AP Lit Terms

"The skin of her hands gathered at the knuckles, creating pinched peaks of sun-spotted leather" is an example of what kind of characterization?

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

supporting characters who, while they may not be crucial to the plot, appear often in the work

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• static

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

characters often stand in direct comparison to the protagonist to emphasize their differences

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A work's underlying issues or ideas with regard to some aspect of life

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The organization of a work. The arrangement of parts in a text.

• Structure

• Characterization

• Setting

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What what is said is NOT what is meant, it is

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

When truly unexpected events occur it is

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When readers know more than characters in a text it is called

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character.

• protagonist

• foil

• nemesis

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

is a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas.

• metonmyy

• Zeugma

• synecdoche

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3