AP Literature Summer Vocabulary
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| 11207810 | Allegory | a story where all of the major elements are symbolic | |
| 11207811 | Alliteration | multiple words in a sentence starting with the same letter or sound | |
| 11207812 | Allusion | indirect or passing reference to something that is widely known (like Martin Luther King or the Titanic) | |
| 11207813 | Analogy | a comparison of two things, often for the purpose of explanation | |
| 11207814 | Apostrophe | formal address of a person or thing | |
| 11207815 | Assonance | repeating a vowel sound | |
| 11207816 | Ballad | song or poem that tells a story | |
| 11207817 | Connotation | the feeling that accompanies a word: "home" has positive connotations, while "house" is more neutral. | |
| 11207818 | Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds | |
| 11207819 | Denotation | literal meaning of a word | |
| 11207820 | Diction | word choice | |
| 11207821 | Epic | a long poem about a hero and his/her adventures. | |
| 11207822 | Figurative Language | a metaphorical expression, non-literal | |
| 11207823 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | |
| 11207824 | Imagery | using words to create a visual image or sensory experience | |
| 11207825 | Inverted Sentence | a sentence where the normal word order is reversed | |
| 11207826 | Irony | when the meaning of a text contradicts the literal words written. | |
| 11207827 | Lyric | a rhythmic, rhyming, euphonious piece | |
| 11207828 | Metaphor | comparison without the words 'like' or 'as' | |
| 11207829 | Metonymy | a figure of speech where one word is used in place of another with the same meaning (Saying "Washington" when you are referring to the administration that resides in Washington.) | |
| 11207830 | Motif | a main theme or recurring image running through a text | |
| 11207831 | Narrative | story | |
| 11207832 | Onomatopoeia | imitating sounds with words | |
| 11207833 | Oxymoron | figure of speech where two adjacent words seem to contradict each other | |
| 11207834 | Parable | a short simple story teaching a lesson or moral - often religious | |
| 11207835 | Paradox | a seemingly-contradictory statement: (For example: "Sometimes, too much freedom can lead to imprisonment." | |
| 11207836 | Parallelism | using the same sentence construction in corresponding clauses or phrases | |
| 11207837 | Personification | to give human qualities to something inanimate | |
| 11207838 | Point of View | First Person/Second Person/Third Person | |
| 11207839 | Polysyndeton | using multiple conjunctions repeatedly | |
| 11207840 | Repetition | repeating a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line or stanza | |
| 11207841 | Simile | comparing things using 'like' or 'as' | |
| 11207842 | Symbolism | when physical objects are used to represent abstract ideas | |
| 11207843 | Synaesthesia | using one sense to convey the experience of another | |
| 11207844 | Syntax | how words are arranged, their relationship; sentence structure | |
| 11207845 | Tone | mood, attitude, atmosphere | |
| 11207846 | Angst | feeling of anxiety, accompanied by depression | |
| 11207847 | Bildungsroman | a novel about education, development and maturing of a protagonist | |
| 11207848 | Farce | exaggerated comedy | |
| 11207849 | Elegy | praise for the dead |