AP Literature (P-End)

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Pastoral
a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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Pathos

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

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Persona

the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing

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Personification
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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Plaint
a poem or speech expressing sorrow
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Protagonist
the main character in a literary work
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Pun

a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings

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Refrain

the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza

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Requiem
a song of prayer for the dead
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Rhapsody

an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise

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Rhetorical Question
a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered
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Satire
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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Simile

a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as")

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Soliloquy

in drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience

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Stanza

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of poem

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Stock Characters

standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, the hero, etc.

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Subjectivity

a personal presentation of events and characters, influenced by the author’s feelings and opinions

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Subjunctive Mood

a grammatical situation involving the words “if” and “were,” setting up a hypothetical situation

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Summary
a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
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Symbolism

a device in literature where an object represents an idea

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Theme
the main idea of the story
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Thesis
the primary position taken by a writer or speaker
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Tragic Flaw
the character flaw of error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
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Travesty
a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation
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Truism
an obvious truth