AP English Literature and Composition Literary Term Review

Alliteration

repetition of initial consonant sounds

Assonance

repetition of vowel sounds, especially in poetry

Consonance

repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the end of words

Epanalepsis

starting and stopping with the same word

Anadiplosis

The last thought used in a clause is the first thought in next clause

Anaphora

the repetition of the same word that the start of a series

Epistrophe

the repetition of the same words at the ends of a series

Anastrophe

Any out of the ordinary inversions

Synecdoche

mentioning a part of something to represent the whole

Fable

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral