AP Lit Terms Q1

Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X, Y, and Z... the writer uses X,Y,Z....

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

• understatement

• chiasmus

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a series. Instead of X, Y, and Z... results in X and Y and Z...

• chiasmus

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

a statement that says less than what is meant.

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

• understatement

• asyndeton

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point

• synecdoche

• hyperbole

• chiasmus

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect.

• understatement

• hyperbole

• anaphora

• synecdoche

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.

• synecdoche

• anaphora

• chiasmus

• zeugma

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.

• zeugma

• verisimilitude

• zeitgeist

• archetype

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the appearance of being real or true

• zeugma

• archetype

• verisimilitude

• synecdoche

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

the intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time

• zeitgeist

• archetype

• chiasmus

• foil

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence

• colloquialism

• zeugma

• synecdoche

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4