AP Lit Terminology

This picture is an example of

• allegory
• abstract language
• anachronism
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

• acrostic
• allusion
• alliteration
• assonance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Chocolate is my Achilles' heel

• allusion
• allegory
• ambiguity

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

having more than one meaning, whether intentional or unintentional

• ambivalence
• ambiguity
• absurd

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition at close intervals of initial consonant words

• Alliteration

• Synechdoche

• Rhyme

• AAAA Format

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poem which expresses sorrow over a death of someone for whom the poet cared, or on another solemn theme

• Sonnet

• Didactic

• Denotation

• Elegy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Describes a line of poetry in which the sense and grammatical construction continues on to the next line

• Free Verse

• Enjambment

• Iambic Pentameter

• Refrain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The atmosphere suggested by the structure and style of the poem

• Mood

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Statement or situation containing seemingly contradictory elements

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Parallelism

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3