11995861676 | 3rd person limited | the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | 0 | |
11995861677 | Amplification | involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over | 1 | |
11995861678 | Aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | 2 | |
11995861679 | bibliomancy | foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, especially the Bible. | 3 | |
11995861680 | Diacope | Repetition broken up by one or more intervening words | 4 | |
11995861681 | Hypophora | a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question | 5 | |
11995861682 | Parable | (n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson | 6 | |
11995861683 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 7 | |
11995861684 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 8 | |
11995861685 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 9 | |
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AP Literature Terms #4 Flashcards
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