ap literary devices and terms
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AP Literary Devices and Terms. Awwwwwwwwwwww yeah!. Hint: An oxymoron isn’t Savona . ALLEGORY. DEFINITION: story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. EXAMPLES: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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AP Literary Devices and TermsAwwwwwwwwwwww yeah!
Hint: An oxymoron isn’t Savona
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ALLEGORY
DEFINITION:• story or poem in which characters, settings,
and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
EXAMPLES: • Animal Farm; Dante’s Inferno; Lord of the Flies
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Examples of Allegories…
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ALLITERATION
DEFINITION:• repetition of the same or similar consonant
sounds in words that are close together. EXAMPLE: Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow Alphabetical Slaughter- Papoosehttp://jilldimitriou.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/assonance-in-hip-hop-and-literary-giants/
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ALLUSION
DEFINITION:• reference to someone or something that is
known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.)
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How many band names can you recognize?
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ANAPHORA
DEFINITION:• 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 more coherent.
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Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream”
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ANASTROPHEDEFINITION:• Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of
a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion
• Comes from the Greek word meaning "to turn upside-down“• AKA “Yoda syntax” or Yogi Berra quotes
EXAMPLE: “I have good relations with the wookies”ANASTROPHE: “Good relations with the Wookies, I have.”
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Yoda Anastrophe
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ANTECEDENTDEFINITION:• A word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP language exam
occasionally asks for the antecedent of a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences.
EXAMPLE:• The dirty dishes continued to pile up. It caused lots of problems between the
roommates, and they eventually got into a .
• The antecedent of “it” is...? • Answer: “dirty dishes”
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ANTIHERO
DEFINITION:• Central character who lacks all
the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. May lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples.
EXAMPLES:• Jay Gatsby, Victor Frankenstein,
Severus Snape, House, etc.
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ANTHROPOMORPHISM • attributing human characteristics to an animal
or inanimate object (Personification)
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APHORISM DEFINITION:• A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a
wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth. Also called maxim, epigram, proverb.
• AKA --- fortune cookies
EXAMPLES: Ben Franklin• Early to bed and early to rise,
makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.• An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.
Alfred Tennyson• 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to
have loved at all.
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APOSTROPHE
DEFINITION:• A figure of speech that directly addresses an
absent or imaginary person or a personified idea such as liberty or love.
• It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer.
EXAMPLE:• Yelling at the TV while watching a game