AP Literature Vocabulary (pt 3) Flashcards

5369569610	Sarcasm	the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny	0
5369637296	Irony	Statements that imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning.	1
5369659947	Paradoy	A humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing.	2
5371206760	Paradox	What appears to be true but isn't	3
5371268387	Malapropism	When you replace a word with one that sounds similar but becomes humorous because it wasn't the correct word.	4
5371270681	Understatement	The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is	5
7007991823	Epigraph	A saying or statement on the title page of a work or used as heading for a chapter	6
7007991824	Epiphany	A moment of sudden revelation of insight	7
7007991825	Epitaph	an inscription on a tombstone or burial place	8
7007991826	Epithet	A term used to point out a characteristic of a person	9
7007991827	eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	10
7007991828	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	11
7007991829	exclamatory sentence	a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark	12
7007991830	Expletive	An interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes, a profanity	13
7007991831	Fable	A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	14
7007991832	Fantasy	A story containing unreal, imaginary features.	15
7007991833	Flat Character	A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics	16
7007991834	frame device	a story within a story	17
7007991835	Genre	a major category or type of literature	18
7007991836	Homily	A sermon or lecture about a religious or moral topic	19
7007991837	Hubris	excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy	20
7007991838	hypothetical question	a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition	21
7007991839	Idioms	An expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression	22
7007991840	Imagery	The use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses	23
7007991841	Implication	a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly	24
7009755824	Inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning	25
7009755825	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.	26