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AP ELC Literary Terms

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Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Similarity not only in structure but in length (words, or even syllables)

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure

Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence

Placing side by side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modification of the first

Deliberate omission of a word or words which are readily implied by the context

Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses

Deliberate use of many conjunctions; opposite of asyndeton

Repetition of initial consonants in two or more adjacent words

The repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables or adjacent words

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses

Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause

Words at the ends of verses in which the final consonants in the stressed syllables agree but the words that precede them differ; sometimes called "half rime"; sound effect rising from the repetition of consonants within words (irregularity of position distinguished it from alliteration)

Creating a pleasing effect by combining words or phonetic elements in spoken words to produce harmonious sounds

Creating a harsh effect by combining words that emphasize guttural, coarse sounds

Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

Generally, the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance, often in parallel structure. More specifically, climax is the repetition of the last word of one clause or sentence at the beginning of the next, through several clauses or sentences (= anadiplosis)

Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order. The words are identical and the order is reversed identically

Repeating a word, but in a different form. Using a cognate of a five word in close proximity

Word order is reversed or rearranged

Repetition of word in successive clauses in inverted order

An implied comparison between two things of unlike nature that yet have something in common

An extended or continued metaphor that goes through entire sentences or an entire narrative. Represents one thing in the guise of another- an abstraction in that of a concrete image.

An explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature that yet have something in common

An illustrative story designed to teach a lesson. (Similar to allegory)

Incorrect or improper use of a word that flagrantly violates the norms of a language community; "wrenching of words"

A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole and vice versa

Substitution of some attributive or suggestive word or what is actually meant

Generic name for those figures which make a play on words

Repetition of a word in two different senses

Use of words alike in sound but different in meaning

Use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies Or governs

The substitution of one part of speech another (such as a noun for a verb)

Substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name

Personification

Investing abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities

The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect

Deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite

Reference to something with a name disproportionately lesser than its nature

Rhetorical Question

Asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but to assert or deny something obliquely

A broad term referring to the recognition of a reality different from appearance. Be aware of the differences between irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony (yes, these count as terms to know) . Do not confuse verbal irony with sarcasm

Stating and drawing attention to something in the very act of pretending to pass it over. A kind of irony

use of words whose sound echoes the sense

the yoking of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory

An apparently contradictory statement that nevertheless contains a measure of truth

A general term describing when one part of speech governs two or more other parts of a sentence

Parasynesthesia

The concurrent appeal to or response of two or more senses

A reference to some familiar event in history or to some familiar expression or character in literature

Stating a disagreeable truth in agreeable language

Attributing to a person or thing a quality or description- sometimes by the simple addition of a descriptive adjective; sometimes through a descriptive or metaphorical apposition

Giving a name to something which diminishes it in importance.

A composition imitating another, usually serious, piece. It is designed to ridicule a work or its style or author

A work or manner that blends a censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or humanity. Attempt through laughter no so much to tear down as to inspire remodeling

A caustic and bitter expression of strong disapproval. It is personal, jeering, intending to hurt

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something familiar

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

A concise statement of principle or precept given in pointed words.

A pithy saying that is often antithetical

Turning ones speech from one audience to another

the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work

Is a group of related words that lack either a subject or a verb or both

Contains both a subject and a verb. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and stands alone.

an expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing

Periodic sentence

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first

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