AP Lit Terms Set 2
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| 236279495 | apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person | |
| 236279496 | alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | |
| 236279497 | juxtiposition | compare and contrast two things | |
| 236279498 | cause and effect | ♥Two events are related to eachother when one event brings out the other ♥The first event is the cause ♥ The last event is the effect | |
| 236279499 | allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize | |
| 236279500 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | |
| 236279501 | antimetabole | Repitition of words in succussive clauses in reverse grammatical order ("You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.") | |
| 236279502 | asyndeton | a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | |
| 236279503 | cumulative sentence | a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases (main clause is at the beginning) | |
| 236279504 | horative sentence | a sentence that calls to action with strong and forceful words | |
| 236279505 | imperative sentence | a sentence that requests or commands | |
| 236279506 | inversion | the reversal of the normal order of words | |
| 236279507 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | |
| 236279508 | periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | |
| 236279509 | rhetorical sentence | A sentence in which a question which you do not actually expect the reader to answer | |
| 236279510 | zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one | |
| 236279511 | trope | artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech | |
| 236279512 | scheme | a pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect | |
| 236551697 | motif | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work | |
| 236551698 | stream-of-consciousness | A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur. | |
| 236551699 | invective | An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | |
| 236551700 | synthesthetic | Description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another. | |
| 236551701 | onomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents | |
| 236551702 | connotation | the feelings or emotions surrounding a word | |
| 236551703 | jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people | |
| 236551704 | parody | humorous or satirical mimicry | |
| 236551705 | diatribe | a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |