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AP Literary Terms for AP lit exam

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Allegory   Story odr poem in which characters,settings and eveints stand for other peopole or events or fodr abatract ideas or qualities.  
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Alliteration   Repetition of the same or similar cosonant sounds in words that are close together  
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Allusion   reference to someone or something that is known fdrom history,literature, relidion, polidtics,sports,science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference dto something(usually from literature,etc,)  
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Ambiguity   deliberately suffesting two or more different and sometimes conflicting meaninings in a work. AN event or situation that may be inerpreteds in more than one way, sometimes done on purpose from the author  
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Analogy   Comparison made between two things to show how they are like  
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Anaphora   Repetition of word,phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row, it makes the writers point more coherent.  
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Anastrophe   Inversion fo the usual, noremal or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rythim of emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word of invasion  
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Anecdote   Brief story told to illustrate a point or serve as an examp[le nof something, ofetn shows character of an individual.  
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Antagonist   Opponent who struggles against or block the hero or protagonist in a story  
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Antimetabole   Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.  
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Antithesis   Balancing words. phrases or ideas that are strongly contracted often byt means of grammatical structure.  
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Antihero   Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. may lack courage,grace, intellengence , or moral scruples  
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anthropomorphism   atrributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (personafication)  
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aphorism   brief,cleverly worded STATEMENT THAT MAKES A WISE OBEsERVATION ABOUT LIFE, OR OF A principle or accepted general truth. also calle dmaxim,epigrAM  
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APOSTROPHE   CALLING OUTAN IMAGINARY , DEAD, OR ABSENT PERSON, OR TO A PLACE OR THING, OR A PERSONIFIED ABSTRACT IDEA.  
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APPOSITION   PLACING AND IMMEDIATLEY SUCCEDING ORDER OF TWO OR MORE COORDINATE ELEMENTS, THE LATTER OF WHICH  
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APOSTROPHE   CALLING OUTAN IMAGINARY , DEAD, OR ABSENT PERSON, OR TO A PLACE OR THING, OR A PERSONIFIED ABSTRACT IDEA.  
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APPOSITION   PLACING AND IMMEDIATLEY SUCCEDING ORDER OF TWO OR MORE COORDINATE ELEMENTS, THE LATTER OF WHICH  
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assonance   the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds wspeciaLLY IN WORDS THAT ARE TOGETHER  
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aSYNDETON   commas used without conjunction to seperate a SERIES OF WORDS , THUS EMPHASIZING THE PARTS EQUALLY  
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BALANCE   A SENTRNCE SO THAT BOTH HALVES ARE BOUT THE SAME LENGHT AND IMPORTntce. sentrences can be unbalance to serve a special effect ass well  
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characterazation   the process by which the writer reveals the personatly of a character  
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