AP language Flashcards

3064727603	Verisimilitude	The quality of a text that reflects the truth of actual experience.	0
3064740090	Voice	The textual features, such as diction and sentence structure, that convey a writer's or speaker's persona.	1
3077614233	Zeugma	A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning. Examples: He governs his will and his kingdom.	2
3077628318	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. Example: an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. Usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.	3
3077644385	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells"). The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage.	4
3106205615	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known.	5
3106226640	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	6
3106230247	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things. Can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.	7
3106241513	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	8
3107009477	Antithesis	The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite	9
3107013960	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. Can be a memorable summation of the author's point	10
3107019459	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot asnwer. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity.	11
3107035118	Atmosphere	The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly be the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Frequently foreshadows events. Can create a mood.	12
3107052655	Caricature	A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics.	13
3107062852	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	14
3107068585	Colloquial	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Expressions in writing include local or regional dialects.	15
3127152182	Colloquialism	give a work a conversational, familiar tone.	16
3107079492	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made.	17
3107092176	Connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. May involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes	18
3107093621	denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.	19
3107095474	Diction	Related to style, refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.	20