LITERATURE EXAM AP/IB

OLGCHS

45793015	Irony	the contrast between expectation and reality
45793016	verbal irony	contrast between what is said and what is meant
45793017	situational irony	when what occurs is different from what is expected to occur
45793018	Dramatic Irony	When the reader knows something the character does not
45793019	Satire	a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly to bring about social reform
45793020	Sarcasm	a kind of particular cutting irony, in which praise is used taunting to indicate its opposite in meaning
45793021	Rhetoric	principals of writing: effectively, eloquently, and persuasively
45793022	Rhetorical appeals	persuasive devices by which a writer tries to sway an audience's response to a work
45793023	Ethos	Persuasion by credentials. Establishes credibility with the speaker
45793024	Pathos	Persuasion by appeal to Emotion. or interests to arouse sympathy and gain support for an argument
45793025	Logos	appeal by logic and reason. Using evidence to support the answer and lead to a conclusion
45793026	Tragedy	a literary work depicting serious events in which the main character who is often high-ranked and dignified, comes to an unhappy end; opposite of a comedy, which ends happily
45793027	Paradox	an apparent contradiction that on closer inspection is actually true
45793028	Imagery	language that appeals to the senses
45793029	Motif	person, place, thing, or idea that recurs throughout a work
45793030	Theme	the central Idea within a story
45793031	Diction	the language style of the writer, choice of words
45793032	connotation	all of the meanings, associations, or emotions a word suggests
45793033	Denotation	literal definition of a word
45793034	Allegory	a story in which the characters, setting, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts
45793035	Aside	private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience or to another character and that are not supposed to be overheard by others onstage
45793036	Epic	a narrative poem that contains a larger than life hero who embodies the values of a particular society
45793037	Foil	a character who sets off another character by strong contrast
45793038	Soliloquy	a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or interests