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AP Lit Terms 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Academic | dry and theoretical writing |
| Alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| Allusion | a reference to another work |
| Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause o which a pronoun refers |
| Anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects |
| Black Humor | the use of disturbing themes in comedy |
| Catharsis | an emotional or psychological cleansing that bring rellief |
| Conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor |
| Dramatic Monologue | when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience |
| Enjambment | the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line into the next without pause |
| Foil | a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another |
| Free Verse | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern |
| Irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without like or as |
| Plaint | a poem or speech expressing sorrow |
| Satire | a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor |
| Soliloquy | a character speaks alone on stage to allow their thoughts to be conveyed to the audience |
| Stock Character | standard or cliched character types |
| Utopia | an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal |
| Zeugma | when a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction |
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