You need to be familiar with (and STUDY!!) these terms. AP Lit Terms You need to be familiar with (and STUDY!!) these terms.
Bell Work 8-24-16 What is a theme? How can you identify a theme from Lord of the Flies?
Genres Ballad Sonnet (Shakespearean and Petrarchan) Poetry Lyric Poetry Short story Novel Novella Prose
More genres… Drama Tragedy Comedy Elegy Free verse Rhymed verse Epic Satire
Terms Allegory Alliteration** Allusion Analogy** Anaphora** Epistrophe** Anecdote Antagonist Protagonist Antithesis** Anthropomorphism Aphorism Apostrophe
More Terms… -Asyndeton** -Polysyndeton** -Characterization (direct and indirect) -Conflict (internal and external) -Connotation -Denotation -Diction -Exposition -Narrative -Figurative language (all types including metonymy and synecdoche)
…More Flashback Foreshadowing Foil characters Imagery Irony (verbal, situational, dramatic) Juxtaposition, Oxymoron, Paradox (and what is the difference??) Satire Local Color Motif Symbol Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) Point of View (1st person, 3rd person—limited and omniscient, stream of consciousness)
A few more!! Theme Tone