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AP Literary Devices for AP Lit. Exam

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Allegory   story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.  
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Alliteration   Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.  
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Allusion   Reference to someone or something that is known for history, literature, religion, politics,, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.).  
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Ambiguity   Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and something conflict ion, meaning in a work.  
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Analogy   Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.  
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Anaphora   Repetition or a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.  
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Anastrophe   Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence.  
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Anecdote   Brief story, told to illustrate on point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual.  
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Antagonist   Opponent who struggles against or blocks 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 contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.  
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Antihero   Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes, may lack courage, grace intelligence, or moral scruples  
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