AP Lang Vocab 61-80

Question 1

One type of biography, which tells a story of its author, meaning it is written record of the author’s life. Rather than being written by someone else.

Answer 1

autobiography

Question 2

A record of memories, and particular events that have taken place in the author’s life. In fact, it is the telling of a story or event from his or her life; an account that doesn’t tell the full record of a life.

Answer 2

memoir

Question 3

A loose sentence that starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers. It adds subordinate or modifying elements after the subject and the predicate.

Answer 3

cumulative sentence

Question 4

Literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter. In poetry and prose, it has a consistent meter with 10 syllables in each line (pentameter).

Answer 4

blank verse

Question 5

Story of the growing up of a sensitive person who looks for answers to his questions through different experiences. Generally, such a novel starts with a loss or a tragedy that disturbs the main character emotionally. He or she leaves on a journey to fill that vacuum.

Answer 5

bildungsroman

Question 6

During a journey, the protagonist gains maturity gradually and with difficulty. Usually, the plot depicts a conflict between the protagonist and the values of society. Finally, he or she accepts these values and they are accepted by the society, ending dissatisfaction.

Answer 6

bildungsroman

Question 7

False illustration of something, a deceptive impression or false belief. Literally speaking, this is something that is false and not factual. It tricks the human brain into thinking an unreal into real.

Answer 7

illusion

Question 8

A literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms.

Answer 8

free verse

Question 9

A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character.

Answer 9

foil

Question 10

A sophisticated literary device used in writing. In fact, it is a textual reference within some text that reflects the text used as a reference. Instead of employing referential phrases from different literary works, it draws upon the concept, rhetoric or ideology from other texts to be merged in the new text.

Answer 10

intertextuality

Question 11

Derived from a Greek word meaning “simple”, is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. “Not too bad” in place of “Pretty good” is an example of this.

Answer 11

litotes

Question 12

The literary term that denotes an illustration place that projects the notion of a perfect society to the reader. Here, the “perfect society” refers to ideal conditions achieved within the material world as opposed to the expected idealism of afterlife in Christianity or other religions.

Answer 12

utopia

Question 13

Derived from the Italian word “Soneto”. It means a small or little song or lyric. In poetry, this has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a specific rhyme scheme and a “volta” or a specific turn.

Answer 13

sonnet

Question 14

A complex personality of a character in a novel, play, or story. Similarly, this character has many layers like onions. Writers define fully, both physically and mentally. It is a character with whom the audience can sympathize, associate, or relate to.

Answer 14

round character

Question 15

A literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something and what happens instead. Thus, different entirely from what the audience expected to happen.

Answer 15

situational irony

Question 16

One that does not undergo inner character changes or undergoes a little change. It is a character that does not develop or grow such as Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.

Answer 16

static character

Question 17

A literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking. It is different from written works, as they normally follow the formal variety of language. This word refers to writing or speaking of the public. We find origins of this during the middle ages in different countries of Europe.

Answer 17

vernacular

Question 18

The use of ordinary, everyday and plain language in speaking or writing, such as a corn is a common name of a plant, and its scientific name is Maize or Zea mays, whereas dialect is related to a particular region, geographic area, a particular social class, or an occupation group.

Answer 18

vernacular vs dialect

Question 19

A figure of speech employed by writers and speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.

Answer 19

understatement

Question 20

Originates from a Greek word
‘eulogia” , which means to praise somebody or something. This is a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or written tribute to a person deceased.

Answer 20

eulogy