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25 Literary Terms
AP Lit - Poetry Project Part 2 (Challenging Literary Terms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Euphemism | The replacement of an agreeable expression for a disagreeable, offensive one. ex. passing away -> dying |
| Malapropism | The unintentional, humorous misuse of a word or phrease; especially of a word sounding closely like the one intended but ridiculously wrong in context. ex. Having good punctuation is not arriving late to meetings. (*Punctuality) |
| Mood | Feeling felt by the reader from the literary work; usually one word ex. Stressful, Inspiring |
| Realism | 19th Century European literary moment where the focus of works were on familiar charterers, situations, and settings in a realistic matter. ex. Mark Twain |
| Euphony | Words with melodious and pleasant sound. ex. sweet, swept, success |
| Sibilance | Sounds in words with allocations of hissing on "s"z "z" or "sh" ex. Go to sleep my dearest squire said the snake |
| Apostrophe | A dead/absent or imaginary person being addressed as if they could reply ex. "Twinkle Twinkle Litter Star, how I wonder where you are..." |
| Enjambment | A line of poetry where the grammatical and sense constructions continue on to the next line. ex. the tiger loved to eat as much as he wanted. |
| Refrain | A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines in a pattern. ex. I like pie to the point of death; it's no lie. I love you to the point of death; it's no lie. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or words at the start of two or more lines. ex. With her, I could climb mountains tirelessly. With her, I could find treasures endlessly. |
| Metonymy | Using a thing as a substitute for another thing for which it is closely identified with. ex. I'm going to the office. (Work) |
| Adage | A familiar proverb or saying ex. "Opposites attract" |
| Ad Hominem | An attack on a person instead of on their ideas. [in an argument] ex. How can you argue that creationism is the truth when you teach your kids evolutionism? |
| Colloquialism | Informal words or expressions not acceptable in formal writing. ex. yolo; hashtag; alright |
| Epigram | A witty saying expressing a single thought or observation. ex. From William Blake: "To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in a hour." |
| Epigraph | A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing. ex. In T.S. Eliot's [The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock] is a long quotation from Dante's Inferno |
| Epitaph | A statement written on a tombstone. ex. May this warm-loving soul rest in peace- Ian Chen |
| Epithet | A word or phrase that describes the root characteristic of what it's describing. ex. "Your Highness" (King George III) |
| Expletive | Curse word ex. Shit |
| Frame Device | A story within a story. ex. Life of Pi (the boy at the hospital telling the story of his journey to interviewers) |
| Homily | A sermon ex. the speeches priests give in a church. |
| Litotes | An understatement for rhetorical effect ex. I am not as young as I used to be = I am old |
| Maxim | A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits ex. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" |
| Affix | One or more letters attached to the beginning, end or base of a word to produce an alternative meaning. ex. prefix or suffix read reread post-read |
| Implicit | Meaning that is understood by the reader, though not necessarily stated or expressed in the actual text. ex. Black was worn throughout the family that day. (You know that someone most likely had died.) |
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