AP Lit Terms 1st Semester

an actor's speech to themselves on stage that reveals inner thoughts and motives

• soliloquy
• aside
• stage directions
• dialogue

giving human traits to non-living things

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

substituting a whole for a whole

• synechdoche
• metonymy
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

the attitude of the speaker toward the subjects of the work

• symbol
• tone
• metonymy
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

compare 2 unlike objects using "like" or "as"

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a reference to another work of literature, mythology, or history

• allusion
• hyperbole
• symbol
• context

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says

• situational irony
• antithesis
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

• situational irony
• allegory
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a "paragraph" in poetry

• verse
• stanza
• chorus
• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

substitution of a part for a whole

• juxtaposition
• synecdoche
• allusion
• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4