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AP Lit. Vianey4
AP Literary Devices for AP Lit. Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diction | a speaker or writer's choice of words |
| Didactic | form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model or correct behavior or thinking. |
| Elegy | a poem of mourning, usually about somebody who has died. |
| Epanalepsis | device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence. |
| Epic | a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society. |
| Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. |
| Epistrophe | devise of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. |
| Epithet | an adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality. |