Week 2 vocabulary ap lit

Volta

Anaphora

Superfluous

Chorus

Paradox

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Transient

Apostrophe

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

Chiche

a worn-out idea or overused expression

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Syntax

Abstinence