AP Literary Terms #4 (46-60)

A genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting.

• Foil

• Gothic novel

• Romance novel

• Inversion

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A woman noted for courage and daring action or the female protagonist.

• Heroine

• Hero

• Feminine ending

• Parody

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Used in Greek tragedies, refers to excessive pride that usually leads to a hero’s downfall

• Novella

• Ode

• Hubris

• Dactyl

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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or comic/dramatic effect.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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Language that avoids meaning of the words. For example, if two characters are discussing a storm on the surface it may seem like a simple discussion of the weather, however, the reader should interpret the underlying meaning-that the relationship is in turmoil, chaos, is unpredictable.

• Illocution

• Fable

• Satire

• Neutral Language

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The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

• Imagery

• Inversion

• Irony

• Iamb

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A story that begins in the middle of things.

• Prologue

• Epilogue

• In medias res

• Personification

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In poetry is an intentional digression from ordinary word order which is used to maintain regular meters. For example, rather than saying “the rain came” a poem may say “came the rain”. Meters can be formed by the insertion or absence of a pause.

• Metonymy

• Inversion

• Rising action

• Resolution

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When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but the opposite actually occurs. Example: A man in the ocean might say, “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.”

• Epiphany

• Onomatopoeia

• Prose

• Irony

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Stressed extra syllable at the end of a line.

• Masculine ending

• Feminine ending

• Rhyme

• Neutral ending

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