Sophomores Literary Terms

Before you enter AP Literature OR Language, you must know these terms:

1. allegory
2. alliteration
3. allusion
4. ambiguity
5. analogy
6. anecdote
7. antagonist
8. argument
9. assertion
10. assumption
11. atmosphere/mood
12. bias
13. claim
14. concession
15. connotation
16. counterargument
17. denotation
18. description
19. dialogue
20. diction
21. epilogue
22. ethos
23. exposition
24. foil
25. formal
26. hero
27. hyperbole
28. imagery
29. informal
30. logos
31. metaphor
32. monologue
33. narration
34. onomatopoeia
35. oxymoron
36. pathos
37. personification
38. persuasion
39. point of view
40. protagonist
41. pun
42. simile
43. symbol
44. theme/purpose/message
45. thesis
46. tone
47. understatement
48. villain
49. voice