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AP Literature Terms - Quiz #6 Flashcards

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8390004174situational ironyan occurence that is contrary to what is expected0
8390007905soliloquya dramatic convention that allows a charcter alone on stage to speak his or her thoughts aloud1
8390012161sonneta fourteen-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, with a varied rhyme scheme2
8390026051stereotypea conventional patter, plot, or setting that possesses little or no individuality, but that they may be used for a purpose3
8390032278stream of consciousnessthe reording or re-creation of a chracter's flow of thought4
8390036278stylethe distinctive handling og language by author5
8390042188symbola person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself6
8390047404synechdochefigure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole7
8390049697synesthesiathe description of one sense using another sense8
8390052355syntaxthe arrangement of words within a sentence9
8390055609themethe main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work10
8390057464tonethe author's attitude toward his or her subject matter and towards the audience11
8390061890understatementfigure of speech that says less than one means12
8390064314verbal ironythe intended meaning of a statement or work is different from what the statement or work literally says13
8390069770verisimilitudea sense of truth and realness to a work14
8390071754villanellepoetic form of five tercets and a final quatrain (19 lines)15
8390090155similea figure of speech involving a comparison of two unlike things using 'lie' or 'as'16

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