AP Language Arts Vocabulary #2 Flashcards

14821061582	Trope	the usage of figurative language in literature, or a figure of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning Example: Bad guys wear black in movies.	0
14821061583	scheme	artful deviations from the ordinary arrangement of words Example: She sells, sea shells by the sea shore.	1
14821061584	Satire	exposing flaws with an attitude correction Example: "What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and isn't no trouble to do wrong and the wages is just the same?" and political cartoons	2
14821061585	didatic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive; in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way Example: "All animals are equal but few are more equal than others." - animal farm: exposes greed and corruption	3
14821061586	verbal irony	A character says one thing that means something quite different Example: SARCASM	4
14821061587	dramatic irony	there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true Example: A girl in a horror movie hides in the closet the murderer just went into.	5
14821061588	situational irony	The outcome turns out to be different than what is expected Example: A fire station burning down.	6
14821061589	Parrallel Structure/Parallelism	The balance of two or more similar words, phrases or clauses; giving two or more parts of a sentence similar form to give the whole a definite pattern Example: Like father, like son. "To err is human; to forgive divine." He came, he saw, he conquered.	7