AP English Vocab


alliteration


recurrence of initial constant sound for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry


consonance


when the same consonant sound occurs within words in a sentence or line or poetry


assonance


deliberate repetition of vowel sounds for poetic effect in a sentence or line of poetry


1st person


using personal experience to tell as story


2nd person


addressing a group as a whole, and when giving commands or directions


3rd person limited


the telling of a text from one perspective that is inclusive to that entity's personal feeling, only, unless others' emotions are personally experienced by this narrator


3rd person omniscent


can read all minds and travel to any moment or place in the plot


protagonist


character who mainly deals with the conflict


antagonist


force causing the conflict


irony


unexpected events


situational irony


when the end of a text differs from what is expected


dramatic irony


when the audience knows secrets other characters do not


verbal irony


when what is said is the opposite of what is meant


socratic irony


acting stupid on purpose to draw out information


conflict


the force other characters contend with


external conflict


outside force that acts upon characters


internal conflict


emotional struggle within a character


conflict types


person vs. personperson vs. selfperson vs. societyperson vs. natureperson vs. technologyperson vs. machine


imagery


sensory language


metaphor


a direct comparsion not using "like" or "as"


personification


giving non-human things human characteristics


characterization


techniques to make characters come alive


setting


time and place


audience


intended recipients


speaker


voice of the poem


meter


the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables


tone


the way the author feels about the topic and the audience


flashback


a break in the plot to go back in time to teach about important information


syntax


structure of a sentence, also regarding figurative language, style and formal or informal language


structure


the way information is organized in a text


form


the way the text is displayed on the page


theme


the lesson about life and human nature that the author wants the reader to learn


mood


the way the words make the readers feel


diction


word choice regarding the formality of language, figurative language and audience


foreshadow


a hint to future events


exposition


point or a text when the characters, setting, and conflict is introduced


rising action


when conflict intensifies


climax


when the conflict is confirned


falling action


fixing the effects of the climaxing conflict


resolution


how the text ends


symbolism


when an object represents more than its dictionary definition


dialogue


conversation between characters