Literary Terms
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
"The winds whispered through the trees"
What is personification?
A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet?
Number of essays on the AP lit exam
What is three?
In the great Gatsby, gatsby is mysterious and rich
what is TRASH? (too obvious)
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
what is alliteration?
"Time is a thief"
What is a metaphor?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is meter?
What should you always include in analysis
what is textual evidence?
In Macbeth, ambition leads to consiquences
What is trash? (too vague)
A contrast between expectation and reality
What is irony?
"Deafening silence"
What is an oxymoron?
A pause within a line of poetry
What is a caesura?
The best way to earn sophistication points in an essay
What is complex analysis and interpretation?
In jane Eyre, jane's indepedence challenges victorian gener roles
What is thesis? (arguable and specific)
The main idea or underlying message
What is theme?
"Extreme exaggeration for effect"
What is hyperbole?
When a sentence continues across lines
What is enjambment?
The biggest mistake students make in literary analysis essays
What is summery instead of analysis?
In 1984, winston smith struggles against oppression, showing that resistance is difficult but neccessary
What is thesis? (defensible and meaningful)
A figure of speech where something represents something else
What is symbolism?
"A reference to another known work"
What is allusion?
A poem that morns the dead
what is an elegy?
This connects literary devices to meaning
What is commentary?
In frankenstien, victor frankenstein's pursuit of knowledge without responsibility leads to destruction, suggesting that unchecked ambition can corrupt human morality
What is a thesis? (VERY strong, complex and analytical)