AP English Lit Terms Test 8

Personification

gives human characteristics to objects, animals, and ideas

Plot

sequence of events

Point of View

the perspective from which a story is told; first-person, third-person, and third-person omniscient

Polysyndeton

uses “and” to separate items in a series, uses no commas, and its purpose is to slow the sentence down

Post hoc Fallacy

cause and effect

ex. most divorce couples go to counseling prior to separation, therefore all couples who go to counseling will get a divorce

Protagonist

main character

Pun

a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have diverse meanings

ex. I’m not a photographer, but I can picture us together

Red Herring

when the writer or speaker uses an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real one

Refutation

an opposing argument

Repetition

word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity

Rhetoric

the art of effective communication

Rhetorical Criticism

analyzing the communication between the author and the reader