Mr. Allen’s “AP English - Literary Terms” lyrics

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[A]

Abstract
Ad hominem
Adage
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Ambiguity
Amplification
Anachronism
Anagram
Analogy
Anaphora
Anastrophe
Anecdote
Animism
Annotation
Antagonist
Antecedent
Anthropomorphism
Antithesis
Aphorism
Apostrophe/Authorial Intrusion
Apollonian
Arch
Archetype
Assonance
Asyndeton

[B]

Bard
Bathos
Belle-lettres
Bibliography
Bibliomancy
Bildungsroman
Bombast
Burlesque

[C]

Cacophony
Caesura
Canon
Caricature
Carpe diem
Characterization
Chiasmus
Circ*mlocution
Classic
Classical, classicism
Clause, independent clauses, dependent clauses
Climax
Comparison and contrast
Conceit
Concrete detail
Conflict
Connotation
Consonance
Critique
Cynic

[D]

Deductive reasoning
Denotation
Dénouement
Descriptive detail
Deus ex Machina
Diction
Didactic
Digression
Dionysian
Doppelganger
Dramatic irony

[E]

Ekphrastic
Elegy
Ellipsis
Elliptical construction
Empathy
Emulation
Enumeration
Epanalepsis
Epic
Epigram
Epilogue
Epistrophe
Epithet
Eponymous
Euphemism
Euphony
Exegesis
Exposé
Exposition
Explication
Extended metaphor

[F]

Fable
Fallacy, fallacious reasoning
Fantasy
Farce
Faulty Parallelism
Figure of speech, figurative language
Flashback
Foil
Foreshadowing
Frame

[G]

Genre

[H]

Harangue
Homily
Hubris
Humanism
Hyperbaton
Hyperbole

[I]

Iambic Pentameter
Idyll
Image
Imagery
Indirect quotation
Inductive reasoning
Inference
Internal Rhyme
Invective
Inversion
Irony

[J]

Juxtaposition

[K]

Kenning

[L]

Lampoon
Litotes
Loose sentence
Lyrical prose

[M]

Malapropism
Maxim
Melodrama
Metaphor, extended metaphor
Metaphorical allusion
Metaphysical
Metonymy
Middle English
Mock epic
Mock solemnity
Mode
Montage
Mood, indicative mood, subjunctive mood, imperative mood
Moral
Motif
Muse
Myth

[N]

Narrative
Naturalism
Non sequitur
Negative Capability
Nemesis

[O]

Objective
Ode
Old English
Omniscient narrator
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

[P]

Parable
Paradox
Parallel structure
Parody
Paraphrase
Pastoral
Pathetic fallacy
Pathos
Pedantic
Periphrasis
Periodic Structure
Persona
Personification
Plot
Plot line
Point of View, internal POV, external POV
Polysyndeton
Portmanteau
Predicate
Prologue
Prose
Prose poem
Proverb
Pseudonym
Pulp fiction
Pun

[Q]

[R]

Realism
Rebuttal, refutation
Reiteration
Repetition
Retraction
Rhetoric
Rhetorical mode: exposition, argumentation, description, narration
Rhetorical question
Rhetorical stance
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme
Rhythm
Romance

[S]

Sarcasm
Satire
Sentence structure, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence
Sentiment
Sentimental
Setting
Simile
Spoonerism
Stanza
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Stylistic devices
Subject compliment
Subjective
Subtext
Syllepsis
Syllogism
Symbol
Symbolism
Synecdoche
Synesthesia
Syntax

[T]

Theme
Thesis
Tone
Tragedy
Transition
Trochee (trochaic)
Trope

[U]

Understatement

[V]

Verbal irony
Verisimilitude
Verse
Voice, active voice, passive voice

[W]

Whimsy
Wit

[X]

[Y]

[Z]

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