AP Language Flashcards

7253835066	Allegory	Using character symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning ex. animal farm	0
7253835903	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially consonants ex. "the soul selects her own society"	1
7253836812	Allusion	A reference to an outside source, such as a book ex: "plan ahead, it wasnt raining when noah built his ark"	2
7253837919	Analogy	Comparison of two different things or the relationship between them ex;ignorance	3
7253840550	Anecdote	short story	4
7253840942	Connotation	non-literal, associative meaning of a word	5
7253841461	Denotation	Strict, dictionary definiton of a word	6
7253841950	Diction	The writer's word choices in regard to effectiveness and clarity	7
7253843531	extended metaphor	a metaphor that is constant throughout the whole work ex. mark twain's life on the Mississippi	8
7253845904	Figurative language	Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning to get a special effect or meaning	9
7253848215	Flashback	A device to present events of the past	10
7253849059	Hyperbole	Speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement ex: bart stops to smell the roosevelts	11
7253850972	Irony	contrast of what is stated explicitly and what is really meant	12
7253851387	Metaphor	implied comparison of seemingly unlike things, suggesting some similarity	13
7253852612	Mood	emotional aura of a work	14
7253853173	oxymoron	contradictory words or phrases: jumbo shrimp	15
7253854009	Personification	giving inanimate objects human attributes and emotions	16
7253855924	Point of view	perspective in which the story is being told	17
7253856382	Pun	a play on wordsd	18