AP Literature Lit Terms #8 Flashcards

8679365912	Metonomy	Substituting a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it. EX. Pay tribute to the crown; figure of speech in which the word represents something else which it suggests. For example in a herd of fifty cows, the herd might be refereed to as fifty head of cattle. The word "head" is the word representing herd.	0
8679384986	Microcosm	A small "word" that stands for the larger one: In The Lord of the Flies, the island is representative of the worlds political realm; in One Flew... Cuckoo's Nest, the hospital is representative of totalitarian authority and or technical control.	1
8679396219	Narritve	A story.	2
8679397225	Narrative Pacing	The way a story moves: quickly because of piled up conjunctions and long sentences, or slowly, perhaps because of fragments, short sentences, repetition or punctuation.	3
8679428090	Narrator	Speaker or persona, the one who tells the story.	4
8679431954	Ode	A long, formal lyrical poem with a serious theme; a form of lyrical poetry using elaborate, sophisticated vocabulary in iambic pentameter. It usually focuses on a single person or object. Ex: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" - the poet is talking to a piece of pottery in a museum.	5
8679477964	Onomatopeia	The use of the word to represent or to imitate natural sounds. EX: sizzle, buzz, pop, hiss.	6
8679483339	Oxymoron	Techniques used to produce an effect by a seeming self-contradiction. EX: cruel kindness, make haste slowly.	7
8679489795	Parable	A short story to prove a point with a moral basis (New Testament stories by Christ)	8
8679493182	Paradox	A statement which contains seemingly contradictory elements or appears contrary to common sense, yet can be seen as perhaps true when viewed from another angle, such as Alexander Pope's statement that a literary critic would "damn that paint praise"	9