Literary Term & Greek Roots Week #3 Flashcards

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Irony (situational)

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A situation in which actions have an opposite effect from what was intended.

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Allegory

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Symbolic representation

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Dramatic irony

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A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows

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Verbal irony

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Words are used to suggest the opposite of what they mean

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Symbol (ism)

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Anything that stands for something else

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Enunciate

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To utter it pronounce

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Renounce

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To deny

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Invoke

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To appeal to

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Revoke

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To take back/withdraw

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Provoke

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To incite/cause

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