7482695273 | Imagery | words or phrases appealing to the senses- descriptive diction a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas | ![]() | 0 |
7482708519 | Visual Imagery | words or phrases appealing to sight | ![]() | 1 |
7482705124 | Olfactory Imagery | words or phrases appealing to smell | ![]() | 2 |
7482709964 | Kinesthetic Imagery | words or phrases appealing to touch | ![]() | 3 |
7482712783 | Auditory Imagery | words or phrases appealing to sound | ![]() | 4 |
7482714248 | Gustatory Imagery | words or phrases appealing to taste | ![]() | 5 |
7482695274 | Mood | emotional atmosphere in a literary work | ![]() | 6 |
7482695275 | Style | combines the idea to be expressed and the individuality of the author and no two are alike/ the sum of the choices an author makes in blending concrete devices to create his or her typical way of writing | 7 | |
7482696522 | Point of View | the perspective from which a narrative is told; (1st person, 3rd omniscient, 3rd limited) | 8 | |
7482696523 | Purpose | author's reason for writing the selection | 9 | |
7482697747 | Rhetorical Shift | a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader | 10 | |
7482697814 | Tone | attitude of the writer or speaker toward a subject, character, or audience, and is conveyed though diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax | 11 | |
7482699891 | Tone Shift | change in attitude or the creation of a new attitude | 12 |
AP Language- Literary Elements Flashcards
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