AP Lit Terms 1

Defn: When a speaker talks to someone or something that cannot talk back

• metaphor

• alliteration

• apostrophe

• blank verse

Defn: placing two things side by side in order to compare or contrast them

• blank verse

• alliteration

• assonance

• juxtaposition

Defn: repetition of consonant sounds

• alliteration

• metaphor

• imagery

• assonance

Defn: repetition of vowel sounds

• hyperbole

• assonance

• catharsis

• syntax

Defn: the arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence or paragraph

• blank verse

• syntax

• catharsis

• diction

Defn: a writer's or speaker's choice of words

• syntax

• juxtaposition

• metaphor

• diction

Defn: a comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• allusion

Defn: poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

• assonance

• blank verse

• metaphor

• catharsis

Defn: language that appeals to the senses

• juxtaposition

• imagery

• metaphor

• alliteration

Defn: a purging of the emotions in order to achieve a feeling of renewal

• catharsis

• imagery

• juxtaposition

• syntax