AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

4846412573	Metaphor	A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is sued to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison	0
4846412574	Abstract	Thought of as apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances	1
4846412575	Allegory	A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another	2
4846412576	Allusion	A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication	3
4846412577	Ambiguity	Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention	4
4846412578	Analogy	A similarity between like features of 2 things on which a comparison may be based	5
4846412579	Anecdote	A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature	6
4846412580	Antagonist	A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent	7
4846412581	Archetype	The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based	8
4846412582	Atmosphere	The pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art	9
4846412583	Characterization	Portrayal; description	10
4846412584	Climax	The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something	11
4846412585	Concrete	Constituting an actual thing or instance; real	12
4846412586	Conflict	To come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory; a fight, battle, or struggle	13
4846412587	Connotation	The associated or secondary meaning of a word	14
4846412588	Denotation	The explicit or direct meaning of a word or expression	15
4846412589	Denouement	The final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel	16
4846412590	Dialect	A variety of language that is distinguished by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary	17
4846412591	Diction	A style of speaking or writing as dependent of choice of words	18
4846412592	Dramatic irony	Irony that is inherent in speeches or situation of drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters	19
4846412593	Epic	Pertaining to a long poetic composition usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style	20
4846412594	Euphemism	The substitution of mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt	21
4846412595	Exposition	Literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, etc.	22
4846412596	Extended metaphor	A metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout a literary work	23
4846412597	Falling action	The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax	24
4846412598	Figurative language	Language that contains figures of speech	25
4846412599	Flashback	A device in the narrative by which an event or scene taking place before the present time is inserted	26
4846412600	Foil	To prevent the success of	27
4846412601	Foreshadow	To show or indicate beforehand	28
4846412602	Genre	A class or category of artistic endeavor	29
4846412603	Hyperbole	Obvious and intentional exaggeration	30
4846412604	Imagery	The formation of mental images	31
4846412605	Irony	The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning	32
4846412606	Juxtaposition	An act of placing close together or side-by-side with contrasting effect	33
4846412607	Mood	A state or quality of feeling at a particular time	34
4846412608	Motif	A recurring subject, theme, or idea	35
4846412609	Narrator	A person who gives an account or tells a story	36
4846412610	Onomatopoeia	The formation of a word by imitation of sound	37
4846412611	Oxymoron	A figure of speech in which a self-contradictory effect is created	38
4846412612	Paradox	A statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth	39
4846412613	Personification	Human nature given to animals, inanimate object, or abstract notions	40
4846412614	Persuasion	The act of causing someone to do something through reasoning or argument	41
4846412615	Plot	The main story line or plan of a story or play	42
4846412616	Point of view	A standpoint, attitude, or opinion	43
4846412617	Protagonist	The leading character, hero or heroine	44
4846412618	Realism	Interest or concern for the actual or real	45
4846412619	Repetition	A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer	46
4846412620	Rhetoric	The undue use of exaggeration	47
4846412621	Satire	The use of irony, or the like, in exposing	48
4846412622	Setting	The environment of anything	49
4846412623	Simile	A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared	50
4846412624	Situational irony	Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite of what is intended	51
4846412625	Speaker	The person or thing that is speaking	52
4846412626	Style	A particular distinctive mode of acting or manner	53
4846412627	Symbol	Something used to represent something else	54
4846412628	Syntax	The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences	55
4846412629	Theme	A subject of discourse, or discussion; topic	56
4846412630	Tone	Any sound considered with reference to quality, pitch, etc.	57
4846412631	Understatement	A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is	58
4846412632	Verbal irony	Irony in which a person says or writes one thing but means another	59