AP lit Flashcards

8359980411	Assonance	repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words, the words must be close enough for the repetition of the sound to be noticeable. Ex; "You only have to let the soft animal of your body / love what it loves."	0
8359990803	Consonance	refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession, such as in "pitter, patter." Ex; She ate seven sandwiches on a sunny Sunday last year.	1
8360001227	Pun	joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings Ex; I build this with my bear hands(its an actual bear).	2
8360009983	Paradox	a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. Ex; "Nobody goes to the restaurant because it's too crowded."	3
8360022593	Antithesis	means opposite and is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together. This emphasizes the difference between the two ideas Ex: Snow White and the Wicked Witch in Snow White Dumbledore and Voldemort in Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling Aslan and White Witch in The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis	4
8360031819	Metonymy-	a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated Ex: The pen is mightier than the sword. (Pen refers to written words and sword to military force.) 2) Let me give you a hand. (Hand means help.)	5
8360045921	Understatement	a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. Ex; you win 10 million dollars in a lottery. When you tell a news reporter "I am delighted", you are making an understatement.	6
8360051890	Oxymoron	occurs when two contradictory words are together in one phrase Ex; Sweet sorrow; Cold fire, silent Scream	7
8360065369	Allusion	a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds. Ex; The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora's box of crimes. - This is an allusion to one of Greek Mythology's origin myth, "Pandora's box".	8
8360074987	Irony	use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning Ex; "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend.	9