Ap Exam Review 2

Character currently delivering lines

Person expressing a point of view in the poem

Voice and viewpoint author adopts to deliver story or poem

feeling created for reader in work of literature

Author or speaker's attitude toward the subject and readers

Broad concept

Refers to a specific, particular thing

Description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds

Defining structural characteristics of a work

Similar to syntax in prose; includes the arrangement of words into lines, etc.

Repetition of initial word or words to add emphasis

A direct address to an abstraction, a thing, an animal, or an imaginary or absent person

A form of poetry written about poetry

Quality of spoken text formed from combining text's rhythm with rise and fall in the inflection of a speaker's voice

A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated but sometimes not

A line, lines, or stands in a poem that repeat(s) at intervals

Line of poetry that concludes with punctuation that marks a pause

One line of poetry ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning

Device that sets up a striking analogy between two entities that would not usually invite comparison; often drawing connections between the physical and the spiritual

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

No set meter, no rhyming scheme, and no set pattern is followed

Compares two things without using like or as

A metaphor that continues over several lines or throughout an entire literary work

Combination of two or more different metaphors that often produces a silly or humorous effect

Used to clarify or explain an idea by comparing it explicitly to something else using the words like, as, or as though

An animal or inanimate object is given human qualities

Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect

Paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words

Statement that seems contradictory but actually is not

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

Repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables containing dissimilar consonant sounds

The use of words that imitate sounds

repetition of final consonant sounds with different vowel sounds

long speech in play where character believes they are alone or is alone and reveals their thoughts or emotions; only heard by audience

words that were once common but are no longer used

emotional release felt by the audience at the end of a tragic drama

phase of story's plot where the conflict has been resolved and balance is restored to the world of the story

contradiction between what character thinks and what the reader or audience knows

contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more distinctly

conclusion that is unsatisfying because it doesn't meet the expectations the narrative has been building toward

no rhyming scheme; iambic pentameter

placing two things side by side for the sake of comparison or contrast

placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas

a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words; not interpreted literally; means something different than what the individual words imply

two successive clauses or sentences where the key words or phrases are repeated in reverse order

employs an understatement by using double negatives

part of something is used to represent the whole

something is represented by another thing that is related to it

question asked for stylistic effect and emphasis to make a point rather than to solicit an answer

"in the middle of things"; narrative begins in the middle of the action

work in which the protagonist experiences a series of unfortunate reversals due to some character trait

character trait that leads to a hero's downfall

character who possesses a flaw or commits an error in judgement that leads to his or her downfall and a reversal of fortune

dramatic work that has a light, amusing plot; features a happy ending; centers around ordinary people

play on words that derives its humor from the replacement of one word with another that has a similar pronunciation or spelling but a different meaning

writers manipulate language for effect

long speech in a play made by one character that is addressed to another character or characters