AP Lit Terms 1

referring to things that are intangible (love, God, wisdom)

• abstract language
• acronym
• ad hominem
• allusion

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• allegory
• abstract language
• anachronism
• alliteration

ambiguity

• the repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose. Used for ornaments or for emphasis. Also used in epithets, phrases, and slogans. Enhances the aesthetic quality of a prose passage or poem
• a reference to a person,place,or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
• a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretation
•  in contrast to Dionysian, it refers to the most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior

the philosophical idea that human beings, cut off from their roots, live in meaningless isolation in an alien universe

• ambivalence
• ambiguity
• absurd

• acrostic
• acronym
• anachronism
• alliteration

• acronym
• acrostic
• anachronism
• ad hominem

"My opponent suggests that lowering taxes will be a good idea -- this is coming from a woman who eats a pint of Ben and Jerry’s each night!"

• The American Dream
• abstract language
• ambiguity
• ad hominem

the series of events that constitute the plot, composed of a beginning, a middle, and an end

• action
• absurd
• ad hominem
• allusion

The Wizard of Oz - The lion represents cowardice. The scarecrow stands for the agrarian past and the tin man the technological future.

• allusion
• allegory
• anachronism

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• acrostic
• allusion
• alliteration
• assonance

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