Review Jeopardy AP ENGLISH Semester I
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General LIT. TERMS General LIT. TERMS Terms of Comedy Tragic Terms Language Terms Sounds vaguely familiar
A figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to compare two different things
What is a SIMILE?
The contrast between what a person says and what he/she means
What is VERBAL IRONY?
The prevailing emotional attitude in a literary work or part of a work
What is MOOD?
Usually a character who, by contrast, points up the qualities or characteristics of another character
What is a FOIL?
A figure of speech that creates an implied analogy in which one thing is imaginatively compared to or identified with another dissimilar thing
What is a METAPHOR?
Harsh, cutting personal remarks to or about someone; not necessarily ironic
What is SARCASM?
A form of wit, not necessarily funny, that involves a play on words that have similar sounds
What is a PUN?
A composition that ridicules another composition by imitating and exaggerating aspects of its content
What is a PARODY?
A term used to describe any form of literature that blends ironic humor and wit with criticism
What is SATIRE?
A type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being less important than it actually is
What is UNDERSTATEMENT?
A weakness in a character or a defect on the part of a dignified, noble character, which sets the plot in motion and leads to the character’s downfall or destruction
What is a TRAGIC FLAW?
A character whose basic goodness and superiority are marred by a tragic flaw such as pride
What is a TRAGIC HERO?
A moment of revelation or profound insight
What is an EPIPHANY?
According to Aristotle, the power of tragedy to purge the emotions of pity and fear that its incidents have aroused
What is CATHARSIS?
A pattern or model of an action, a character type, or an image that recurs consistently enough in life and literature to be considered universal
What is an ARCHETYPE?
The arrangement and grammatical relation of words, phrases, and clauses in sentences; the ordering of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences
What is SYNTAX?
The associations, images, or impressions carried by a word, as opposed to the word’s literal meaning
What is CONNOTATION?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words
What is ALLITERATION?
Reversing the normal order of sentence parts; Shakespeare does this often
What is INVERSION?
DAILY DOUBLE
Montressor's family motto
An unrhymed form of poetry that often but not always contains 10 syllables in which every other syllable, beginning with the second, is stressed
What is BLANK VERSE?
A statement that, while apparently self- contradictory, is nonetheless essentially true
What is a PARADOX?
The pervasive mood, emotional feeling, or tone of a place, scene, or event in a literary work
What is ATMOSPHERE?
A term used to refer to language that contains figures of speech, such as metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole, etc.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
A passing reference to historical or fictional characters, places, or events, or to other works
What are ALLUSIONS?
DAILY DOUBLE Wager Time!
A term used in literary criticism to refer to the voice created by the author
What is PERSONA? What is PERSONA?
FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION Score Keepers: What’s the score? Teams: Make your final wager now
Individual lines of verse dialogue are assigned to alternate speakers; used to provide contrast to lengthy speeches and choral passages in Greek drama
What is STICHOMYTHIC DIALOGUE?