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Literary Terms
for Final Exam Semester 1 AP Lit
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Literature
12th Grade
12/21/2011

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Synaesthesia
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The term is applied in literature to the description of one kind of sensation in terms of another.
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Ellipsis
Definition
the narrative device of omitting a portion of the sequence of events
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Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc
Definition
the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation.
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Non Sequitur
Definition
It is a comment that, because of its apparent lack of meaning relative to what it follows, seems absurd to the point of being humorous or confusing.
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Argumentum ad hominem
Definition
introduces irrelevant personal premisses about his opponent.
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Synecdoche
Definition
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
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polysyndeton
Definition
is the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy")
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sardonic
Definition
mocking or cynical.
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metonymy
Definition
Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes. Examples. The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Antithetical
Definition
antithesis can be used to describe a character who presents the exact opposite as to personality type or moral outlook to another character in a particular piece of literature.
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Litotes
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understatement is employed for rhetorical effect when an idea is expressed by a denial of its opposite, principally via double negatives.
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Syllepsis
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A kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words.
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Ellipsis
Definition
Emission of one or more words meant to be understood by the reader.
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