7922476184 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words | 0 | |
7922476185 | Ambiguity | he quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness | 1 | |
7922476186 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 2 | |
7922476187 | Anaphora | the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech. It can be used in novels and short stories, but it's most commonly seen in poetry, essays, and formal speeches. | 3 | |
7922476188 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else | 4 | |
7922476189 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." | 5 | |
7922476190 | Apostrophe | a term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present in the work | 6 | |
7922476191 | Apotheosis | the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax | 7 | |
7922476192 | Assonance | the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible | 8 | |
7922476193 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 9 | |
7922476194 | Atmosphere | the feeling, emotion, or mood that an author creates in a narrative through descriptive language. | 10 | |
7922476195 | Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance | 11 | |
7922476196 | Colloquialism | a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation | 12 |
AP Literature Terms- #1 Flashcards
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