AP Literary Terms 1

Question 1

A statement which appears self contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth

Answer 1

Paradox

Question 2

Struggle between opposing forces in a literary work

Answer 2

Conflict

Question 3

Characteristic speech of a region

Answer 3

Dialect

Question 4

Reference to an outside fact, event, or source

Answer 4

Allusion

Question 5

Gross exaggeration; overstatement

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Hyperbole

Question 6

Address to a person or personified object not present

Answer 6

Apostrophe

Question 7

Figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities

Answer 7

Personification

Question 8

Use of words to represent things, actions or ideas by sensory descriptions

Answer 8

Imagery

Question 9

Turning point of a literary work; the point at which the conflict must be resolved

Answer 9

Climax

Question 10

Writers natural, instructive style of expression

Answer 10

Voice

Question 11

Person in a literary work who is telling the story

Answer 11

First person narration

Question 12

Literary technique in which the author ridicules certain kinds of behavior in order to change them

Answer 12

Satire

Question 13

An account of a persons life written by another individual

Answer 13

Biography

Question 14

The emotional associations a word evokes

Answer 14

Connotation

Question 15

The authors major idea or meaning

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Theme

Question 16

Major category of literature: prose, poetry, or drama

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Genre

Question 17

Distinctive, individual quality that distinguishes the work of one writer from another

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Style

Question 18

Constructing words or phrases in a similar pattern

Answer 18

Parallelism

Question 19

Literary technique in which characters, events, and/or details have both a literal and symbolic meaning

Answer 19

Allegory

Question 20

The observation point from which an author tells a story

Answer 20

Point of view