AP Language Terms--Lesson 2 Flashcards

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