AP Lit Poetry Vocab

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Analogy

Comparison of a subject to something that is similar.

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Anaphora

Intentional repetition of words at the beginning of successive lines

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Antithesis

A figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting terms, calluses, and ideas.

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Apostrophe

Addressing the dead. (As is they were living)

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Chiasmus

In which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse order.

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Conceit

An extended metaphor, used extensively by metaphysical poets of the 17th century.

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Diction

Denoting the word choice and phrasing. May be described by the quality of the lang.

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Dramatic Situation

Who is the speaker? To whom is she/he speaking?

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Epiphany

Means a sudden, overwhelming insight or revelation evoked by a commonplace object.

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Hyperbole

A figure of speech involving great exaggeration and used to emphasize strong feelings.

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Imagery

Sensory representation of an object.

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Litotes

In which a point affirmed by negating its opposite.

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Metonymy

The substitution of the name of one object for the name of another closely associated with it.

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Oxymoron

A rhetorical antithesis, two apparently contradictory terms are brought together to form a sharper perception.

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Pathetic fallacy

A special type of personification in which inanimate aspects of nature can sympathize with human qualities and feelings.

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Paradox

Self contradictory.

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Periphrasis

In which a point is stated in deliberate circumlocution. Euphemism is a type of periphrasis.

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Pun

That plays on words that have the same or nearly sound but sharply contrasted meanings. (Humorous Effect)

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Synecdoche

Part of something represents the whole such as in the expression “all hands on deck.”

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Tone

A manner, feeling, or atmosphere.

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