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Ap Lit Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Allusion | Reference to another work, concept, or situation which generally enhances the meaning of the work that is citing it. Ex: Zeus |
| 2. Anadiplosis | Repetition of a prominent last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next. EX: Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. Rely on honor- honor such as his. |
| 3. Anaphora | Repetition where the same expression is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more lines. EX: Tis a fault against the dead. I wish I may I wish I might. Stay safe, Stay strong, stay happy. |
| 4. Anastrophe | Figure of speech involving an inversion of the natural syntax of a sentence for the sake of emphasis or effect. EX: She drank the lemonade, cool and refreshing. Leader I am, Potatoes I like. (Object-Subject-Verb) |
| 5. Apostrophe | Figure of speech when an absent person, abstract quality or non-existent personage is addressed as if capable of understanding and responding. EX: Death, be not proud. |
| 6. Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds. In close proximity. EX: She sang in a low tone. Great flakes: between trees and the kind knight rides by. (AEIOU) |
| 7. Asyndeton | Omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join successive words or clauses. Take fanboys our. Used for strong emotion. EX: I burn. I Pine. I Perish. I came, I saw. |
| 8. Cacophony | Words or phrases that imply strong harsh sounds within the phrase. It creates a disturbing atmosphere. EX: His fingers rapped and pounded the door, and his foot thumped against the yellowing wood. |
| 9. Caesura( Pause) | A pause in a line that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech. The pause creates a fracture of sorts within a sentence. The pause helps add emotion. EX: Hozart- Oh how your music makes me soar! To Err: is human to forgive is divine. |
| 10. Colloquialism | A word or phrase that isn't formal or literary. EX: I don't wanna go to school, I'm gonna go grab something |
| 11. Conceit | An elaborate or unusual comparison in which two vastly different objects are linked together with the help of a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and/or contradiction. EX: A broken heart is like a damaged clock. |
| 12. Connotation | The cultural and emotional implications and associations that words carry. (Implied meaning) EX: she's feeling blue. |
| 13. Consonance | A consonant sound is repeated in words that are in close proximity. The repeated sound can appear anywhere in the words. (Alliteration is a form of it) EX: Mike likes his new bike, toss the glass boss, the black sack is in the back. |
| 14. Couplet | In poetry, a pair of lines that end in rhyme( exact rhyme, back to back) EX: Hear the honking of the goose, I think he's angry at the moose. |
| 15. Cumulative | An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions. (phrases of clauses) Accumulates details, beginning of sentence. EX: the student sat quietly, trembling at the thought of writing an essay. |
| 16. Denotation | The basic meaning of a word, independent of its emotional associations; dictionary definition. EX: The name hollywood connotes such things as grits, glamour, celebrity, and dreams of stardom. |
| 17. Doppelgänger | A german term which means the double of a character; usually a dark double or "evil twin" character in literature. EX: Stephan Salvatore and Silas from the Vampire Diaries. |
| 18. Enjambment | The running over a sentence from one line of a verse into another so that closely related words fall in different lines, the idea continues. EX: That's my last Duchess pained on the wall Looking as if she were alive, I call That a piece of wonder now. |
| 19. Epanalepsis | Repetition at the end of a clause that occurred at the beginning; start and end w the word. EX: Nothing is worse than doing nothing. |
| 20. Epanorthosis | Rephrasing of an immediately preceding word or statement for emphasis. EX: Retract and replace EX: He was brave! Brave did I say? He was heroic! |
| 21. Epistrophe | Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive clauses, phrases, sentences, or verses. EX: I want the best and we need the best and we deserve the best. |
| 22. Euphemism | Substitution of mild, indirect or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. (beating around the bush) EX: She was laid off |
| 23. Euphony | Device that means sweet-voiced. It can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in sounds they create. EX: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. |
| 24. Foil | A character that is used as a source of contrast. EX: Hamlet and Claudius |
| 25. Hyperbole | Exaggeration. EX: She's as thin as a toothpick, her brain is the size of a pea |
| 26. Juxtaposition | Placing two images/ symbols/ideas close together for the purpose of comparison/contrast. (comparing two things back to back) EX: You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good. |
| 27. Litotes | Understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite. EX: Her cooking isn't exactly terrible, all in all she wasn't a bad dancer. |
| 28. Metonymy | Substitution of a term for one thing by something closely associated with it. EX: We will swear loyalty to the crown; That fancy dish you made was the best of the evening. |
| 29. Mood | Element that evokes certain feelings or vibe in readers through words and descriptions. EX: Mysterious- As she stood there alone in the darkness, wondering, fearing, doubting, and dreaming. |
| 30. Motif | A obvious recurring element, such as a type of incident a device a reference an object, an idea, or verbal formula which appears frequently. EX: Pride and the prejudice. |
| 31. Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds reinforce their meaning. Ex: Pop, splash, pitter patter |
| 32. Oxymoron | Figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradict terms together. Ex: Pretty ugly, stupid smart, awfully good |
| 33. Paradox | Statement that appears contradictory but has some truth. Ex: Less is more, do the thing you think you can't can't do. |
| 34. Periodic | Sentence that contains the main or independent clause at the end of the sentence. doesn't make sense until the end. Ex: In the light of the moon, on the desolate plains, howled the wolves in spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. |
| 35. Polysyndeton | The use of many conjunctions in close succession. Ex: We have ships and men and money and stores of food. |
| 36. Slant Rhyme | A type of rhyme in which two words located at the end of a line in poetry; similar but not identical. Ex: The sunlight slanted down through the leaves, and the branches of the trees. |
| 37. Syllepsis | One word is placed in the same grammatical relationship to two words but n quite different senses. Ex: She exercises to keep healthy and I do to lose weight |
| 38. Synecdoche | The use of a part to signify the whole. Ex: I got a new set of wheels, can you lend me your ears |
| 39. Synesthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. Ex: Taste the pain, she painted her room in loud colors |
| 40. Tone | Describes the authors attitude towards the subject matter. Ex: Playful, humorous, serious, formal, somber |
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