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| 8769251649 | diction - | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. For the AP exam, you should be able to describe an author's diction (for example, formal or informal, ornate or plain) | 0 | |
| 8769251650 | verbal irony | - when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) meaning | 1 | |
| 8769256509 | situational irony | - when events turn out the opposite of what was expected; when what the characters and readers think ought to happen is not what does happen | 2 | |
| 8769261564 | dramatic irony - | when facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work. | 3 | |
| 8769272237 | denotation - | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. (Example: the denotation of a knife would be a utensil used to cut; the connotation of a knife might be fear, violence, anger, foreboding, etc.) | 4 | |
| 8769278512 | invective | - an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. (For example, in Henry IV, Part I, Prince Hal calls the large character of Falstaff "this sanguine coward, this bedpresser, this horseback breaker, this huge hill of flesh.") | 5 | |
| 8769285811 | imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. | 6 | |
| 8769289902 | hyperbole | - A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. (The literal Greek meaning is "overshoot.") | 7 | |
| 8769298360 | homily - | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involvingmoral or spiritual advice. | 8 | |
| 8769303029 | genre | - The major category into which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. However, genre is a flexible term; within these broad boundaries exist many subdivisions that are often called genres themselves. For example, prose can be divided into fiction (novels and short stories) or nonfiction (essays, biographies, autobiographies, etc.). Poetry can be divided into lyric, dramatic, narrative, epic, etc. Drama can be divided into tragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, etc. On the AP language exam, expect the majority of the passages to be from the following genres: autobiography, biography, diaries, criticism, essays, and journalistic, political, scientific, and nature writing. | 9 | |
| 8769309368 | figure of speech - | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech include apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, and understatement. | 10 | |
| 8769315805 | didactic | - From the Greek, didactic literally means "teaching." Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing,especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 11 | |
| 8769376856 | euphemism | - From the Greek for "good speech," euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. The euphemism may be used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement. Saying "earthly remains" rather than "corpse" is an example of euphemism. | 12 | |
| 8769384686 | extended metaphor | - A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 13 | |
| 8769389157 | figurative language | - Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. | 14 |
