Pre-AP TEOC Review

A struggle within the character's mind

To prove incorrect

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

An idea or feeling that a word invokes

The central idea of a work of literature - what the author wants the reader to take away from the text

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "I," "me," and "we"

Someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she sees it unfold

An article giving opinions or perspectives

Appeals that focus on expert testimony and the author's credibility

The character or force in conflict with the main character

A short personal story/account of an event

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

Appeals based on logic or reason using graphs, charts, facts, statistics, etc.

Introductory remarks in a speech, play, or literary work, an introductory action

All-knowing

A struggle between a character and an outside force

This character does not change from the beginning of the story to the end

What is the public identity of a character that is shown to the outside world?

The attitude the writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character- the way their voice comes across in a text

A character who acts as a contrast to another character

An absurd event; or a play containing insane, ludicrous events

A word that imitates the sound it represents

Irony involving a situation in which action have an effect that is opposite from what was intended

A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myths

The placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons and contrasts

Which clause can stand alone as a sentence

A statement that says less than what is meant

A recurring theme, subject, or idea in a literary work

This character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background

Similarity of structure in a pair or series or related words, phrases, or clauses

A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of the story

The narrator tells the story using pronouns like "you," "your," and "yours" to address the reader or listener directly

The beginning part of a plot where the setting and characters are introduced

A false or mistaken idea

An indirect, less offensive way to say something that is unpleasant

What is a literary work that ridicules or makes fun of something to bring attention to it?

To describe in great detail

The dictionary definition of a word

An extreme exaggeration

Scene that interrupts the normal, chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened earlier

A humorous play on words

The focus statement of an essay; usually found at the end of the first paragraph

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and devices

The main character of the story

Something ancient or old fashioned

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

Appeal to emotion

A part of the plot that jumps ahead in time and returns to the present

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Another word for denouement (or end of story)

A narrative device that hints at coming events; builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

A figure of speech in which what is said is opposite of what is meant

When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or, typically a moral or political one

The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story towards the climax