AP Literature & Composition - Diction Flashcards

4970120985	Monosyllabic	One syllable in length	0
4970122935	Polysyllabic	More than one syllable in length (the more if polysyllabic words, the more difficult the context.)	1
4970122936	Colloquial	Regional, provincial language	2
4970124824	Informal	Conversational	3
4970124825	Formal	Literary	4
4970127228	Jargon	Language related to a specific field	5
4970127229	Old-fashioned	Words dated according to time period	6
4970130307	Vulgar	Non-standard with deficient taste	7
4970130308	Slang	Vernacular speech associated with a time period	8
4970130309	Denotative	Containing an exact meaning (dress)	9
4970132303	Connotative	Containing a suggested meaning (gown)	10
4970132304	Concrete	Specific	11
4970135467	Abstract	General or conceptual	12
4970135468	Euphonious	Pleasant sounding (languid, murmur)	13
4970167410	Cacophonous	Harsh sounding (raucous, croak)	14
4970167411	Literal	Accurate, without embellishment	15
4970170463	Figuarative	Comparative creating pictorial effect	16
4970170464	Objective	impersonal and unemotional	17
4970172889	Subjective	Personal and emotional	18
4970172890	Active	States action	19
4970172891	Passive	States being	20
4970199442	Hyperbolic	Deliberate exaggeration	21
4970219953	Understated	Deliberate minimizing	22
4970222078	Pedestrian	Layman's terms	23
4970222079	Pedantic	Bookish, difficult to understand	24
4970224590	Cliche	figurative language that has lost its freshness, clarity	25
4970386585	Compound Sentence	A sentence with two or more independent clauses	26
4970402330	Enthymeme	an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated.	27
4970403482	Euphemism	a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.	28