Ap English Language Terms Flashcards

6710531121	allegory	using character/story elements that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	0
6710543364	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds	1
6710545299	allusion	direct/indirect reference to something which is usually common known like a book, myth, place, history, etc..	2
6710549234	ambiguity	multiple meanings of a word/phrase/sentence	3
6710551052	analogy	similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	4
6710557220	antecedent	word or clause referred to by a pronoun	5
6710559168	antithesis	the opposition or contrast of ideas	6
6710560731	aphorism	terse statement of known authorship which expresses a moral principle	7
6710564977	atmosphere	emotional nod created by the entirety of a work	8
6710567636	caricature	exaggerated verbal desicription	9
6710569484	clause	grammatical unit with a subject and a verb	10
6710571002	colloquialism	use of slang or informalities	11
6710571003	conceit	faithful expression in form of extended metaphor or analogy between dissimilar objects	12
6710591123	connotation	non-literal meaning of a word	13
6710592263	denotation	strict literal meaning of a word	14
6710593662	diction	writers word choices	15
6710593664	didactic	phrases/words that have primary aim of teaching or instructing	16
6710596611	euphemism	less offensive substitutes for unpleasant words/concepts	17
6710613965	extended metaphor	metaphor developed at length occurring frequently throughout a piece	18
6710615740	figurative language	speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning	19
6710623550	figure of speech	device used to produce figurative language	20
6710624937	generic conventions	traditions for each genre, help define each genre	21
6710626421	genre	major category that a literary work fits into	22
6710636891	homily	any serious talk, speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	23
6710640090	hyperbole	figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration	24
6710641710	imagery	sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion or represent abstractions	25
6710644036	inference	draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented	26
6710646109	invective	emotionally violent verbal denunciation	27
6710648152	irony	contrast between what is staged and what is really meant	28
6710649186	litotes	form of understatement that makes a point by denying its opposite	29
6710651579	loose sentence/non-periodic sentence	sentence where main idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units	30
6710653227	metaphor	figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things	31
6710655588	metonymy	figure of speech where name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it	32
6710669270	mood	prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work	33
6710671706	narrative	telling of a story	34
6710679080	onomatopoeia	figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	35
6710681278	paradox	statement that appears to be self contradictory but has some degree of truth	36
6710684514	anaphora	repetition of words or phraseses at the beginning of successive lines	37
6710687990	parody	work that closely imitates the style of another with aim of comic effect	38
6710696851	pedantic	using big words for the sake of using big words	39
6710720913	subject complement	word or clause that follows a linking verb and completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it	40
6710726608	syllogism	x=y and y=z then x=z	41
6710740132	synecdoche	figure of speech where part of something is used to represent the whole	42
6710741267	synesthesia	one kind of sensory stimulus evokes subjective experience of another	43