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AP Lit terms2!
Different Lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The reversal of the normal word order in a sentience or phrase | inversion |
| Within poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed | Chiasmus |
| a word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and in informal writing. But is inappropriate for formal situations | Colloquialism |
| In general a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main characters or character | Comedy |
| An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are strongly different. Often and extended metaphor. | Conceit |
| The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story | Conflict |
| Conflicts can exist between 2 people, between a person and nature or a machine or between a person, and a whole society | External Conflict |
| A conflict can be internal, involving opposing forces within a persons mind | Internal Conflict |
| The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition | Connotation |
| 2 consecutive rhyming lines of poetry | Couplet |
| A way of peaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of inhabitants of a certain geographical area | Dialect |
| a speaker or writers choice of words | Diction |
| a poem of mourning usually about someone who has died. - a eulogy is great praise or commendation, a laudatory speech, often about someone who has died | Elegy |
| Device of repetition in which the same expression (Single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause or sentence. | Epanalepsis |
| A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts, the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society | Epic |
| A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme | Epigraph |
| Device of repetition in which the same expression (Single word or Phrase) is repeated at the end of 2 or more lines, clauses or sentences (it is the opposite of anaphora) | Epistrophe |
| An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality | Epithet |
| a very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life | Fable |
| A type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in silly, far-fetched situations | Farce |
| Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. similes and metaphors are common. | Figurative Language |
| a scene that interprets the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time | Flash back |
| a character who acts as contrast to another character. often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero | Foil |
| the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | Foreshadowing |
| poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme | Free Verse |
| a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement for effect | Hyperbole |
| The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person a thing, a place or an experience | Imagery |
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