LITTERARY TERMS PT.2 Flashcards
Irony
What you think is going to happen or what a word means, it doesn’t
Litotes
Understatement using negative language
Metaphor
A comparison between two things that share common characteristics; no like/as
Metonymy
Replaces the name of a thing with the name of something related to it
Motif
An object or idea repeated throughout a literary work
Non sequitur
Purposely using something that doesn’t follow logically
Onomatopoeia
A word spelling out a sound
Oxymoron
Two words that contradict each other joint together
Paradox
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory but is also truthful
Parody
Imitation/spoof
Pathos
Quality of a work that stirs up pity, sympathy, sorrow
Pedantic
Negative aspects of teaching and lecturing
Personification (anthropomorphizing)
Giving an idea or object human characteristics
Sarcasm
Bitter speaking
Satire
Using humor to emphasize human weakness or imperfections
Style
The at a writer expresses ideas
Syllepsis (zeugma)
One verb serves to both objects, only applies logically to one
Syllogism
A price of an argument
Symbolism
Object representing another, gives it a different meaning
Synecdoche
A part of something represents the whole, or the whole represents a part
Syntax
Putting words together in sentences; different patterns in sentences
Tautology
Repetition of words which have similar meaning
Tone
The attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience
Understatement
Intentionally making a situation less important
