AP Lit Terms Review

a character talks to him/herself or reveals his/her thoughts without addressing a listener.

A brief statement which expresses an observation o­n life and is usually a wise observation

A far-fetched, extended metaphor

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

"and that government of the people, by the people, for the people.." is an example of:

A pithy, sometimes satiric couplet or quatrain

recurrent image or phrase, represented object or action that tends to unify the literary work

an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters.

An unrealistic or unexpected intervention to rescue the protagonists or resolve the conflict

Containing two or more meanings...

The emotional implications and associations that words may carry

a villain who has a particular interest in defeating a hero

Jumbo shrimp

"wheels" for automobile or "society" for high society

This device includes a story within a story. Mary Shelley used it with Frankenstein.

the hidden meaning lying behind the overt

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are..." is an example of:

"She kicked and screamed and shouted and ranted until she felt better."

"Raining cats and dogs" is an example of:

Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

"You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may..." is an example of:

"She packed everything: clothes, dishes, ice-cube trays, shoes, the cat."

"Odysseus, man of twists and turns and leader of armies..." is an example of:

a character in a drama makes a short speech heard by the audience but not other characters

"He can dance a beautiful flamingo."

favors feeling over reason and relies on nature to teach

"He's not unattractive" is an example of:

This is the BEST literary device in the world, EVER!

A figure of speech in which a word represents something else which it suggests. "Wall Street"