AP English Lit Terms (part 1)
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| 42093453 | Analogy | Comparison of parallel (but not exactly the same) cases | |
| 42093454 | Anaphora | The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. | |
| 42093455 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases | |
| 42093456 | Aphorism | (1) A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion. (2) A brief statement of a principle | |
| 42093457 | Assonance | The identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words | |
| 42093458 | Asyndeton | The omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses | |
| 42093459 | Chiasmus | A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed. | |
| 42093460 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | |
| 42093461 | Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | |
| 42093462 | Allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event | |
| 42093463 | Ambiguity | an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context | |
| 42093464 | Analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect | |
| 42093465 | Analysis | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and unstated facts | |
| 42093466 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | |
| 42093467 | Anecdote | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) | |
| 42093468 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | |
| 42093469 | Antimetabole | Repetition 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.") | |
| 42093470 | Antithesis | the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | |
| 42093471 | Atmosphere | The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene | |
| 42093472 | Attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways | |
| 42093473 | clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence | |
| 42093474 | Cliche | a worn-out idea or overused expression | |
| 42093475 | Coherence | logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts | |
| 42093476 | Colloquialism | spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 42093477 | Conceit | vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) | |
| 42093478 | Concrete | language that describes qualities that can be percieved | |
| 42093479 | Connotation | the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning | |
| 42093480 | Consonance | the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words | |
| 42093481 | Denotation | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression |