7589316936 | Hubris | excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist or a tragedy | 0 | |
7589322795 | Hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect | 1 | |
7589329279 | Hypothetical Question | a question that raises a situation not based on reality | 2 | |
7589333897 | Idiom | an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression | 3 | |
7589342378 | Imagery | the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses | 4 | |
7589356523 | Implication | a suggestion an author or speaker makes without stating it directly and the audience is meant to understand it | 5 | |
7589361423 | Inductive Reasoning | a conclusion reached through certain facts or instances | 6 | |
7589368296 | Inference | a conclusion based on premises assumed to be true | 7 | |
7589377993 | Invective | an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | 8 | |
7589383417 | Irony | the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs | 9 | |
7589398159 | Jargon | the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession | 10 | |
7589403806 | Juxtaposition | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 11 | |
7589409429 | Limerick | usually a humorous verse containing give lines that follow the aabba rhyme scheme Limited narrator- a story that is told as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought or felt by that one character | 12 | |
7589455969 | Limited Narrator | a story that is told as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought or felt by that one character | 13 | |
7589421289 | Literary License | deviating from normal rules or methods in order to achieve a certain effect | 14 | |
7589428265 | Litotes | a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite | 15 | |
7589436068 | Malapropism | the mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar | 16 | |
7589443490 | Maxim | a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage | 17 | |
7589466199 | Metaphor | a direct comparison of two different things | 18 | |
7589473324 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 19 |
AP Language Terms #3 Flashcards
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