Lit Terms AP Lang Exam

Apostrophe

Talking to someone whose not there

Paradox

When means something contradictory or self-refuting that provokes thought.

Allegory

A literary device where characters or events symbolize deeper moral or political meanings, conveying a message through narrative. I.e Animal Farm

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as "deafening silence" or "bittersweet."

Anectdote

Short story

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statemets i.e “Her Smile was a Mile Wide”

Appeal to Novelty

A fallacy that assumes something is better simply because it is new or modern.

Appeal to tradition

Fallacy where a behavior is assumed to be correct because “its tradition”