Academic Vocab Part 2

Front

Audience knows something a character doesn't.

Back

Dramatic Irony

Front

Actual result differs from expectation

Back

Situational Irony

Front

Words expressing the opposite of truth, often sarcastic.

Back

Verbal Irony

Front

Literary device comparing unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Front

Substitution of an attribute's name for the thing meant, e.g., 'suit' for 'business executive'.

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Metonymy

Front

Who tells the story?

Back

Narrator

Front

Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle)

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Onomatopoeia

Front

A figure of speech that creates an incongruous effect, e.g., 'cruel kindness'.

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Oxymoron

Front

A statement that leads to a self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion.

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Paradox

Front

Using the same pattern of words to show equal importance of ideas at any level.

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Parallel Structure