuminates those of a major character.

• Foil

• Comic Relief

• Tragic Hero

• Static Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A literary device which exploits speech/ dress/ mannerisms/ habits of thought/ topography peculiar to certain region

• Euphemism

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Metonymy

• Local Color

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A novel where the narrative is carried forward by letters written by one or more characters

• Treatise

• Epistolary Novel

• Valediction

• Frame Narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A literary passage where a character examines his/her thoughts & feelings (represents the psyche)

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Stream of Consciousness

• Lamentation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

One of the characteristics of a tragic hero--pride and arrogance.

• Indecision

• Rage

• Guilt

• Hubris

A short speech. Only the audience hears the speech; other characters are deaf to the words.

• Aside

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Interjection

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Aristotle's term for the emotional experience the audience feels after a tragedy.

• Pathos

• Ennui

• Hubris

• Catharsis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

A long speech in which a character, onstage alone, voices his or her thoughts or intentions aloud.

• Aside

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

Expression of an idea that gives more than one meaning and leaves uncertainty as to its significance.

• Ambiguity

• Cliche

• Vague wording

• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7