AP English Lit Terms

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Alliteration

repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of word

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allusion

writer refers to a person, place, or something that happened and is commonly known

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caesura

pause within a line of poetry

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conceit

extended metaphor over several lines of text (shakespeare's sonnet 73

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connotation

feeling or idea that a word has in addition to its literal meaning (negative, positive)

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consonance

repetition of consonant sound anywhere in word, with different vowel sounds

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couplet

2 line stanza, rhymes

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dramatic monologue

poem written in the form of a speech of an individual character to a silent audience

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enjambment

run the lines of a poem from one to the next without using a terminating punctuation

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epistolary

works of fiction written in letters or other documents

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foil

character who contrasts with another character (usually protagonist)

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imagery

visual descriptions or figurative language that appeals to 5 senses

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juxtaposition

opposing lines, when you put 2 things together, opposites

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metaphor

comparison not using like or as

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narration

a narrator's or speaker's perspective that controls the details and emphases that affect the readers, experience and interpret a text

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onomatopoeia

a word that imitates the sound it represents.

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personification

a literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects

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petrarchan vs shakespearean sonnet

petrarchan- ABBAABBA CDCDCD, 1 octave, 1 sestet, Francesco Petrarca

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shakespearean- ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, 3 quatrains, 1 couplet, William Shakespeare

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quatrain

4 line stanza

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rhetorical question

figure of speech where question is asked for a reason other than to get the answer, usually to persuade, don't answer question

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rhyme scheme

pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song

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riddle

a puzzle or hidden meaning you have to figure out

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simile

comparison using like or as

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soliloquy

a monologue delivered when character is alone

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stanza

group of lines in a poem, consisting of two or more lines as a unit

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symbol

anything that stands for or represents something else

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tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

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romanticism

19th century artistic movement that appreciated nature, the individual, imagination, emotions, supernatural, common man and childhood

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victorian era

during reign of Queen Victoria in Great Britain and its Empire(1837-1901)

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antebellum south / post civil war era

decades leading up to civil war (slavery) / realism

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harlem renaissance

poetry, fiction, and non-fiction written by Black American writers during the early twentieth century

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