AP LIT 51-75

legend

a narrative handed down form the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements

limited narrator

a narrator who presents the story as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts informaiton to what is seen, heard, thought or felt by that one character

lyric poem

a poem written to express feelings or emotions

memoir

a nonfiction story about certain moments or parts of an authors life about themselves

metaphor

a direct copmarison of 2 different things

meter

the rhythm or syllable pattern in lines of poetry. The beat of the words.

minor charcter

a character who has few lines or is in limited scenes but who is still important to the plot events

monologue

one character speaking to self or directly to the audience

mood

the emotional quality the reader experienes form the words images and descriptions created by the writer

motif

a standard theme element or dramatic situation that recurs in various works

motivaiton

a characters incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner that which impels a character to act

myth

a traditional sotry presenting supernatural charcters and episodes that help explain natural events

narrative

a story or narrated account

narrative poem

a poem that tells a story

narrator

the one who tells the story; may be first or third person limited or omniscient

nonfiction

stories that include characters settings AND events that are based on fact. All three must be accurate and true for a piece to be considered nonficiton

omniscient narrator

a narrator who is able to know see and tell all including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters

onomatopoeia

a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds

oxymoron

an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined

parable

a simple story that illustrated a moral or religious lesson

paradox

an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth

parody

humorous imitation of a serious work

personificaiton

giving non human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristic

plot

the sequence or order of events

point of view

the position form which the story is told