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AP Lit terms
| Question | Definition |
|---|---|
| paradox | a statement which appears self-contradictory |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| dialect | characteristic speech of a region |
| allusion | reference |
| apostrophe | address to a person or personified object |
| climax | turning point |
| exigence | the moment or event that motivates someone to write |
| connotion | emotional association |
| parallelism | contructing words or phrases in a similar pattern |
| allegory | characters, events, and or details have a literal and symbolic meaning |