AP Literature Flashcards
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| 4951650720 | loose sentence | is a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases. ex: "Bells rang, filling the air with their clangor, startling pigeons into flight from every belfry, bringing people into the streets to hear the news." (From the English Reviewer) | 0 | |
| 4951690956 | periodic sentence | In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued. has the main clause or predicate at the end. (only makes sense at the end) | 1 | |
| 4951831105 | metonymy | something associated with | 2 | |
| 4951955652 | paradox | a statement that can be true and false at the same time (not just two words) (also has a meaning) | 3 | |
| 4951955653 | oxymoron | seemingly in contradiction with each other (bittersweet chocolate) | 4 | |
| 4952091358 | meoisis | irony which delibertes something as much less thn it is | 5 |