Mr. Allen — AP English - Literary Terms

Abstract Ad hominem Adage Allegory Alliteration Allusion Ambiguity Amplification Anachronism Anagram Analogy Anaphora Anastrophe Anecdote Animism Annotation Antagonist Antecedent Anthropomorphism Antithesis Aphorism Apostrophe/Authorial Intrusion Apollonian Arch Archetype Assonance Asyndeton Bard Bathos Belle-lettres Bibliography Bibliomancy Bildungsroman Bombast Burlesque Cacophony Caesura Canon Caricature Carpe diem Characterization Chiasmus Circumlocution Classic Classical, classicism Clause, independent clauses, dependent clauses Climax Comparison and contrast Conceit Concrete detail Conflict Connotation Consonance Critique Cynic Deductive reasoning Denotation Dénouement Descriptive detail Deus ex Machina Diction Didactic Digression Dionysian Doppelganger Dramatic irony Ekphrastic Elegy Ellipsis Elliptical construction Empathy Emulation Epic Epigram Epilogue Epithet Eponymous Euphemism Euphony Exegesis Exposé Exposition Explication Extended metaphor Fable Fallacy, fallacious reasoning Fantasy Farce Faulty Parallelism Figure of speech, figurative language Flashback Foil Foreshadowing Frame Genre Harangue Homily Hubris Humanism Hyperbaton Hyperbole Idyll Image Imagery Indirect quotation Inductive reasoning Inference Internal Rhyme Invective Inversion Irony Juxtaposition Kenning Lampoon Litotes Loose sentence Lyrical prose Malapropism Maxim Melodrama Metaphor, extended metaphor Metaphorical allusion Metaphysical Metonymy Middle English Mock epic Mock solemnity Mode Montage Mood, indicative mood, subjunctive mood, imperative mood Moral Motif Muse Myth Narrative Naturalism Non sequitur Negative Capability Nemesis Objective Ode Old English Omniscient narrator Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Parable Paradox Parallel structure Parody Paraphrase Pastoral Pathetic fallacy Pathos Pedantic Periphrasis Periodic Structure Persona Personification Plot Plot line Point of View, internal POV, external POV Polysyndeton Portmanteau Predicate Prologue Prose Prose poem Proverb Pseudonym Pulp fiction Pun Realism Rebuttal, refutation Reiteration Repetition Retraction Rhetoric Rhetorical mode: exposition, argumentation, description, narration Rhetorical question Rhetorical stance Rhyme Scheme Rhyme Rhythm Romance Sarcasm Satire Sentence structure, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence Sentiment Sentimental Setting Simile Spoonerism Stanza Stream of Consciousness Style Stylistic devices Subject compliment Subjective Subtext Syllepsis Syllogism Symbol Symbolism Synecdoche Synesthesia Syntax Theme Thesis Tone Tragedy Transition Trope Understatement Verbal irony Verisimilitude Verse Voice, active voice, passive voice Whimsy Wit