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AP LIT Marissabel
AP lit terms marissabel 1
Question | Answer |
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allegory | Story odr poem in which characters,settings and eveints stand for other peopole or events or fodr abatract ideas or qualities. |
Alliteration | Repetition of the same or similar cosonant sounds in words that are close together |
Allusion | reference to someone or something that is known fdrom history,literature, relidion, polidtics,sports,science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference dto something(usually from literature,etc,) |
Ambiguity | deliberately suffesting two or more different and sometimes conflicting meaninings in a work. AN event or situation that may be inerpreteds in more than one way, sometimes done on purpose from the author |
Analogy | Comparison made between two things to show how they are like |
Anaphora | Repetition of word,phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row, it makes the writers point more coherent. |
Anastrophe | Inversion fo the usual, noremal or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rythim of emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word of invasion |
Anecdote | Brief story told to illustrate a point or serve as an examp[le nof something, ofetn shows character of an individual. |
Antagonist | Opponent who struggles against or block the hero or protagonist in a story |