AP Lit literary terms vocab (set 2)

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Couplet

Two rhyming lines in poetry

Deus ex machina

Character or force that appears at the end of a story to help resolve conflict

Diction

Word choice or usage

Denouement

Final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot

Doppelganger

Alter ego of a character-the suppressed side of one’s personality that is usually unaccepted by society

Elegy

Poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person

Emotive language

Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual

Enjambment

Continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause

Epic

Extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero

Epilogue [drama]

Short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play

Epilogue [novel]

Short explanation at the end of the book indicating what happens after the plot ends

Epiphany

Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook or understanding about the world usually attained while doing everyday mundane activities

Epistolary

Novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another

Euphemism

Act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one

Euphony

Succession of words which are pleasing to the ear

Expansion

Adds an unstressed syllable and a contraction or elision removes an unstressed syllable in order to maintain the rhythmic meter of a line