This is a beginning list of literary devices that it will be helpful to be able to recognize and use in AP English.  Over time, I hope to add additional pages which further explain or clarify the terms below.  However, you may also visit this website for definitions and examples of these terms and many others, which was provided by another AP teacher, Carter Hammond.  (Thanks to Radu Pop for finding this helpful link.) 

*These terms are "Tropes" in which the meaning is altered from the usual or expected.