AP English
Across
- 2. to restrict or limit in meaning
- 7. the precise, explicit meaning
- 8. a form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them
- 10. a story in which the people, things, and events have another extended, frequently abstract, meaning
- 11. the background of a story
- 15. a figure of speech utilizing indirection to avoid offensive bluntness, such as "deceased" for "dead"
- 17. a figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human characteristics
- 22. the inclusion of material unrelated to the actual subject of a work
- 23. the specialized language of a profession or group
- 24. the disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character
- 26. the theme, meaning, or position that a writer endeavors to prove or support
- 27. a conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea
- 28. a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as," "like," or "than"
- 30. a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work
- 31. a line containing 6 feet
- 33. Sentence a sentence that becomes grammatically complete only at the end
- 34. deliberate exaggeration, overstatement
- 36. a repeated grouping of 3 or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme
Down
- 1. something that is simultaneous itself and also a sign of something else
- 3. the repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words
- 4. the use of words whose very sound suggest their actual meaning; ex: buzz, hiss, and honk
- 5. characterized by distortions or incongruities
- 6. a combination or juxtaposition of opposites; a union of contradictory terms
- 9. a group of words containing a subject and its verb that may or may not form a complete sentence
- 12. the structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence
- 13. a line of 4 feet
- 14. a quality of some fictional narrators in whose word the reader can place his trust
- 16. a pithy saying, often employing contrast
- 18. the main thought expressed by a work
- 19. a line containing 5 feet
- 20. the images created by a literary work
- 21. a poem written in iambic pentameter, normally composed of 14 lines
- 25. the individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story
- 27. the arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole
- 29. word choice
- 32. multiple meanings that a literary work may communicate, especially when two meanings are incompatible
- 35. a story designed to suggest a principle, to illustrate a moral, or to answer a question