AP Lit Literary Terms

	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
	a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
	the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction
	the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
	the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
	the manner in which something is expressed in words
	expressions, such as similes, metaphors, and personifications, that make imaginative, rather than literal, comparisons or associations.
	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
	a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
	incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
	a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
	the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama
	using words that imitate the sound they denote
	conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
	representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature, a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
	the vantage point from which a story is told
	the principal character in a work of fiction
	a humorous play on words, a play on words involving the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings (collar, color), words with 2+ meanings (plain), or words with the same sound but different meanings (sun/son)
	repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
	be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
	the context and environment in which something is set
	a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
	something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
	substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
	substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')
	the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
	a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
	the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
	understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
	a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite (describing a particularly horrific scene by saying, "It was not a pretty picture.")