(74-79) Flashcards
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Situational Irony
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literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. It occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead
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Static Character
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one that does not undergo inner changes or undergoes a little change.
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Vernacular
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literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking.
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Understatement
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figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. Example: “ he is not too thin” describing an obese person.