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?

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

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• static

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

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

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• theme

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

• Structure

• Characterization

• Setting

• Foreshadowing

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

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

When truly unexpected events occur it is

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

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

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