AP Literature Group 5 Flashcards

8025391967	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies; form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly	0
8025395046	Semantics	The analysis of the meaning of language, especially of individual words.	1
8025395047	Style	the way a writer writes and the technique which an individual author uses in his writing; how an author blends diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices	2
8025395048	Subject Complement	the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb; a word or group of words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. (Ex: The box is a present; The box is ugly)	3
8025397527	Subordinate Clause	part of a sentence but doesn't express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself; dependent clause; group of words with subject and verb that cannot stand alone.	4
8025397528	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; from the Greek "reckoning together"	5
8025399943	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else; an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning; something concrete that represents something abstract (dawn = hope; tree = knowledge; rose = love)	6
8025402028	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole; using one part of an object to represent the entire object (ex: Farmer Joe has 200 head of cattle; all hands on deck; put on your best threads; ask for Jane's hand in marriage; nice wheels)	7
8025402029	Syntax	Sentence structure; the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.	8
8025402030	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature; A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader; underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.	9
8025402031	Thesis	the primary position taken by a writer or speaker; a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved	10
8025402032	Tone	an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience	11
8025404705	Transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas	12
8025404706	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact; presents something as less significant than it is; litotes	13
8025404707	Undertone	An underlying quality or feeling or attitude in a piece of literature; the hidden attitude or opinion the author may have of the content or the audience or both	14
8025406642	Wit	a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor; In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights.	15