AP Lit Final Week Vocab Terms

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AP Lit Vocab from Irony to Symbolism

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Irony

A broad term referring to the recognition of a reality different from appearance

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Verbal Irony

A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning

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Dramatic Irony

Two levels of meaning: what the speaker says and what he means, and what the speaker says and what the author means

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Situational Irony

When the reality of a situation differs from the anticipated or intended effect; when something unexpected occurs

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Litotes

A form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by saying the negative of its opposite

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Metaphor

Figure of speech which makes a direct comparison of two unlike objects by identification or substation

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Metonymy

The substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself

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Oxymoron

A self-contradictory combination of words or smaller verbal units

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Paradox

A statement that, although seemingly contradictory or absurd, may actually be well-founded or true

As we approach the conceptual limits of discourse- as commonly happens in philosophy and theology- language seems to rely increasingly on this

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Personification

Figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities

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Polysyndeton

The use of more conjunctions than is normal

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Simile

A direct comparison of two unlike objects, using like or as

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Symbolism

In its broad sense, the use of one object to represent or suggest another; or, in literature, the serious and extensive use of symbols (something that is itself and also stands for something else)

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