AP Review Part III

intentional exaggeration to create an effect

• personification

• hyperbole

• allusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses

• allusion

• paradox

• oxymoron

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs

• exposition

• summation

• irony

• denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a direct comparison of two different things

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the emotional atmosphere of a work

• mood

• tone

• paradigm

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works

• metonymy

• syndeton

• motif

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events

• epic

• myth

• narrative

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds

• oxymoron

• parallelism

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined

• paradox

• allegory

• imagery

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson

• fable

• allegory

• parable

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10