14938497931 | Euphemism | Language that is softened or understated as to reduce the intensity of its meaning | 0 | |
14938506397 | Ethos | An appeal based on characted | 1 | |
14938512933 | Figurative Language | language that is not meant to be taken literally | 2 | |
14938516506 | Foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot | 3 | |
14938517443 | Genre | Category or type | 4 | |
14938518960 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 5 | |
14938520647 | Imagery | Descriptive language | 6 | |
14938523925 | inverted syntax | reversing the normal word order of a sentence | 7 | |
14938525807 | Irony | the opposite of what is expected | 8 | |
14938527447 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 9 | |
14938529858 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 10 | |
14938531329 | Metonymy | When one word is used in place of another in which it is closely associated | 11 | |
14938536469 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 12 | |
14938537950 | Oxymoron | Two opposite words used together | 13 | |
14938541087 | Pathos | an appeal based on emotion. | 14 | |
14938544047 | Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma | 15 | |
14938545947 | Parallelism | An arrangement of sentences that are similar in word choice, structure, and language | 16 | |
14938552197 | pathetic fallacy | personification of nature | 17 | |
14938554845 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 18 | |
14938559173 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 19 | |
14938560825 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 20 | |
14938560857 | Pun | A play on words | 21 | |
14938563425 | Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 22 | |
14938565227 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. | 23 | |
14938566834 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 24 | |
14938567901 | Symbol | an object that is used to represent something else | 25 | |
14938570807 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole | 26 | |
14938573775 | Syntax | Word arrangement | 27 | |
14938576265 | tautology | unnecessary repetition | 28 | |
14938577486 | Tone | Attitude | 29 |
AP Language Vocab (Euphemism - Tone) Flashcards
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