AP Literature Terms- #3 Flashcards

8003476567	Irony- dramatic	a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character	0
8003476568	Irony- situational	a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected	1
8003478519	Irony- verbal	words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean	2
8003478520	Juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect	3
8003478627	Leitmotif	a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation	4
8003481039	Litotes	ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad)	5
8003481040	Metaphor- direct	a figure of speech that refers, for rhetorical effect, to one thing by mentioning another thing	6
8003483369	Metaphor- extended	is when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tenors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story	7
8003483370	Metaphor- implied	a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things, but it does so without mentioning one of them. Instead, it implies the comparison by using a word or phrase that describes the unmentioned term	8
8003483371	Metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing	9
8003485963	Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle)	10
8003485964	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true )	11
8003485965	Paradox	a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true	12