AP Lit Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 3. story in which each aspect has a symbolic meaning
  2. 5. pretentious exaggeratedly learned language
  3. 7. repetition of initial consonant sounds
  4. 11. use of deliberately old-fashioned language
  5. 14. exaggeration or deliberate overstatement
  6. 16. a reference to another work or famous figure
  7. 17. a word's literal meaning
  8. 19. a comparison
  9. 21. the repeated use of consonant sounds within words
  10. 22. main idea of the overall work
  11. 24. the author’s choice of words (also known as syntax)
  12. 26. a word's implied or suggested meaning
Down
  1. 1. a phrase composed of opposites, a contradiction
  2. 2. when an object represents an idea
  3. 4. the repeated use of vowel sounds
  4. 6. using deliberately harsh, awkward sounds
  5. 8. when sounds blend harmoniously
  6. 9. a trait or characteristic
  7. 10. exposes common character flaws to the cold light of humor
  8. 12. when an inanimate object takes on human shape
  9. 13. when inanimate objects are given human characteristics
  10. 15. grating of incompatible sounds
  11. 18. a satire
  12. 20. a short narrative
  13. 23. stressed portion of a word (in poetry)
  14. 25. an insinuation that goes against the literal meaning of the words