NEED TO KNOW AP SPANISH LIT VOCAB

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Anáfora

The repetition of words at the beginning of several phrases.

Antítesis

A contrast of ideas; concepts that contrast. It can also be opposite words, phrases, and etc.

Elipsis

Deleted elements of a phrase that makes it more brief or a sentence that isn't complete that has to be understood through inference.

Epíteto

An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of a person or thing.

Asíndeton

The elimination of one or more words that link two or more terms to give the phrase more drive.

Polisíndeton

The use of more conjunctions than necessary to make a phrase more serious.

Aliteración

The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another.

Onomatopeya

Words that imitate real sounds.

Hipérbaton

The alteration of the grammatical order of words in a sentence and the logical conclusion of ideas.

Hipérbole

Exaggeration of distortion of the truth.

Personificación

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or no living thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or had life.

Símil

The comparison of two unlike things using como y cual.

Paradoja

An apparent contradiction that is actually true.

Perífrasis

The use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning which could have been conveyed with a shorter expression.

Alusión

A reference to a person, place, event, statement, or thing known from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or popular culture.

Eufemismo

A word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant.

Ironía

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally means the opposite for humorous or emphatic effect.

Sarcasmo

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

Sinestesia

The description of a sensory experience in terms of another.

Metáfora

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using a connective word.

Metonimia

A figure of speech in which something closely related to a thing or suggested by it is substituted for the thing itself.

Sinécdoque

A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.

Silabificación

The determination of the verse calculated by the number of syllables contained in the verse.

Apóstrofe

A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present and capable of responding.

Gradación

Confining related terms ins a significant part of the poem.

Hemistiquio

In long poems there is a Caesura; a pause.

"in medias res"

A narrative work beginning in the middle of the action.

Jitanjáforas

A type of poetry that utilizes meaningless words for their sounds.

Hipálage

A figure of speech where the natural relations of two words in a statement are interchanged.