Ap literature Group 2 vocab

Question 1

Paradox

Answer 1

A literary device in which something appears self contradictory but in a way that makes sense or reveals a deeper meaning.
the use of apparently contradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth

Question 2

Epic

Answer 2

A long, often bool length, narrative inverse form that tells the heroric journey of a single person or group of people.
A long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

When a person says or does something that departs from they (or we) expect them to do.

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

A rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration an overstatement for emphasis and effect.

Question 5

Foot

Answer 5

a unit of measurement in poetry, comprised of patterns of stressed and understressed syllables.

Question 6

Nemesis

Answer 6

the antagonist in the story (villian)

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

a type of figurative language that applies human attributes to a non- human entity of inaimate object to express a point or idea in a more colorful, imaginative way.

Question 8

Abstract

Answer 8

a brief comprehensive summary of the contents of an article.
a brief overview of a research study

Question 9

Anticlimax

Answer 9

a rhetorical techique used by writters in which events or sentences build in emotional intensity and then suddenly drops to a lover emotional point.
Writers use the device to crete such events as humor or suspense.
letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting

Question 10

Ballad

Answer 10

a type of poem that tells a story ans traditionally set to music.
a type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung or recited

Question 11

Denotation

Answer 11

the literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition

Question 12

Symbolism

Answer 12

the use of a concrete image to represnt an abstract idea.

Question 13

Travesty

Answer 13

the treatment of a nobel and dignified subject in an innapriately trival manner.

Question 14

Simile

Answer 14

A comparison between two different things using “like” or “as”

Question 15

Pun

Answer 15

a literart device that is know as “a play on words”. Something that involves words with similiar or identical sounds but with different meanings.