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AP Literature #1 Flashcards

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14684797784Allusiona reference in a work of literature to something outside the work0
14684797785AttitudeThe disposition toward or opinion of a subject by a speaker, author, or character1
14684797786Detailsthe individual items or parts that make up a larger picture or story2
14684797787Devices of soundthe techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry3
14684797788DictionWord choice4
14684797789Figurative LanguageWriting that uses figures of speech5
14684797790ImageryThe images created by a literary work6
14684797791IronyA figure of speech in which the intended meaning and the actual meaning differ7
14684797792Metaphora figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like "as," "like," or "than."8
14684797793Narrativethe methods involved in telling a story9
14684797794Omniscient point of viewthe vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses10
14684797795Point of viewany of several possible vantage points from which a story is told11
14684797796resources of languagea general phrase for the linguistic devices or techniques that a writer can use12
14684797797Rhetorical techniquesthe devices used in effective or persuasive language13
14684797798Satirewriting that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule14

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