Annotated Glossary - AP Lit by

#1 ~ Allegory

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-13 03:08:36 UTC

a poem, story, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning; typically a political or moral meaning

#2 ~ Allusion

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-13 03:25:06 UTC

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

#3 ~ Anaphora

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-13 06:27:30 UTC

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

#4 ~ Apostrophe

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:02:53 UTC

a rhetorical figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an abstraction or inanimate object

#5 ~ Antithesis

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:05:32 UTC

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

#6 ~ Diction

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:06:45 UTC

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

#7 ~ Dramatic irony

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:10:07 UTC

when the audience is aware of critical information and the characters are not

#8 ~ Enjambment

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:12:44 UTC

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

#9 ~ Foil

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:15:28 UTC

a character who contrasts with another character

#10 ~ Imagery

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 06:18:08 UTC

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

#11 ~ Juxtaposition

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-14 15:38:54 UTC

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

#12 ~ Metaphor

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-15 20:04:57 UTC

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

#13 ~ Motif

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-15 20:33:53 UTC

an object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story to point toward the story's larger theme

#14 ~ Paradox

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-15 21:14:14 UTC

a self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

#15 ~ Personification

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-16 00:34:26 UTC

a literary device whereby something nonhuman is described with human qualities

#16 ~ Simile

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-16 00:42:25 UTC

a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

#17 ~ Symbolism

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-16 01:53:34 UTC

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

#18 ~ Syntax

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-16 02:18:09 UTC

the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences

#19 ~ Theme

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-16 02:33:24 UTC

an idea or topic expanded in a discourse, discussion, etc. a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work

#20 ~ Tone

heleynam12159 — 2025-07-16 02:36:49 UTC

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.