AP Lit List One

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

• stereotype

• verbal irony

• allusion

• stereotype

a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people

• parody

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• stereotype

An action that jumps ahead of the story to narrate an event that happens at a later time.

• flashback

• flash forward

• mood

• imagery

the main character in a literary work

• protagoist

• antagonist

word choice

• verbal irony

• mood

• diction

• imagery

A character or force in conflict with the main character

• protagnoist

• antagonist

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

• parable

• parody

• flashback

• situational irony

A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events

• flash forward

• flashback

• mood

• imagery

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

• parable

• parody

• allusion

• stereotype

A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist.

• Taylor Swift

• protagnoist

• antagonist

• foil