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AP Literature Terms exam questions andanswers
Abstract - Complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, seldom uses
examples to support its points.
Academic - Dry and rhetorical writing; sucking all the life out of its subject with
analysis.
Accent - In poetry, the stressed portion of a word.
Aesthetic - Appealing to the senses; a coherent sense of taste.
Allegory - A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning
outside the tale itself.
Alliteration - The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Allusion - A reference to another work or famous figure.
Anachronism - "Misplaced in time." An aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its
supposed time setting.
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Analogy - A comparison, usually involving two or more symbolic parts, employed
to clarify an action or a relationship.
Anecdote - A Short Narrative
Antecedent - The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers
to.
Anthropomorphism - When inanimate objects are given human characteristics.
Often confused with personification.
Anticlimax - Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had
been led to expect.
Antihero - A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly,
dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities.
Aphorism - A short and usually witty saying.
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Apostrophe - A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something
that is nonhuman.
Archaism - The use of deliberately old-fashioned language.
Aside - A speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience,
as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage.
Aspect - A trait or characteristic
Assonance - The repeated use of vowel sounds: "Old king Cole was a merry old
soul."
Atmosphere - The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene
Ballad - A long, narrative poem, usually in meter and rhyme. Typically has a naive
folksy quality.
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