AP Language Vocabulary 4 Flashcards

9552180488	Satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.	0
9552180489	Dramatic Irony	is a form of irony that is expressed through a work's structure: an audience's awareness of the situation in which a work's characters exist differs substantially from that of the characters', and the words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different often contradictory	1
9552183363	Situational Irony	irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.	2
9552184791	Verbal Irony	irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning	3
9552184792	Interjection	an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.	4
9552188323	Infinitive	the basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense	5
9552192339	Paradox	is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow	6
9552197613	Anachronism	an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece	7
9552198593	Euphemism	refers to polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant	8
9552198594	Invective	denotes speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. It involves the use of abusive and negative use of language	9
9552203263	Colloquialism	is the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing	10
9552205440	Ambiguity	the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness	11
9552207585	Extended Anaolgy	also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is an author's exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tenors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story	12