3285644957 | colloquial | A term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area. | 0 | |
3285649172 | conceit | A comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem | 1 | |
3285649173 | connotation | The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase | 2 | |
3285676670 | consonance | The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels | 3 | |
3285681464 | critique | An assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for determining what it is, what its limitations are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre | 4 | |
3285689202 | dialect | The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group | 5 | |
3285693933 | diction | The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect | 6 | |
3285699356 | deductive reasoning | The method or argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement for the general to the specific | 7 | |
3285709273 | didactic | Writing or speech that has an instructive purpose or a lesson; often associated with a dry, pompous presentation | 8 | |
3285717069 | elegy | A poem or prose that laments, or meditates upon the death of a person | 9 | |
3285725109 | epistrophe | In rhetoric, the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences | 10 | |
3285729775 | epitaph | Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone | 11 | |
3285736955 | ethos | In rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator | 12 |
AP Language Terms--Lesson 2 Flashcards
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