AP Language Figurative Language Flashcards

4439223409	Diction	Word choice	0
4439223410	Syntax	The ordering of words in a sentence, describing sentence structure. Can enhance author's meaning, tone, or point of view.	1
4439223411	Style	The manner of expression	2
4439223412	Tone	Attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by the style.	3
4439223413	Point of view	Stance revealed by the style and the tone of the writing.	4
4439223414	Logos	Appeal to reason and logic.	5
4439223415	Ethos	An appeal to the speaker's credibility.	6
4439223416	Pathos	Appeal to emotions, values, or desires of the audience.	7
4439223417	Imagery	Used to convey a sensory perception.	8
4439223418	Hyperbole	An overstatement or exaggeration.	9
4439223419	Understatement	Presents facts in a way that makes them appear much less significant than they really are.	10
4439223420	Simile	Comparison between to unlike objects connected with like or as.	11
4439223421	Metaphor	A simile without a connecting term such as like or as.	12
4439223422	Extended Metaphor	A metaphor that lasts for longer than just one phrase of sentence.	13
4439223423	Symbol	A word that represents something other than itself.	14
4439223424	Denotation	A word's primary or literal significance.	15
4439223425	Connotation	Refers to the vast range of other meanings that a word suggests.	16
4439223426	Oxymoron	An apparent contradiction of terms.	17
4439223427	Paradox	An apparent contradiction of ideas or statements, an oxymoron on a larger scale.	18
4439223428	Personification	Inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities.	19
4439223429	Rhetorical question	A question whose answer is obvious, do not need to be answered.	20
4439223430	Bombast	Language that is overly rhetorical.	21
4439223431	Metonymy	One term substituted for another term with which it is closely associated.	22
4439223432	Synecdoche	A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole.	23
4439223433	Theme	General idea contained in a text. May be stated explicitly or only suggested.	24
4439223434	Aphorism	A concise statement of an opinion or a general truth.	25
4439223435	Malapropism	Unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning.	26
4439223436	Circumlocution	"Talking around a subject" or "Talking around a word"	27
4439223437	Euphemism	A word or words that are used to avoid an unpleasant or offensive term.	28
4439223438	Verbal Irony	Process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated	29
4439223439	Situational Irony	Refers to a situation that is contrary to what was expected.	30
4439223440	Satire	Something that is portrayed in a way that deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect	31
4439223441	Alliteration	Repetition of phonetic sounds	32
4439223442	Allusion	Reference that recalls another work, another time, another person, etc.	33
4439223443	Analogy	A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects of ideas.	34
4439223444	Apostrophe	Prayer-like direct address to someone who is not present to a deity or muse, or to some other power.	35
4439223445	Deductive	Form of logical argumentation that uses claims or premises.	36
4439223446	Gerund	Verb ending in "int" that serves as a noun.	37
4439223447	Inductive	A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples.	38
4439223448	Juxtaposition	Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite	39
4439223449	Parallelism	A pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repition	40