AP English

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

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