AP Lit Terms

prose or poetic narrative in which the character, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance

sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually heard in closely proximate stressed syllables

reference to a literary or history event, person, or place

• a metical foot in poetry that sonsists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed
• Example: "Twas the night before christmas and all through the house/ not a creature was stirring not even a mouse"

regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses

brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature

any force that is in opposition to the main character/protagonist

the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas

address or invocation to something that is inanimate, such as an angry lover who might scream at the ocean in his or her despair

recurrent designs, patterns of action, character types, themes, or images which are identifiable in a wide range of literature

a repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually those found in stressed syllables of close proximity

a style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing a fast-paced, more rapid prose

the sense expressed by the tone of voice and/or the mood of a piece of writing

a narrative poem that is, or originally was, meant to be sung; characterized by repetition and refrain

a common stanza form, consisting of a quatrain (4 lines) that alternates four-beat and three-beat lines