AP Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. – language that appeals to the five senses
  2. 5. – placing opposites side by side for contrast
  3. 8. – the poet’s attitude toward the subject
  4. 10. – repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (tres tristes Tigres)
  5. 12. – an exaggeration for effect
  6. 13. – comparison using "like" or "as" (you are as fast as the wind)
  7. 14. – word choice
  8. 15. – the time and place in the text
  9. 16. – a recurring image, idea, or symbol that develops a theme
Down
  1. 1. – how the poet reveals a speaker’s traits or identity
  2. 3. – direct comparison between unlike things
  3. 4. – emotional meaning behind a word
  4. 6. – when an image represents a larger idea (e.g. Chameleon is a ______)
  5. 7. – sentence structure
  6. 9. – giving human qualities to nonhuman things
  7. 11. – central idea, the main message or insight about life