AP Eng. Lit Terms Test 4

Dramatic Irony

When the audience knows something that the characters do not

Verbal Irony

difference between what is said and what is meant

Situational Irony

when something happens that isn’t expected

Elegy

a poem lamenting the death of a particular person

Elliptical

Sentence structure which leaves out something in the second half, usually the verb.

Emotional Appeal

When a writer appeals to an audience's emotions and used to get the reader emotionally involved in the story

Ennui

boredom

Enthymeme

syllogism where the major premise is unstated, but meant to be understood

Epigraph

quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of a them

Epiphany

moment of realization

Epithet

descriptive substitute for the name or title or a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.

Ethical Appeal

When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text

Euphemism

replacing a distasteful word with a less offensive one

saying “he is at rest” instead of “he is dead”

Example

An individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern; should be true and relevant in order to be considered reliable