AP English Vocabulary – Writing and Literary Terms (121-150) – Flashcards
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narrative structure/narrative techniques
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using a chronology of events, plot, conflict, characterization, setting, and/or other elements to convey tone, purpose, or effect
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narrator
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person telling the story
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Naturalism
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19th century literary movement that carried Realism to the extreme by creating characters doomed by hereditary and/or environment
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non sequitur
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an inference or conclusion that does not follow from an established premise or evidence
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novel of manners
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narrative which defines social mores of a social group, often the upper-middle class
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octave
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an eight line poem OR the first eight lines of an Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet
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ode
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a long lyric poem, formal in style and complex in form, often written in commemoration or celebration of a special quality, object or occassion
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onomatopoeia
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use of words whose meanings imitate their sounds
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organization
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arranging evidence to support a thesis (ex. chronological, spatial, emphatic, simple to complex, definition, cause and effect, deductive, inductive, comparison/contrast, division and classification, examples, analogy, block, point-by-point)
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oxymoron
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figure of speech that combines contradictory terms
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pacing
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rate of movement (tempo) in a work; may be slower with exposition and description and faster with dramatic incidence
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parable
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story with an implied or stated moral
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paradigm
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a model, ideal, or standard
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parallel structures
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items in a series created with identical grammatical forms
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paradox
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a statement or situation that appears contradictory but isn't
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paraphrase
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the restatement of a poem or work in your own words (NOTE: A paraphrase is NOT a summary.)
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parody
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a rewording of a popularly recognized work to make fun of something
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pathos
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emotional appeal of argumentation
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participle
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verb form used as an adjective; may be present tense or past tense
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pastoral poem
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poem which often depicts an imaginary life in the country filled with happy characters who are shepherds, shepherdesses, and sometimes nymphs; events and dialogues are ideal, not real
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pedantry
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a display of narrow-minded and trivial scholarship; an arbitrary adherence to rules and forms
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pentameter
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five feet/line of poetry; the most common meter in English poetry
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periodic sentence
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a sentence which does not complete its thought until the very end due to introductory modifiers, interrupting modifiers, etc.
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persona
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the mask or voice of the author or author's creation in a work
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Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet
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sonnet composed of an octave and a sextet, usually with rhyme scheme abbaabba cdecde
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personification
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a specific type of metaphor in which inanimate objects are given human qualities
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persuasion
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writing which appeals to the reader's emotions and value systems, encouraging the reader to adopt an attitude or change a position
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phrase
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a group of words
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picaresque
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novel which usually presents the life story of quick-witted rogues and their adventures, often in an episodic style
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plot
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sequence of events; includes exposition, rising action, climax, denouement
