English III AP Midterm Literary Elements

115278952	allusion	an indirect reference to literature, art, history - source is not given, the reader is expected to know it
115278953	parallel syntax	repetition of words or phrases in a balanced manner to emphasize a point; repetition of words, phrases, and clauses in a concise manner
115278954	concrete diction	A poet or author's choice to describe something using words that can be perceived vividly through the use of senses.
115278955	asyndeton	a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions (compare to polysyndeton) example: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe" (JFK's inaugural address)
115278956	understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.
115278957	metonymy	substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')
115278958	consonance	repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong
115278959	ambiguity	a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
115278960	periodic sentence	a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause
115278961	onomatopoeia	using words that imitate the sound they denote
115278962	soliloquy	a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
115278963	tone	the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers).
115278964	litote	for of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity. for example, "She is not a bad cook."
115278965	tragic hero	A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy
115278966	assonance	the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
115278967	alliteration	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
115278968	paradox	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
115278969	juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast
115278970	hortative sentence	sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action
115278971	satire	form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
115278972	simile	a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
115278973	extended metaphor	a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work