AP Literary Terms #1 (1-15)

_________- The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry.

• apostrophe

• anecdote

• alliteration

• antagonist

Ambiguity

• When an author leaves out details/ information or is unclear about an event

• An idea or meaning suggested or associated with a word or thing

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

• The turning point in the plot or the high point of action

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

• Allegory

• Apostrophe

• Aphorism

• Anaphora

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in a poem.

• Apostrophe

• Anaphora

• Aphorism

• Ambiguity

An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing.

• connotation

• denotation

• imagery

• metaphor

The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry.

Ex: Go slow over the road.

• alliteration

• anaphora

• assonance

• syntax

The protagonist's adversary.

• symbol

• blank verse

• allusion

• antagonist

Name for unrhymed iambic pentameter

• syntax

• sonnet

• quatrain

• blank verse

The turning point in the plot or the high point of action.

• rising action

• falling action

• denouement

• climax