AP Lit literary terms quiz 5

Irony

When one thing should occur, is apparent, or in logical sequence but that opposite actually occurs

Dramatic irony

When the audience knows something that characters don’t

Verbal irony

When one thing is said, but something else, usually the opposite, is meant

Cosmic irony

When a higher power toys with human expectations

Metonymy

Use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated

Motif

Dominant theme or central idea

Paradox

Statement which seems to contradict itself

Parody

Literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or work for comic effect or ridicule

Personification

Figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form

Poetic justice

Rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice in the resolution of a plot

Round character

Character who is developed over the course of the book

Satire

Literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit, with a goal of changing the behavior/issue

Soliloquy

Dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to themself or reveals their thoughts without addressing a listener

Tragedy

Drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers from extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances

Tone

Reflects how the author feels about the subject matter or the feeling the author wants to instill in the reader