AP Terms 1

a story or poem that has a hidden meaning where characters or events represent something else. Usually meant to teach a moral lesson

• allegory

• anaphora

• caesura

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition of the first sound of words in a sentence or line. Ex: The dark dog dashed through the door.

• anaphora

• alliteration

• assonance

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Reference to a well-known book, part of history, movie, etc. (usually in literature)

• catharsis

• attitude

• literary device

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning.

Ex: It was the best of time. It was the worst of times.

• anaphora

• aside

• apostrophe

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a hostile person who is opposed to another character

The protagonist's adversary

• symbol

• blank verse

• allusion

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond

• apostrophe

• soliloquy

• aside

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

when a character's dialogue is spoken to the audience but not heard by other actors on the stage

• aside

• alliteration

• mood

• parody

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

repetition of vowel sounds

Ex: Go slow over the road.

• alliteration

• anaphora

• assonance

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme

• syntax

• sonnet

• quatrain

• blank verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

pause in the middle of a line of poetry, can be caused by a comma, exclamation point, or period.

• caesura

• rhyme scheme

• attitude

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9