Pre-AP Eng. II Lit Terms
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- Allegory
- story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
- Alliteration
- repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
- Allusion
- reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something.
- Ambiguity
- deliberatly suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meansing in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way.
- Analogy
- comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
- Anaphora
- repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps makes the writer's point more coherent.
- Anastrophe
- Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order or parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony.
- Anecdote
- Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual.
- Antagonist
- Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in story.
- Antimetabole
- Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.
- Antithesis
- balancing words, phrases, or idea that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.