AP Terms 1

a story or poem that has a hidden meaning where characters or events represent something else. Usually meant to teach a moral lesson

• allegory

• anaphora

• caesura

• climax

Repetition of the first sound of words in a sentence or line. Ex: The dark dog dashed through the door.

• anaphora

• alliteration

• assonance

• antagonist

Reference to a well-known book, part of history, movie, etc. (usually in literature)

• catharsis

• attitude

• literary device

• allusion

repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning.

Ex: It was the best of time. It was the worst of times.

• anaphora

• aside

• apostrophe

• characterization

a hostile person who is opposed to another character

The protagonist's adversary

• symbol

• blank verse

• allusion

• antagonist

When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond

• apostrophe

• soliloquy

• aside

• assonance

when a character's dialogue is spoken to the audience but not heard by other actors on the stage

• aside

• alliteration

• mood

• parody

repetition of vowel sounds

Ex: Go slow over the road.

• alliteration

• anaphora

• assonance

• syntax

poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme

• syntax

• sonnet

• quatrain

• blank verse

pause in the middle of a line of poetry, can be caused by a comma, exclamation point, or period.

• caesura

• rhyme scheme

• attitude

• allusion