JJ AP Lit terms preview

motif

– the outcome or resolution of a plot

pedantic

the audience know what is going to happen but the character does not

“The White House released a press report."- substitutes subject for something related to it

APHORISM

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."

a scene that interrupts the action to show an event that happened earlier

"Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew”

What is an allegory?

directly speaking to an absent or dead person something inanimate or nonhuman

ASSONANCE

literary form that ridicules, mocking, imitates for humor

What is an allusion?

a descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something, i.e. "Breeder of Sinners"

colloquial

APOSTROPHE

the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

FOOT

When exact opposite of what is expected is what occurs.

character who sets off another character by contrast

the point in a story where the plot has reached a breaking point

the everyday spoken language of people in a particular locality

poetic form with 3 quatrains, a couplet, a tone shift (volta), often about complicated emotions

DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

"From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells..." Poe

hyperbole

a recurring feature (such as a name, an image,or a phrase) in a work of literature.

"But soft- what light through yonder window breaks?" is an example of...

grotesque, gloomy settings and mysterious, violent, or supernatural events create suspense