AP Lit

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analogy
a comparison of two different things that are alike in some way
anastrophe
inversion of the normal syntactic order of words: To market went she
anathema
a formal solemn denunciation against an individual or institute
antithesis
opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
aphorism
a brief saying embodying a moral, a concise statement of a principle or precept given in pointed words.
apostrophe
addressing someone or some abstraction that is not usually present
archetype
in poetry, this may be an idea, character, action, object, institution, event, or setting containing essential characteristics, which are primitive, general, and universal
conceit
a term for a particularly fanciful metaphor
epithet
a word or phrase that functions as a part of someone's name, such as "Ivan the Terrible" or "Richard the Lion-Hearted," or that describes a noun, such as Homer's "wine-dark sea.
inversion
he changing if the usual order of words, reversing the usual order and shifting the
emphasis to the more important words
litotesstating the ovisismeiosisfrom the Greek meioun to diminish. Using a negative to diminish or understate.metonymysubstitution of one word for another which it suggests.paradoxreveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictorypunsa pun twists the meaning of words.synecdocheA figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole' offer your hand in marriage"; mouths in "hungry mouths to feed"; and wheels referring to a car.assonanceis the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds.ConsanceRepetition of consonant soundscaesurais a natural pause or break in a verse.enjambmentalso called run-on line. A line having no pause or end punctuation but having uninterrupted grammatical meaning continuing into the next line.