AP Lit Prose Fic Terms

Apathetic

Showing or feeling absolutely no concern or interest.

Authentic

Genuine or completely real.

Braggart

A person who boasts about themselves and what they have.

Characterize

To describe the personal nature or features of a noun.

Confessional

An admission that a person has done something that they are ashamed of.

Diplomatic

Having or showing an ability to deal with people in a sensitive and effective way.

Foreshadowing

A warning or indication of a future event.

Ironic

Happening in the opposite way to what is expected.

Mendacity

Lying.

Meticulously

Showing great attention to detail by being very careful and precise.

Moral

A lesson, about what is right, from a piece of literature.

Naivety

Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.

Narrator

A person who narrates a piece of literature, often a person in the story.

Optimistic

Hopeful about the future.

Pronoun

A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers to a noun.

Sarcastic

The use of irony in order to mock or convey contempt.

Self-Justifying

Aiming to justify or excuse oneself or one's actions.

Setting

The place or surrounding where an event takes place.

Tone

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

Veracity

Conformity to facts.

Voracious

Having a huge appetite or being excessively eager.

Whimsical

Playfully quaint, especially in an appealing and amusing way.