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AP Language Vocab (Euphemism - Tone) Flashcards

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14938497931EuphemismLanguage that is softened or understated as to reduce the intensity of its meaning0
14938506397EthosAn appeal based on characted1
14938512933Figurative Languagelanguage that is not meant to be taken literally2
14938516506Foreshadowingthe use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot3
14938517443GenreCategory or type4
14938518960Hyperboleexaggeration5
14938520647ImageryDescriptive language6
14938523925inverted syntaxreversing the normal word order of a sentence7
14938525807Ironythe opposite of what is expected8
14938527447Logosan appeal based on logic or reason9
14938529858MetaphorA comparison without using like or as10
14938531329MetonymyWhen one word is used in place of another in which it is closely associated11
14938536469OnomatopoeiaA word that imitates the sound it represents.12
14938537950OxymoronTwo opposite words used together13
14938541087Pathosan appeal based on emotion.14
14938544047Paradoxa contradiction or dilemma15
14938545947ParallelismAn arrangement of sentences that are similar in word choice, structure, and language16
14938552197pathetic fallacypersonification of nature17
14938554845Personificationthe giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea18
14938559173point of viewthe perspective from which a story is told19
14938560825PolysyndetonDeliberate use of many conjunctions20
14938560857PunA play on words21
14938563425Rhetoricthe art of using language effectively and persuasively22
14938565227rhetorical questionA question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.23
14938566834SimileA comparison using "like" or "as"24
14938567901Symbolan object that is used to represent something else25
14938570807SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole26
14938573775SyntaxWord arrangement27
14938576265tautologyunnecessary repetition28
14938577486ToneAttitude29

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