AP English Terms List WEEK 1 allegory alliteration allusion ambiguity analogy anaphora anastrophe anecdote antagonist antecedent apostrophe archetype assonance atmosphere autobiography ballad/ballad meter bildungsroman biography blank verse breve cacophony caesura carpe diem choice of details

WEEK 2 clause cliché climax colloquialism comedy conceit conflict connotation convention dactyl denotation denouement devices of sound dialect dialogue diction didactic digression diphthong dramatic irony elegy (elegiac) elision (and its purpose) ellipsis end-stopped line WEEK 3 enjambment epic epigram epigraph epilogue epiphany euphemism exposition eye rhyme fable falling action feminine rhyme figurative language flashback flat character foreshadowing free verse genre hamartia heroic couplet hexameter hyperbole iamb ictus

WEEK 4 imagery imperative verb in medias res internal rhyme irony jargon kenning limited omniscient literal litotes lyric verse masculine rhyme metonymy modify meter monologue myth narrative (ask about 8 elements) nom de plume octave omniscient onomatopoeia oxymoron parable WEEK 5 paradox parallelism parody pastoral pathetic fallacy pentameter persona personification Petrarch/Petrarchan sonnet picaresque point of view prologue prose pun pyrrhic foot quatrain quintain resolution rhetoric rhetorical question rhyme royal rising action satire scansion

WEEK 6 scheme simile soliloquy sonnet spondee stanza static character stereotype style syllepsis syllogism symbol synecdoche syntax tercet tetrameter tone tragedy trope unreliable narrator vers libre villanelle volta zeugma