Ap Lit Terms To Know

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PARADOX

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STATEMENT THAT SEEMS CONTRADICTING, BUT IN FACT, IS TRUE

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FORESHADOWING

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HINT OR CLUE OF FUTURE EVENT IN STORY

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PATHOS

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AROUSING FEELINS OF SYMPATHY OR PITY FOR A CHARACTER

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POINT OF VIEW

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CANTAGE POINTS FROM WHICH A STORY IS TOLD

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IRONY

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EXPRESSION MARKED BY CONTRAST BETWEEN APPARENT AND INTENDED MEANING

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STYLE

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RECOURCES OF LANGUAGE-- NARATIVE TECHNIQUES

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DENOTATIVE AND CONNOTATIVE LANGUAGE

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LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WORDS

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EPIPHANY

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A CHARACTER'S REALIZATION OF TRUTH MOMENT OF SUDDEN INSIGHT

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CATHARSIS

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A CHARACTER'S INTERNAL SPIRITUAL DETERMINATION TO CHANGE

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INFERENCE

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IMPLIED CONCLSIONS BASED ON FACTS AND PREMISES

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MOTIF

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RECURRING USE OF IMAGES, SYMBOLS WITHIN A STORY

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST

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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST

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ANTITHESIS

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THE PRESENTATION OF TWO CONTRASTING IMAGES OR IDEAS

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PERSONIFICATION

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LANGUAGE THAT ATTACHES NONHUMAN THINGS TO HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS

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METAPHOR

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FIGURE OF SPEECH COMPARING TWO UNLIKE THINGS

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ANADIPOLSIS

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REPETITION OF WORD IN ONE PHRASE AT THE START OF THE NEXT
ie; rely on his honor--honor such as his?

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IMAGERY

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SENSORY (VISUAL, AURAL, OR TACTILE) DETAILS OF A WORK

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HYPERBOLE

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DILBERATE EXAGGERATION OR OVERSTATEMENT

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UNDERSTATEMENT

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STATEMENT THAT INTENTIONALLY LACKS EMPHASIS OFR INCOMPLETENESS

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AMBIGUITY

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MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF PHRASE OR WORK

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VERNACULAR, COLLOQUIAL, DIALECT, IDIOM , JARGON

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LANGUAGE EXPRESSION PECULIAR TO A COUNTRY OR LOCALE

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TERSE, DENSE, FLORID PROSE

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RESPECTIVELIY, CLEAR AND CONCISE, CONVOLUTED AND VERBOSE, EMEBELLISHED AND FLOWERY

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PASSIVE/ACTIVE

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THE COMPUTER WAS MASTERED BY ME/ I MASTERED THE COMPUTER

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VOICE

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THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE WRITER'S PERSONALITY IS EXPRESSED IN HIS OR HER WORK

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STRUCTURE

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BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF PASSAGE OR WORK

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ANECDOTE

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BREIF WITTY STORY FOCUSING ON A SINGLE EVENT -- OFTEN WITH A LESSON TO BE TAUGHT

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APHORISM, PROVERB, MAXIM

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A CONCISE WITTY SAYING EXPRESSING A PRINCIPLE OR TRUTH

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PARABLE

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A BRIF AND OFTEN FIGURATIVE STORY WITH A MORAL LESSON

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STREAM OF ONCIOUSNESS

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WRITING THAT EXPRESSES WHATEVER COMES TO THE WRITER'S MIND

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SATIRE

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WRITING THAT RIDICULES AND ATTACTS PEOPLE OR INSTITUTIONS

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PARODY

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WORK THAT MIMICS AN AUTHOR'S STYLE AND HOLDS IT UP FOR RIDICULE

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SURREAIZM

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DREAMLIKE DISTORTION IN IMAGERY OR CHARACTERISTICS OF STORY

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MAGICAL REALISM

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LITERARY STYLE THAT MIXES REALISTIC DETAILS WITH SUPRENATURAL OR MYSTERIOUS EVENTS

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ABSURDIST

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LITERARY STYLE THAT DEPICTS LIFE AS A RIDICULOUSLY INCONGROUS OR UNREASONABLE

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PASTORAL, BUCOLIC, IDYLLIC

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LITERARY STYLE THAT DEPICTS AN IDEAL VISION OF NATURALISTIC BEAUTY AND RURAL LIFESTYLE

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DRAMATIC MONOLOUGE

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LITERARY STYLE THAT FEATURES A SNGLE NARRORATIOR SHARING HIS STORY

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OXYMORON

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COMBINATION OF OPPOSITES--UNION OF CONTRADICTORY TERMS