Set 3 AP Language Flashcards

7503157973	Device	an tool invented for a particular purpose	0
7503167628	Diction	word choice	1
7503173164	Elegiac	expressing sorrow	2
7503176226	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	3
7503178325	Excerpt	(n.) a passage taken from a book, article, etc.; (v.) to take such a passage; to quote	4
7503180746	Expository	explanatory explanatory	5
7503183246	Extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	6
7503187631	Extended simile	a simile often running to several lines	7
7503190196	Figures of speech	noun - imaginative way of using words to communicate meaning beyond the actual meanings	8
7503192470	Footnote	A note at the bottom of the page used to cite references or give more information. A note at the bottom of the page used to cite references or give more information.	9
7503195216	Homily	(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse	10