AP Language Vocab 6 Flashcards

5567097288	Setting	Time, place, in which a story takes place	0
5567101080	Simile	A figurative comparison using like or as	1
5567104556	Stream of consciousness	A style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of words and thoughts in the human brain	2
5567160223	Style	the manner in which an author uses and arranges words and creates structure to coney ideas	3
5567167280	Stylistic devices	A general term referring to diction, syntax, tone, figurative language, and other elements that contribute to style	4
5567172608	subject complement	the grammatical unit comprised of predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives	5
5567180698	subjective	of or relating to private and personal feelings and attitudes as opposed to facts and reality	6
5567185807	subtext	the implied meaning that underlies the main meanings of an essay or work	7
5567190620	syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which given certain ideas to facts other ideas or facts must follow	8
5567199044	symbolism	The use if one object to evoke ideas and associations not necessarily part of the original object	9
5567204611	synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part	10
5567210170	syntax	the organization of language into meaningful structure	11
5567214049	theme	the main idea of a piece of discourse, the statement or proposition that a speaker wishes to advance, illustrate, or prove	12
5567221693	Tone	the author's attitude toward the subject being written about emotional essence of the piece	13
5567229177	tragedy	a form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by their own flaw and by a set of forces that cause the hero anguish	14
5567235171	transition	a stylistic device used to create a link between ideas	15
5567239387	trope	the generic name for a figure of speech such as image symbol simile or metaphor	16
5567246032	understatement	restrained statement that departs from what would be said, avoidance of emphasis for effect	17
5567251164	verbal irony	a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning go the written or spoken words	18
5567256119	verse	a synonym for poetry, group of lines or line of song	19
5567262784	verisimilitude	similar to the truth, the quality if realism in a work that persuades readers they are gearing a vision of reality	20
5567268708	voice	the real or assumed personality used by the writer or speaker	21
5567275443	whimsy	an object device or creation that is fanciful or rooted in unreality	22
5567280633	wit	the quickness if intellect=t and the power and talent for saying brilliant things that surprise and delight by their unexpectedness	23