AP Language Key Terms S-z Flashcards

7277320847	Sarcasm	Seeming to praise someone while actually criticizing them	0
7277323581	Satire	a work of literature that makes fun of human failings or weaknesses	1
7277331792	Simile	a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"	2
7277335205	Style	the way that a writer arranges words and uses sentence structure	3
7277339128	Symbolism	when a thing "stands for" an idea or something else	4
7277347735	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which the part represents the whole (ex. 1000 "heads" instead of 1000 people)	5
7277354165	Syntax	the way words are put together to form sentences. (ex. in English, adjectives come before nouns. in Spanish adjectives come after nouns)	6
7277361090	Theme	the central idea of writing (ex. in the Giver, individuality is important)	7
7277593911	Tone	The attitude a writer takes towards a theme (ex. a tone might be optimistic or pessimistic)	8
7277606327	Voice	the source of a story or the individual style that an author uses to tell his/her story	9
7277650872	Zeugma	a verb or adjective that is used once but is applied to two or more nouns. (ex. I ate ice cream and cake. Instead of "I ate ice cream and ate cake.")	10