AP Lit Terms 1-15

What term describes a narrative in which characters, action, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story?

• Allegory

• Anaphora

• Archetype

• Aside

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

What is a comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects called?

• Analogy

• Asyndeton

• Ballad

• Allegory

What figure of repetition occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence is repeated at the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases?

• Anaphora

• Assonance

• Atmosphere

• Apostrophe

What is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea?

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Atmosphere

What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed syllables or words called?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Asyndeton

• Allegory

What is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea?

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Atmosphere

What term describes a character, an action, or situation that represents common patterns of human life and can have a common meaning across cultures?

• Archetype

• Analogy

• Ballad

• Alliteration

In drama, what term refers to a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while the other actors on stage pretend they cannot hear?

• Aside

• Anaphora

• Atmosphere

• Cacophony

What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed syllables or words called?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Asyndeton

• Allegory