AP English Literary Terms

A figure of speech using exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor

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A literary, mythological, or historical reference the author assumes the reader will recognize

"Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Is...

"The singer bowed to the audience, but she sang no encores." This is an example of a...

 Anecdotes, current events, historical info, statistical or literary evidence can be used for a

"Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not." This is an example of...

A "civil war" and "loud whisper" are both examples of...

“To err is human, to forgive divine.” This is an example of...

The omission of conjunctions between phrases in a sentence.

A technique in which the normal order of words is reversed to achieve an effect of emphasis. 

A term in which two opposite ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect.

You list the authors in your thesis for a synthesis essay.

"You must be trippin'" is an example of...

"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France..." is