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AP ENGLISH TERMS #1
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11th Grade
09/19/2011

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ALLEGORY

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THE DEVICE OF USING CHARACTER AND/OR STORY ELEMENTS SYMBOLICALLY TO REPRESENT AND ABSTACTION IN ADDITION TO THE LITERAL MEANING

 

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ALITERATION
Definition
THE REPETITION OF SOUNDS, ESPECIALLY INITIAL CONSONANT SOUNDS IN TWO OR MORE NEIGHBORING WORDS
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ALLUSION
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A DIRECT OR INDIRECT REFERENCE TO SOMETHING WHICH IS PRESUMABLY COMMONLY KNOWN, SUCH AS AN EVENT, BOOK, MYTH
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AMBIGUITY
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THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS, EITHER INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, OF A WORD, PHRASE, SENTENCE OF PASSAGE
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ANALOGY
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A SIMILARITY OR COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS OR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM
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ANTECEDENT
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THE WORD,PHRASE,OR CLAUSE REFERRED TO BY A PRONOUN
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APHORISM
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A TERSE STATEMENT OF KNOWN AUTHORSHIP WHICH EXPRESSES A GENERAL TRUTH OR A MORAL PRINCIPLE.
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APOSTROPHE
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A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES AN ABSENT OR IMAGINARY PERSON OR A PERSONIFIED ABSTACTION, SUCH AS LIBERTY OR LOVE
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ATMOSPHERE
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THE EMOTIONAL NOD CREATED BY THE ENTIRETY OF A LITERARY WORK, ESTABLISHED PARTLY BY THE SETTING AND PARTLY BY THE AUTHOR'S CHOICE OF OBJECTS THAT ARE DESCRIBED
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CLAUSE
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A GRAMMATICAL UNIT THAT CONTAINS BOTH A SUBJECT AND A VERB
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COLLOQUIAL
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THE USE OF SLANG OR INFORMALITIES IN SPEECH OR WRITING
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CONCEIT
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A FANCIFUL EXPRESSION,USUALLY IN THE FORM OF AN EXTENDED METAPHOR OR SURPRISING ANALOGY BETWEEN SEEMINGLY DISSIMILAR OBJECTS
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CONNOTATION
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THE NONLITERAL, ASSOCIATIVE MEANING OF A WORD(THE IMPLIED, SUGGESTED MEANING)
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