AP Language: Satire Vocabulary Flashcards

6490188478	Hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or to produce a comic or iconic effect; overstatement to make a point; exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally	0
6490188479	Exaggeration	a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is	1
6490190253	Distortion	a literary device that twists, exaggerates or distorts a meaning by stressing a critical meaning. This creates a meaning that's extremely different from the original.	2
6490190254	Reversal	stating the opposite of a normal, known order; similar to irony	3
6490191866	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important that it actually is	4
6490191867	Invective	insulting, abusive, or highly critical language	5
6490191868	Diatribe	a forceful and bitter attack against someone or something; bitter and abusive speech or writing	6
6490193334	Pun	a play on words that are either identical in sound (homonyms) or similar in sound with diverse meanings; a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound like but have different meanings	7
6490193335	Malapropism	the act of misusing words of similar sounds; the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect	8
6490194813	Incongruity	the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent; the state of being out of place	9
6490194814	Parody	an exaggerated imitation of a piece of work for comedic effect; an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect	10
6490194815	Allegory	a piece of writing that contains a hidden message or meaning within it; a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one	11
6490199287	Irony	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphasis	12
6490199288	Paradox	a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparent sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory	13
6490199289	Antithesis	a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other	14
6490201103	Colloquialism	a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation; the use of ordinary or familiar words or phrases	15
6490202475	Anticlimax	a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events	16
6490203483	Obscenity	the state or quality of being obscene (offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency); an extremely offensive word or expression	17
6490205218	Violence	behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something; the strength of emotion or an unpleasant or destructive natural force	18
6490205219	Vividness	producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind	19