AP English Literary Terms

alliteration

assonance

consonance

cacophony

euphony

onomatopoeia

allegory

apostrophe

dramatic monologue

elegy

sonnet

connotation

denotation

diction

syntax

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

caesura

couplet

enjambment

feminine rhyme

free verse

internal rhyme

meter

refrain

rhyme

rhythm

stanza

structure

allusion

anaphora

archetype

conceit

hyperbole

imagery

irony

metaphor

metonymy

mood

oxymoron

pace

paradox

parallelism

persona

personification

simile

style

symbolism

synecdoche

theme

central idea

tone

understatement