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AP LIT Vocab Pt. 2

Terms for the Multiple Choice and Essays Sections

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The traditions for each genre; defines the genre generic conventions
The major category into which a literary work fits; 3 major: prose, poetry, and drama genre
fiction and nonfiction prose
lyric, dramatic, epic, etc. poetry
tradgedy, comedy, etc. drama
Any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice homily
A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement hyperbole
Sensory details or figurative language used to descrive, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; appeals to the five senses imagery
To draw reasonable conclusions from info presented inference/infer
An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language invective
The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; three types; verbal, situational, and dramatic irony
A sentence where the main idea comes first, followed by dependent clauses; gives writing an informal, relaxed, and conversational feel loose sentence
A figure of speech using implied comparision of unlike things or the substitiution of one for the other metaphor
A figure of speech that substitutes the name of an object with another closely associated with it metonomy
Created by verbal units and the speaker's attitude; three types; indicative, subjuntive, imperative grammatical mood
The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura; created by the setting, tone, and events literary mood
The telling of a story or an account of an event narrative
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms are used to suggest a paradox oxymoron
Something contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon inspection contains some degree of truth paradox
Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity parrallelism
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