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AP literary terms for AP lit exam 1

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Allegory   story/poem where characters, settings, & events stand for other people/events or abstract ideas/qualities.  
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Alliteration   repetition of same/similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.  
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Allusion   reference to someone/something that's known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports science, or other branch of culture.  
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Ambiguity   suggesting 2 or more different conflicting, meanings in a work.  
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Analogy   comparison made between 2 things to show how they are alike.  
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Anaphora   repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of 2 or more sentences in a row.  
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Anastrophe   inversion of usual, normal, or logical order of parts of a sentence.  
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Anecdote   brief story, told to illustrate a point orserve as an example of something.  
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Antagonist   opponent who struggles against/blocks the hero/protagonist, in a story.  
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Antimetabole   repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical story.  
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Antithesis   balancing words, phrases or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.  
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