AP LIT ACRONYMS

SOLLIDDD

Syntax

Organization

Levels of discourse

Literary devices

Imagery

Diction

Detail

Dichotomies

What is SOLLIDDD used for

good way to analyze a passage + find things to say

S olliddd

Syntax - construction of sentence

s O lliddd

Organization (construction of paragraph/entire text ex: starts at end for hook)

so L liddd

Levels of discourse- whos the implied audience

sol L iddd

Literary devices- metaphors, simile, symbold, etc

soll I ddd

Imagery - appealing to one or more of the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch)

solli D dd

Diction - word choice ( related to levels of discourse)

sollid D d

Detail - what details are told? why? what is omitted/hidden?)

sollidd D

Dichotomies - “opposites”, opposed pairs ( ex: black and white, good and evil, girl and boy) also interesting when they do overlap or bleed into each other)

STEALN

Speech

Thoughts

Effect

Actions

Looks

Names

What is STEALN used for?

It’s a good way to analyze literary characters

S tealn

Speech- how do they talk, diction, how they communicate

s T ealn

Thoughts- what are they thinking (novels are particularly great for this) this might have an interesting relationship with Speech

st E aln

Effect on others

ste A ln

Actions

stea L n

Looks - facial expressions, gestures, how they dress

steal (n)

Names- kinda optional but sometimes names might have meanings (ex: reference bible character)

Antinomy

If two contradictory statements both seem reasonable and true, you can call this conundrum an antinomy. The noun comes from the Latin and Greek word antinomia, which meant a contradiction in the law.

two statements contradict each other but both seem plausible

a very intense contradiction because it has paradoxical tension

ex:

“there is no absolute truth”

used to highlight conflicting ideas

Dichotomy

A dichotomy is an idea or classification split in two. When you point out a dichotomy, you draw a clear distinction between two things.

A dichotomy is a contrast between two things. When there are two ideas, especially two opposed ideas — like war and peace, or love and hate — you have a dichotomy. You often hear about a "false dichotomy," which occurs when a situation is unfairly represented as an "either/or" scenario. For example, the statement "All cars are either small and efficient or large and polluting" creates a false dichotomy because there are some cars that don't fit into either category.

Juxtapose

See the word "pose" in juxtapose? When you juxtapose, you are "posing" or positioning things side by side.

The verb juxtapose requires contrasting things placed next to one other: "The collage juxtaposed pictures of Jane while she was growing up and as an adult." Juxtapose is used often when referring to contrasting elements in the arts. "The music juxtaposed the instrumentation of jazz with the harmonies of soul."

Double bind

a difficult situation in which, whatever action you take, you cannot escape unpleasant results:

Life insurers are caught in a double bind: asset values are falling, but firms are still offering high returns to policyholders in an effort to avoid a collapse in new policy subscriptions.