Literary Devices 1
Literary History
Literary Devices 2
AP Skills and Literary Elements
Wild Card
100
An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, theme or work made to enrich meaning through the connotations they carry.
What is an allusion?
100
Elizabethan poet and playwright who wrote at least 37 plays and helped found the Lord Chamberlain's men.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100

A character who contrasts with another character, typically, a character who contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist.

What is a foil character?

100

The details that not only depict a time and place, but also convey values associated with that environment. 

What is setting?

100

The pairing two ideas/things in your analysis that usually connects to relationships among characters. 

What is complexity? 

200

The particular details that an author or speaker chooses to include in their work or to emphasize in a speech.

What is what is selection of details?

200

Late nineteenth century American author who broke barriers in women's literature because of her unconventional views on marriage/married life. 

Hint: The author of "Story of an Hour"

Who is Kate Chopin?

200

A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

What is a motif?

200
The statement of the position taken by someone expostulating on a particular topic with the intent of proving that position plausible or correct.
What is a thesis?
200

The arrangement of the parts and sections of a text, the relationship of the parts to each other, and the sequence in which the text reveals information and  contribute to the reader's interpretation of a text. 

What is structure?

300

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

What is juxtaposition?

300

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300

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300

Comparisons, representation, and associations shift meaning from the literal to the figurative and invite readers to interpret a text. 

What is the function of figurative language?

300
The arrangement and interrelation of events in a narrative work.
What is a plot?
400
A statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon closer examination, may express an underlying truth.
What is a paradox?
400

The author of Death of a Salesman.

Who is Arthur Miller?

400

A rhetorical device in which a word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases.

What is anaphora?

400

Readers establish and communicate their interpretations of literature through arguments supported by textual evidence. 

What is Literary Argumentation?

400

What is the date of the 2024 AP Literature examination?

May 8th

500
Something that, although it is of interest in its own right, stands for or suggests something larger and more complex.
What is a symbol?
500

An Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner was a critical and commercial success.

What is Khaled Hosseini?

500

A moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of, something that is very important to you

What is epiphany?

500

The details that reveal something about perspectives, motives, values, and intent of characters. 

What is characterization?

500

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