AP Eng. Lit Terms Test 3

Chiasmus

Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X

Chronological Ordering

Arrangement of ideas in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present or in reverse, from present to past.

Classification

Another type of ordering, arrangement of objects according to class

Comedy of Manners

It evokes laughter mainly at the violations of social conventions

Comic Relief

Brief humor in the middle of a tragedy

Conceit

Extended metaphor in poetry

Concrete Language

Implied meaning rather than literal meaning or denotation

Consonance

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity

Conventional

The five-paragraph essay

Cumulative

Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars.

Deduction

A form of reasoning that begins with a generalization, then applies it (the generalization) to a specific case or cases.

Diction

Word choice

Didactic

Fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson

Digression

A temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing