AP Literature Terms #4 Flashcards

11995861676	3rd person limited	the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character	0
11995861677	Amplification	involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over	1
11995861678	Aside	a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage	2
11995861679	bibliomancy	foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, especially the Bible.	3
11995861680	Diacope	Repetition broken up by one or more intervening words	4
11995861681	Hypophora	a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question	5
11995861682	Parable	(n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson	6
11995861683	situational irony	An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected	7
11995861684	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	8
11995861685	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	9
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