AP Lit terms #3

38321122	colloquial	informal expression associated with every day speech
38321123	comic relief	the interruption of a serious work, esp. a tragedy, by a short, humorous episode
38321124	confidante	a minor character or secondary character in a literary wrok in whom the protagonist confides, revealing his or her state of mind
38321125	end rhyme	a rhyme occurring at the end of verse lines
38321126	elegy	a formal lyrical poem lamenting the death of a loved one or of a public figure; OR it can reflect on a serious, solemn subject
38321127	dramatic irony	the audience or reader knows more than the characters do
38321128	epic	a long narrative poem with grand language and concerning a hero of national importance
38321129	conventional character	stereotyped or easily recognized character
38321130	didactic	instructive and designed to teach
38321131	consonance	repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds in words in close proximity; vowel sounds are different
38321132	dissonance	harsh sounds or rhythms
38321133	distortion	altering the ordinary; twisting expectations; all done for effect
38321134	denotation	dictionary definition of a word
38321135	connotation	feelings and emotions associated with words
38321136	conceit	an extended or elaborate metaphor
38321137	dialogue	spoken exhanges between or among characters
38321138	epigram	a short poem with a witty turn or thought; a witty and condensed expression
38321139	enjambment	a line of poetry that runs from the end of one line to the next without punctuation, pause
38321140	conflict	opposition between characters; protagonist vs. antagonist; man vs. man etc.
38321141	couplet	a pair of rhyming verse lines, usually of the same length