Ms. Morrison's AP Lit terms

23976740	parallelism	the use of similar gramatical structures or word order
23976741	Personification	The use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas.
23976742	narrator	storyteller
23976743	point of view	the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes
23976744	apostrophe	the direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea.
23976745	cliche	an expression that has been used so frequently it has lost its expressive power.
23976746	conceit	an elaborate parallel between two seemingly dissimilar objects.
23976747	hyperbole	a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is acheived through exaggeration
23976748	Euphony	A combination of pleasant words
23976749	Anaphora	the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases or clauses.
23976750	Anastrophe	a rhetorical term for the inversion of the normal order of the parts of a sentence.
23976751	Paradox	a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory as to provoke us into seeking another
23976752	Protagonist	The central character in a story.
23976753	Plot	The careful arrangement by an author of incidents in a narrative to achieve a desired effect.
23976754	metonymy	the substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it
23976755	onomatopoeia	the use of words that sound like a noise
23976756	metaphor	figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else
23976757	pun	a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds.
23976791	rhetoric	the art of persuasive writing; broadly, the art of all effective writing.
23976805	satire	writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups