AP Terms #5
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place where some action or event occurs | ||
surrounding or environment of anything | ||
figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared ("like" and "as") | ||
speaking incorrectly | ||
arrangement of framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | ||
the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | ||
an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and a lack of a conscious control | ||
a construction in which one word is used in two different ways ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit") | ||
three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and minor premise | ||
an object that is used to represent something else | ||
using one part of an object to represent the entire object (referring to a car as "wheels") | ||
describing one kind of sensation in terms of another (a loud color; a sweet sound) | ||
the manner in which words are arranged into sentences | ||
needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding (free gift; widow woman) | ||
a significant idea in a literary text | ||
primary position taken by a writer or speaker | ||
attitude the author takes toward the subject expressed in a work | ||
subject treated in a paragraph or work | ||
a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle which ends in destruction | ||
a work in 3 parts, each of which is a complete work in itself | ||
overused and hackneyed (point of wanting to gag) these quizzes are ______. | ||
point in work in which a very significant change occurs | ||
the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is | ||
customary way language or its elements are used | ||
everyday speech of a particular country or region; often involving nonstandard usage | ||
use of a word to modify or govern 2 or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way |