AP Literature Style Cards Flashcards

3112324113	style	the writer's voice as revealed through rhetorical strategies	0
3112334086	tone	shows the attitude toward the subject and towards the audience implied in a literary work	1
3112342506	syntax	the arrangement of words and phrased to create well-formed sentence	2
3112345446	structure	arrangement of and relations between parts or elements of something complex	3
3112348317	satire	literary work in which irony and derision are used to exposed wickedness or folly	4
3112368770	register	part of a range; level of diction	5
3112370653	purpose	the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists	6
3112373547	phrasing	the flow of language; pauses, junctures, and stops; sense of movement	7
3112377067	perspective	a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something	8
3112379572	irony	expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite; typically for humorous or emphatic effect; the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character	9
3112392882	imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language	10
3112394738	digression	straying from the main topic; to go aside, often done intentionally in order to provide an example or reveal a related idea	11
3112400140	diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	12
3112404800	detail	an individual feature, fact or item	13
3112406029	concrete	existing in a material or physical form	14
3112408445	coherence	congruity; consistency; state of logical order; clarity of structure	15
3112413892	attitude (emotion)	feeling toward a particular thing or person; state of mind	16
3112416376	abstract	existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence	17