Vocab Test 2

Situational Irony

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

Simile

A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing smilitaties between two things using like or as. 

Suspense

A state or feeling of excitement or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

Symbol

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

**Verbal Irony**

Irony in which a person says or writes one thing, and means another, or using words to convery a meaning that is the opposite of the lieteral meaning. 

Motif

A distnctive feature or dominat idea in a artistic or literary work.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Paradox

A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained mayprove to be well founded or true.

Personification

THe attribution of a personal nature or human chracteristcs to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. 

Pun

A joke exploting the different possible meaning of a word or the factg that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Hubris

Excessive pride or self confidence.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not to be taken literally. 

Idiom

A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language; especially in literary work.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to another object or action which is not literary applicable.

Anthropomorphism

Attribuion of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

Epithet

An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. 

Euphemism

A mild word or indirect expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrasing.

Figurative Language

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. 

Foreshadowing

A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is later to come in the story.

Allegory

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or polictical one.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Allusion

A brief or indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Analogy

A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of theirstructure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. 

Anecdote

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.