Literary devices and terms tested on AP English Language and Literature.
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- Alliteration
- Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words
- Allusion
- An indirect reference to another work, person, or event
- Ambiguity
- The quality of having more than one possible meaning
- Analogy
- A comparison between two different things used to explain or clarify
- Anaphora
- Repetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences
- Antithesis
- Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in a balanced, parallel structure
- Apostrophe
- Directly addressing someone absent or something nonhuman as if present
- Assonance
- Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
- Cacophony
- A harsh, discordant combination of sounds
- Characterization
- The method an author uses to develop and reveal a character's traits
- Climax
- The moment of highest tension or the turning point in a narrative
- Colloquial diction
- Informal, conversational language appropriate to everyday speech
- Connotation
- The emotional or cultural associations of a word beyond its dictionary definition
- Denotation
- The literal, dictionary definition of a word
- Diction
- An author's choice and use of words to create tone, voice, and style