AP literature and composition; grammar, analysis, and literary devices
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| 6668839978 | Phrase | A group of words | 0 | |
| 6668839979 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 1 | |
| 6668839980 | Comma splice (run-on sentence) | two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma | 2 | |
| 6668839981 | Fragment | A word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence | 3 | |
| 6668839982 | Coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) | join ideas that are similar; place a comma before you write sentences/clauses | 4 | |
| 6668839983 | Clarity | clearness in thought or expression | 5 | |
| 6668839984 | Structure | An organized system that shows a clear pattern | 6 | |
| 6668839985 | Word choice (Diction) | The way the writer carefully selects words to give precise descriptions, create a particular mood, and increase the impact of their writing. | 7 | |
| 6668839986 | Thesis Statement | The statement that presents the overall purpose of an essay | 8 | |
| 6668839987 | Paraphrasing | Taking someone else's thoughts and putting them into your own words as a way of summarizing them | 9 | |
| 6668839988 | Authorial Intent | authors purpose of writing | 10 | |
| 6668839989 | Historical Context/Historical Criticism | An approach to literature that uses history as a means of understanding a literary work more clearly; moves beyond both the facts of an author's personal life and the text itself to examine the social currents in which the author composed the work. | 11 | |
| 6668839990 | Formalism | Emphasizes the form of a literary text to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning inside the text | 12 | |
| 6668839993 | Dichotomy | a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different | 13 | |
| 6668839994 | Figurative Language | Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meaning of the words. | 14 | |
| 6668839996 | Unreliable Narrator | a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted | 15 | |
| 6668839997 | Malapropism | a word humorously misused; ludicrous misuse of a word | 16 | |
| 6668839998 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 17 | |
| 6668839999 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 18 | |
| 6668840000 | symbolism | An object, character, figure, or color that is used to represent an abstract idea or concept. | 19 | |
| 6668840001 | Dramatic Irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the literary work. | 20 | |
| 6668840002 | Archetype | A constantly recurring symbol or motif in literature, painting, or mythology. Example: Alice must pass a series of tests as she makes her way through | 21 | |
| 6668840003 | Foil | A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast. | 22 | |
| 6668840004 | Allusion | A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other. | 23 | |
| 6668840005 | Foreshadowing | A warning or indication of a future event. | 24 | |
| 6668840007 | Anagnorisis | The recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot. | 25 | |
| 6668840008 | Poetic Justice | virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct. | 26 | |
| 6668840009 | Deus Ex Machina | An unexpected power or event saving a hopeless situation, especially as a plot device in a play or novel, from the Latin "a god from a machine." | 27 | |
| 6668840010 | Denounement | The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved. | 28 | |
| 6668840011 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 29 | |
| 6668840012 | Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhymes in a poem. | 30 | |
| 6668840013 | Rhythm (Meter) | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | 31 | |
| 6668840014 | Line breaks | places where lines of poetry end, to add emphasis to certain words or phrases. | 32 | |
| 6668840015 | Cesura | A pause in a line or verse, not interrupting rhythm/meter; grand pause | 33 | |
| 6668840016 | Metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as. | 34 | |
| 6668840017 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" A comparison of two unlike things using like or as | 35 | |
| 6668840018 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor | 36 | |
| 6668840019 | Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) | 37 | |
| 6668840020 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 38 | |
| 6668840021 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 39 | |
| 6668840022 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 40 | |
| 6668840023 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 41 | |
| 6668840024 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 42 | |
| 6668840025 | Theme | A topic or a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work; central idea. | 43 | |
| 6668840026 | Stanza | A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | 44 | |
| 6668840027 | Couplet | A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. | 45 | |
| 6668840028 | Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme | 46 | |
| 6668840029 | Blank Verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 47 | |
| 6668840030 | Metric Foot | a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. | 48 | |
| 6668840031 | Iamb | duh DUM, unstressed-stressed | 49 | |
| 6668840032 | Trochee | DUM duh, stressed-unstressed | 50 | |
| 6668840033 | Dactyl | DUM duh duh, stressed-unstressed-unstressed | 51 | |
| 6668840034 | Anapest | duh duh DUM, unstressed-unstressed-stressed | 52 | |
| 6668840035 | Spondee | DUM DUM, stressed-stressed | 53 | |
| 6668840036 | Pyrrhic | duh duh, unstressed-unstressed | 54 | |
| 6668840037 | Exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. |  | 55 |
| 6668840038 | Rising Action | A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax. |  | 56 |
| 6668840039 | Climax | The turning point in the action (also known as the "crisis") and/or the highest point of interest or excitement. |  | 57 |
| 6668840040 | Falling Action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 58 |
| 6668840041 | Resolution | End of the story where loose ends are tied up | | 59 |
| 6668840042 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces; an inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces. |  | 60 |
| 6668840043 | Inciting Indecent | the event that introduces the major struggle or conflict of the plot, eventually realized in the climax. | 61 | |
| 6668840044 | Venacular | the native language or dialect of a country or region; everyday or informal language | 62 | |
| 6668840045 | Chronology | the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence. | 63 | |
| 6668858265 | pathetic fallacy | The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature, esp. reflective of the mood | 64 | |
| 6668858266 | anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 65 | |
| 6668860340 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 66 | |
| 6668860341 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 67 | |
| 6668862851 | point of view | The perspective from which the story is told | 68 | |
| 6668862852 | characterization | Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character's personality to the reader. | 69 | |
| 6668862853 | irony | A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. | 70 | |
| 6668862854 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 71 | |
| 6668865364 | allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 72 |
