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AP Literature Vocab 2 Flashcards

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7457647752ColloquialismA word or phrase used in everyday conversational enlish that isnt necessary (not proper)0
7457647753ImplicitTo day or write something that suggests or implemies but never actually says it directly or clearly. Meaning is there but you have to read between the lines1
7520612240InversionThe choice to switch the customary order of the elements of the sentence.2
7520612241GothicThe sensibility derived from "gothic" stories including mysterious gloomy castles perched on jagged hills or paintings with eyeballs that follow you around3
7534174966AdmonishTo warn or reprimand someone firmly. To offer extreme caution.4
7534174967AkimboTo stand with ones hands on ones hips and elbows turned outward.5
7547244738HyperboleThe use of excessive exaggeration6
7547244739Double entrendreA phrase open to two interpretations7
7558396068ConceitA startling or unusual metaphor that is extended8
7558396069Suspension of disbeliefDemand made for the readers to accept the limitations of a story and supply the details with imagination9

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