AP Multiple Choice often ask you to know the following:
AP IV Terms Antithesis Aphorism allegory Apostrophe Alliteration Archetype Aside Assonance Attitude aubade allegory Alliteration Allusion Ambiguity Anachronism Analogy Anapest Anecdote Antagonist Antecedent Anticlimax antihero
Ballad Blank verse Cacophony Carpe diem Catharsis Chiasmus climax Colloquial Comic relief Conceit Connotation Consonance couplet Dactyl Denotation Denouement Deus ex machina dialogue Diction Didactic elegy Enjambment epic Epigram Epigraph Epiphany Epistolary novel ethos exposition euphemism
Euphony Farce Figurative language First person Flashback Flat character Foil Foreshadowing Free verse Genre Heroic couplet Hubris Hyperbole Iambic pentameter Imagery In media res Interior monologue Internal rhyme Inversion irony Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet juxtaposition Litotes logos Lyric poem
Parody Pastoral Pathos Periodic sentence Personification Point of view Protagonist Pun Quatrain Refrain Repetition resolution Rhetorical question rhyme satire Metaphor Meter Metonymy monologue Myth Narrative poem Near /Slant rhyme omniscient Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Parable Paradox parody parallelism
Sestet Shift Synecdoche Simile Syntax Soliloquy Theme English (Shakespearean) sonnet Stanza Stock character Stream of consciousness Style Symbol Synecdoche Syntax Theme Tone Tragic flaw Segue / transition