Terms for AP English Lit Test-Susquehanna Township High School, Mr. Evans
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| 7629329720 | allegory | a story where everything produces a connection to an outside idea, concept, or event. work on a symbolic level | 0 | |
| 7629329721 | alliteration | the repetition of one or more initial consonant in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. writers use this for ornament or for emphasis | 1 | |
| 7629329722 | allusion | a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea | 2 | |
| 7629340546 | anapest | a metrical pattern of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable | 3 | |
| 7629346814 | antagonist | the force or character that opposes the main character, the protagonist | 4 | |
| 7629329724 | apostrophe | a allusion that addresses a person/personified thing not present, usually dead. direct address in poetry | 5 | |
| 7629356718 | aside | words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage | 6 | |
| 7629368273 | aubade | a love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved | 7 | |
| 7629405924 | ballad | a simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue that is written in quatrains, a b c d | 8 | |
| 7629416791 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter, most of Shakespeare's plays are in this form | 9 | |
| 7629428865 | cacophony | harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work | 10 | |
| 7629329726 | caesura | a pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always marked by punctuation) | 11 | |
| 7629438581 | catharsis | according to Aristotle, the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences | 12 | |
| 7629448978 | character | one who carries out an action in the plot of a story | 13 | |
| 7629451117 | climax | the Turning point of action or character in a literary work highest moment of tension | 14 | |
| 7629469284 | comic relief | the inclusion of a humus character or a scene with tragic elements | 15 | |
| 7629474792 | conflict | a clash between two opposing forces in a literary work | 16 |
