Ap English Literary Terms

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allegory

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character/story elements represent moral truth or generalization of human existence

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alliteration

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repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds

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allusion

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dirrect/indirect reference to something commonly known (books, places, work of art)

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ambiguity

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multiple meanings

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analogy

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similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

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anaphora

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devices of repetition in which same expression repeated at beginning of two or more lines

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anecdote

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short narrative detailing an interesting event such as incident in life of person

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antecedent

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word, phrase, or clause reffered to by a pronoun

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aphorism

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statement of known authorship which expresses general truth or moral principle/summation of author's point

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apostrophe

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dirrectly addresses an absent or imaginary person that cannot answer

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atmosphere

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emotional mood by setting and author's choice of described objects; foreshadows events

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clause

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independent/main-stands alone
dependent/sub.-stand with indep.

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colloquial

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use of slane for a converstional or familiar tone; include dialects

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conceit

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fanciful expression in form of extended metaphor or supring analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects

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connotation

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nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; implied and suggested meaning (ideas, emotions, or attitudes)

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coherence

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principle demanding parts of composition arranged to make it clear (words, phrases, paragraphs, chapters)