Ap Lang Literary Devices

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Alliteration

repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Allegory

a work that works on both a literal and symbolic level

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Allusion

reference to history, myths, literature, or the bible

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Analepsis

a flashback; to restore or do over

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Anaphora

repetition of word(s) at the beginning of clauses/phrases/sentences

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Anecdote

a short story, usually for emphasis or as an example

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Antimetabole/chiasmus

writing a series of words twice, reversing the order the second time

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Antistrophe

repetition of word(s) at the end of clauses, phrases, or sentences

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Antithesis

opposition or contrast of ideas expressed by parallelism of words that contrast each other

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Apotheosize

to glorify or exalt; to raise to the heavens

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Assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

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Cliche

expression so common that it has little impact

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Conceit

an extended metaphor that compares objects in a fanciful way (establishes a comparison between two very different concepts or objects)

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Connotation

the attitude evoked in a word beyond its literal meaning

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Consonance

repetition of consonant sounds (but not at the beginning)

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Dichotomy

a partition of a whole into 2 parts

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Homily

a religious discourse of sermon

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Hyperbole

over-exaggeration

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Idyll

a story or scene that shows rural life in its innocence

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Litotes

affirmative idea expressed by negation of the opposite

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Meiosis

understatement dealing with a significant issue

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Extended Metaphor

comparison of two unlike things that continues throughout a sentence, paragraph, stanza

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Metonymy

use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related

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Onomatopoeia

words that actually sound like the thing or action they describe

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Oxymoron

two words with opposite meaning combined into one phrase

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Paradox

self-contradictory statement that presents a truth

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Parody

style in which the author makes fun of an idea, person, etc

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Personification

to provide human qualities to something nonhuman

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Prolepsis

flash forward; to anticipate the future

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Simile

a comparison that uses "like" or "as"

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Symbol

a thing that represents or stands for something else

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Pun

a play on words

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Synecdoche

description using part of something to represent the whole

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Tautology

needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy

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Synesthesia

to present, ideas, characters or places in such a manner that they appeal to multiple senses

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Voice (speaker)

a distinctive tone or style established by the writer

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Apostrophe

an address to someone not present

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Hypophora

a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question

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