AP Lit Lit Lit Terms by Jaden Romero

7. Dramatic Irony

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A literary device utilized when the audience knows something that a character or several characters do not, creating tension.

11. Juxtaposition

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Highlighting the difference between two things by placing them side by side.

9. Foil

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A character that serves as the inverse or opposite of a more important character (often the protagonist). This highlights certain attributes of not just the protagonist, but the foil character as well.

13. Motif

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An image, symbol, phrase, sound, object, or idea that recurs throughout a work, pointing toward the theme of the story.

8. Enjambment

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The continuation of a sentence through lines in poetry or writing without a pause/use of punctuation.

6. Diction

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The word choice of the author.

10. Imagery

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Using words and descriptions to allow the reader to conceive a mental image.

4. Apostrophe

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When a character or narrator addresses an inanimate object or something that is not present in the scene, and therefore cannot respond.

1. Allegory

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The meaning or message behind a component or whole of a story.

2. Allusion

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An implied indirect reference.

12. Metaphor

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A comparison between two things by stating that they are exactly as the same.

18. Syntax

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The way that words and phrases are arranged to form coherent sentences.

5. Antithesis

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A direct descriptive contrast between two things.

17. Symbolism

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Something in a story that has a meaning attached to it.

20. Tone

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The attitude an author takes towards a subject that is reflected in their writing.

16. Simile

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A comparison between two things in a matter that states they are similar or to the same degree of. It is NOT a comparison that directly states the two things ARE the same.

19. Theme

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A certain idea that is a cornerstone of an author's work.

3. Anaphora

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The repetition of a word at the beginning of clauses.

15. Personification

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When an author gives human qualities to something non-human.

14. Paradox

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Something self-contradictory that is seemingly impossible to understand.