AP Lang - Terms 2 Quiz (21-35)

Terms 21-35

Figure of Speech

Device used to produce figurative language

Generic Conventions

Describes traditions that are true to literary categories

Genre

Category into which literary work fits

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Imagery

Sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion, show abstractions

Inference

To draw a reasonable conclusion from information

Invective

Emotionally violent, verbal attack with abusive language

Irony

Contrast between what is said and what is meant/true

Verbal Irony

Words that state the opposite of the speaker’s true meaning (ex. I’m totally having a great day!)

Situational Irony

Events turn out opposite of what was expected

Dramatic Irony

When the reader knows something the character doesn’t

Loose sentence

The main idea comes first followed by dependent units

Metaphor

Comparison of unlike things to suggest similarity

Mood

Verbal units of speaker’s attitude; emotional aura

Narrative

Telling of a story or account of an event

Onomatopoeia

Natural sounds imitated in sounds of words

Oxymoron

Contradictory terms put together

Paradox

Self-contradictory statement of truth