AP Lit Terms Lesson 1

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Tertiary Characters

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Background characters who help move conflict, characterize primary characters, and establish settings.

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Allusion

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A reference to another work of literature, art, history, or current events.

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Direct Characterization

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Narration that explicitly informs the audience of a character’s nature or other descriptions.

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Secondary Characters

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Supporting characters who, while they may not be crucial to the plot, appear often in the work.

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Dramatic Irony

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When readers know more than characters in a text.

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Juxtaposition

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Placing two elements side by side to highlight their differences.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Static Character

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A character who does not undergo significant change throughout the story.

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Dynamic Character

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A character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the story.