Ap English Iv Lit. Terms

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words

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Allusion

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a reference to something outside the story proper, often to a historical fact or a literary work

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Antagonist

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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.

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Antithesis

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the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas

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Apostrophe

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figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person

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Archetype

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An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

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Assonance

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the repeated use of vowel sounds

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Conflict

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to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash

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Connotation

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the personal and emotional associated meaning of a word

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Consonance

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the repetition of consonant sounds within words

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Denotation

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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it

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Detail

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an individual or minute part; an item or particular

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Dialect

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a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially

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Dialogue

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conversation between two or more persons

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Diction

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the author's choice of words

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Direct characterization

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the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets

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Epic simile

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a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem

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Epiphany

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sudden revelation or flash of insight

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Euphemism

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the use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but that is also less distasteful or less offensive than another

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Extended metaphor

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a metaphor developed at great length occurring frequently in or throughout a work

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Flashback

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a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work

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Foil

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a secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of the main character

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Foreshadowing

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to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure

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Hyperbole

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obvious and intentional exaggeration

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Idiom

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A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements

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Imagery

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figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively

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Indirect characterization

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the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance