World Studies English 10 and AP Literature
Literature Terms
4th Quarter Lit Terms
allegory
alliteration
amplification
anaphora
anastrophe
anthropomorphism
assonance
asyndeton
cacophony
caesura
chiasmus
colloquialism
connotation
consonance
denotation
diacope
dramatic irony
euphemism
euphony
fable
flashback
foil
foreshadowing
hyperbole
hypophora
imagery
juxtaposition
kenning
litotes
metonymy
monologue
motif
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
parable
pathetic fallacy
polysyndeton
simile
situational irony
synecdoche
3rd Quarter Lit Terms
1st person
3rd omniscient
3rd person limited
allegory
amplification
anastrophe
asyndeton
bibliomancy
circumlocution
denotation
diacope
dramatic irony
epilogue
epithet
euphemism
euphony
fable
faulty parallelism
flashback
imagery
internal rhyme
kenning
litotes
malapropism
metonymy
monologue
motif
nemesis
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
parable
pathetic fallacy
polysyndeton
periphrasis
simile
situational irony
spoonerism
synecdoche
synesthesia
verbal irony
2nd Quarter lit terms
analogy
allegory
alliteration
allusion
anagram
anaphora
anthropomorphism
aphorism
aside
assonance
cacophony
caesura
chiasmus
colloquialism
connotation
consonance
diacope
dramatic irony
epilogue
euphemism
euphony
foil
hyperbole
hypophora
imagery
juxtaposition
kenning
litotes
metonymy
paradox
parallelism
portmanteau
prologue
pun
satire
situational irony
soliloquy
symbolism
syntax
verbal irony
1st Quarter Lit Terms
1st person point of view
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
allegory
alliteration
allusion
analogy
anaphora
anthropomorphism
aside
assonance
asyndeton
bibliomancy
chiasmus
colloquialism
connotation
consonance
denotation
epilogue
euphemism
fable
flashback
foreshadowing
hyperbole
imagery
irony
juxtaposition
metonymy
monologue
motif
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
parable
parallelism
polysyndeton
satire
soliloquy
symbolism
synesthesia
syntax
