Hunter & Venuti AP Lit. Literary Terms List 6

Intended to teach; morally instructive

• vacuous

• amorous

• didactic

• sage

A technique that creates tension or discomfort in writing through inharmonious sounds and uneven rhythm; harsh or grating sounds that do not go together.

• assonance

• consonance

• dissonance

• euphony

Long, narrative poems that usually tells of the adventures of heroes who in some way embody the values of their civilizations.

• Epics

• Myths

a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation

• numismatist 
• paucity 
• epigram 
• opera

a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme

• metaphor
• imagery
• parable
• epigraph

a brief statement written on a tomb or headstone

• disdain

• ethical

• epitaph

• aghast

A word or phrase that characterizes a person, place, or thing.

• Epithet

• Sensory

• Drama

• Aside

If a story tells one story inside of another story it is called a ___________.

• flashback

• subplot

• frame device or frame narrative

• summary

this term literally means “sermon"

• syntax

• allegory

• homily

• invective

• sarcasm

excessive pride

• gauche

• hypocrite

• hubris

• grotto