Honors English AP Lit terms

Allegory

A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

Ambiguity

The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

anachronism

a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.