AP Lit Review Terms Part I

repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose

• assonance

• analogy

• alliteration

• couplet

a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea

• archetype

• caricature

• hyperbole

• allusion

a vagueness of meaning, a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations

• ambiguity

• protagonist

• opposition

• objectivity

a rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences

• antithesis

• rhetoric

• consonance

• paradox

an abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example, an original model or form

• protagonist

• antagonist

• archetype

• foil

the repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry or prose

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• apostrophe

the high point, or turning point, in a story or play

• denouement

• climax

• rising action

• resolution

the repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or line of poetry

• consonance

• allusion

• apostrophe

• rhythm

the dictionary definition of a word

• diction

• connotation

• denotation

• subjective

the resolution that occurs at the end of a play or a work of fiction

• climax

• denouement

• resolution

• exposition