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AP LIT - Glossary #6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Figurative Language | nonliteral language usually evoking strong images. metaphorical language, mostformsexplainClarifyEnhance an idea by a comparison = explicit (simile) or implied (metaphor). Other forms include personification, paradox, overstatement (hyperbole), underst |
| 1st Person Narrator | The character, or persona, that the author uses to tell a narrative, or story. Narrators may tell stories from several different points of view, and 1st person is using I, me, my. |
| Flashback | A scene in a narrative that is set in an earlier time than the main action. |
| Foil | A contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more distinctly. |
| Foot | The formal, regular organization of stressed and unstressed syllables, measured in feet. A foot is distinguished by the number of syllables it contains and how stress is placed on the syllables — stressed ( ́) or unstressed ( ̆). |
| Foreshadowing | A plot device in which future events are hinted at. |
| Form | Refers to the defining structural characteristics of a work, especially a poem (i.e., meter and rhyme scheme). Often poets work within set forms, such as the son- net or sestina, which require adherence to fi xed conventions. |
| Formal Diction | A writer’s choice of words. In addition to choosing words with precise denotations and connotations, an author must choose whether to use words that are abstract or concrete, formal or informal, or literal or fi gurative. |
| Free Verse | A form of poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme. |
| Harlem Renaissance | A movement in the 1920s and 1930s marked by a great flowering of black arts and culture centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. |
| Hook | An opening to a piece of writing designed to catch the audience’s attention. |
| Hubris | An excessive level of pride that leads to the protagonist’s downfall. |
| Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or ironic effect; an overstatement to make a point. Ex. talking about children w/ cameras - They will shoot you sitting on the pot if they can manage a suitable vantage. |
| Iamb | ( ̆ ́) - An iamb, the most common metrical foot in English poetry, is made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. |
| Iambic Pentameter | Iambic pentameter (5 ft per line), then, is a rhythmic meter containing five iambs. Unrhymed iambic pentameter is called blank verse. Ex. The cur | few tolls | the knell | of part | ing day, The low | ing herd | wind slow | ly o’er | the lea, |
| Iconography | The images or symbols used by an artist or present in a work of art. |
| YOU WILL DO AMAZING!!! | REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE AMAZING!!! |
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