AP Language Lit Terms #3 Flashcards

8478337530	Point of View	The perspective from which a story is told	0
8478349517	Predicate Adjective	An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb	1
8478363880	Predicate Normative	A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject	2
8478370696	Prose	Fiction or nonfiction works that are written in ordinary langauge	3
8478378080	Repetition	The duplication of any element of language	4
8478381059	Rhetoric	Greek for "orator;" the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	5
8478388189	Rhetorical Modes	The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing	6
8478422093	Sarcasm	Greek for "to tear flesh;" bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something	7
8478446629	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule	8
8478455230	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, heir historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another	9
8478464141	Style	An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices	10
8478474439	Subject Complement	The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it	11
8478481434	Subordinate Clause	A clause that does not express a clear thought and therefore can not stand alone	12
8478488139	Syllogism	Greek for "reckoning together;" a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion	13
8478498756	Symbolism	Anything that represents something else	14
8481613572	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences	15
8481620974	Theme	The central idea or message of a work; the insight it offers into life	16
8481625041	Thesis	The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition	17
8481633069	Tone	The author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both	18
8481641954	Transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas	19
8481645962	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact; presenting something as less significant than it is	20
8481652924	Wit	Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights	21