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AP Literary Terms

acts hubris rhetorical questions


allegory hyperbole sarcasm
alliteration iamb scansion
allusion Imagery scenes
anagnorisis incongruity setting
anapest indirect monologue Shakespearean
antithesis internal rhyme sonnet
archetype irony simile
aside juxtaposition situational irony
assonance literary ballad skene
black comedy low burlesque soliloquy
canon malapropism spenserian sonnet
caricature meditative poem spondee
aatharsis metaphor spoonerism
catharsis metaphysical conceit stasimmon
ceasura meter structure
chorus miracle play style
comedy of manners mock heroic subplot
comic relief monologue of the symbol
connotation villain syntax
conventions morality play terza rima
dactyl mystery play theme
decorum narrative Pace thesis
denotation ode tone
deus ex machina onomatopoeia tragedy
dialogue orchestra tragic flaw
diction ottava rima tragic irony
direct monologue oxymoron trochee
distortion paradox turn
double entendre parallelism understatement
dramatic irony parodos verbal irony
dramatic monologue parody
dramatis personae pastoral
episodia pathos
euphemism pentameter
exodus peripeteia
farce personification
figure of Speech Point of View
foil character prologue
foot pun
genre pyramidal pattern
hamartia quatrain
high burlesque repartee
history play revenge tragedy
hubris rhetorical devices

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