AP Lit Terms 1

Defn: When a speaker talks to someone or something that cannot talk back

• metaphor

• alliteration

• apostrophe

• blank verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Defn: placing two things side by side in order to compare or contrast them

• blank verse

• alliteration

• assonance

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Defn: repetition of consonant sounds

• alliteration

• metaphor

• imagery

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Defn: repetition of vowel sounds

• hyperbole

• assonance

• catharsis

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Defn: the arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence or paragraph

• blank verse

• syntax

• catharsis

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Defn: a writer's or speaker's choice of words

• syntax

• juxtaposition

• metaphor

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Defn: a comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things

• alliteration

• imagery

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Defn: poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

• assonance

• blank verse

• metaphor

• catharsis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Defn: language that appeals to the senses

• juxtaposition

• imagery

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Defn: a purging of the emotions in order to achieve a feeling of renewal

• catharsis

• imagery

• juxtaposition

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3