A P Literary Terms for A P Lit Exam
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| Allegory | Story or poem in which charcters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
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| Allteration | Repition of the same or similar constant sounds in words that are close together.
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| Allusion | Reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, or another branch of culture.An indirect refernce to something.
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| Ambiguity | Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meaning in a work. An event or situation that may interpreted in more than one way-this is done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work.
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| Analogy | Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
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| Anaphora | Reptition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent.
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| Anastrophe | Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion.
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| Anecdote | Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual.
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| Antagonist | Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story.
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| Antimetabole | Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammitcal order.
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| Antithesis | Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are stongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.
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| Antihero | central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. May lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples.
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| Anthropomorphism | Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanmiate object(Personifiacation)
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| Aphorism | Breif, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepte3d general truth.
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| Apostrophe | Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for inspiration it is called an Invocation.
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| Apposition | Placing in immediately succeeding order of two ore more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first .
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| Assonance | The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together.
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| Asyndeton | Commas used without conjuction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally.
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| Balance | Constructing a sentence so that both halves area about the same length and importance. Sentences can be unbalanced to serve a special effect as well.
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| Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
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| Indirect Characterization | The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the charcter looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character effect on other people, or by showing the character in action.
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| Direct characterization | The author tells us directly what the character is like: sneaky, generous, mean to pets and so on. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form.
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| Static Character | Is one who does not change much in the course of a story.
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| Dynamic Character | Is one who changes in some important was as a result of the story's action.
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| Flat Character | Has only one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional, like a piece of cardboard.
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| Round Character | Has more dimensions to their personalities---they are complex, just a real people are.
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