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EngIVAPlist3KMiller
Eng IV AP List 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| homily | literally means "sermon"; more informally, includes any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving spiritual or moral advice |
| hubris | Greek for "insolence" or "affront"; applied to arrogance or pride of the protagonist in a tragedy; proverbially, hubris is the pride which comes before a fall |
| hyperbole | figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement; can be used to produce comic effect, serious tone, or irony |
| imagery | sensory details or fig. lang. used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; can be used literally or more broadly -- i.e., a rose can present visual imagery but also represent the color in a woman's cheek and/or some type of perfection |
| infer / inference | to draw a reasonable conclusion based on information presented; the conclusion drawn; be careful to note connotation of answer choices; if something is directly stated, then it is NOT inferred |
| in medias res | "in the middle of things"; technique of beginning the story in the middle of the action |
| invective | emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language |
| irony | contradiction between appearance & reality; dramatic (audience or 'other' knows something a character does not), verbal (words state the opposite of the meaning), situational (events turn out the opposite of what's expected) |
| litotes | form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite |
| loose sentence | main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases or clauses |
| metaphor | figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly dissimilar things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity |
| metonymy | Greek for "changed label" or "substitute name"; the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it |
| monologue | extended speech by one speaker but usually intended for others to hear -- usually others are on stage |
| mood | prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work |
| narrative | telling of a story or an account of event(s) |
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