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Details Title: Ap Packet #2 Description: Literary Terms Total Flash Cards: 30 Created: 10/09/2005 10:48:25	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Euphemism Definition The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive Term Understatement Definition A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said Term Jargon Definition Nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk Term Simile Definition A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared Term Personification Definition A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form Term Dichotomy Definition Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions Term Metaphor Definition A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity Term Expository Definition A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material Term Symbolism Definition The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships Term Imagery Definition The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas Term Hyperbole Definition A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect Term Allusion Definition The act of alluding; indirect reference Term Analogy Definition Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar Term Meter Definition The measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line Term Point of View Definition The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character in a piece of literature Term Antecedent Definition The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to Term Inversion Definition An interchange of position of adjacent objects in a sequence, especially a change in normal word order, such as the placement of a verb before its subject Term Dramatic irony Definition The dramatic effect achieved by leading an audience to understand an incongruity between a situation and the accompanying speeches, while the characters in the play remain unaware of the incongruity Term Parallelism Definition The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases Term Paradox Definition An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises Term Verbal irony Definition A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant Term Situational irony Definition An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does Term Deductive reasoning Definition Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) Term Inductive reasoning Definition Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles Term Onomatopoeia Definition The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Term Alliteration Definition Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse Term Foreshadowing Definition To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand Term Idiom Definition The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language Term Oxymoron Definition A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined Term Digression Definition An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject