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AP Literary Terms Practice

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Allusion
a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds
Caesura
A pause within a line of poetry
Catharsis
an emotional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal
Connotation
the implied or associative meaning of a word
Diction
a writer's or speaker's choice of words
Dramatic Irony
irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
Enjambment
the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Foil
a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another
Hyperbole
a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
Metaphor
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Paradox
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Personification
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Simile
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Stanza
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Closed Form Poetry
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures
Dynamic Character
A character that undergoes significant character change throughout a narrative
Epiphany
A moment of sudden realization or discovery of the truth or meaning of things
Flashback
A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time
Imagery
Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object. Imagery involves any or all of the five senses
In Medias Res
in the middle of things; a narrative that starts in the middle of the plot as opposed to the exposition
Juxtaposition
placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast
Open Form Poetry
poems that avoid traditional structural patterns, such as rhyme or meter
perspective
How narrators, characters, or speakers understand their circumstances, and is informed by background, personality traits, biases, and relationships
Point of View
the perspective from which a story is told
Setting
The time and place of a story; can also be historical and cultural background of a text
situational irony
irony involving a situation in which you expect one thing to happen, but the opposite happens
static character
A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end
Symbol
anything that stands for or represents something else
Syntax
Sentence structure
first person point of view
a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself
third person limited point of view
The narrator is outside the story and focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character
third person omniscient point of view
Point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters and is outside the story.
archetype
A commonly used character type which often acts as a symbol
line
In poetry, these make up stanzas
speaker
the voice in a poem that talks to the reader
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words
Narrator
The voice or persona telling a story.
Verified questions
literature
Combining Short, Choppy Sentences. Read each of the following groups of short, choppy sentences and then combine two or more of the sentences in each group. In any group that contains three sentences, you may declde to leave one sentence unchanged. The supermarket was so crowded. People stood in checkout lines stretching back into the aisles.
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On the line provided, add at least one prepositional phrase to the following sentence. Circle the object of the preposition in each phrase you write. We stopped to eat the sandwiches we had bought. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Add end marks and commas where they are needed in the following sentences. **Example 1.** Is María R **.** Sanchez **,** M **.** D **.** **,** the staff doctor for Talmadge $\&$ Co **. ?** 1. When the presentation was over Ella and Bob met with the mayor.
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How do the Hindu Gods relate to the concept of Braham?
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