AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 7442424158 | Literal Language | uses words exactly according to their proper meanings or precise definitions. | 0 | |
| 7442424159 | Figurative Language | uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. | 1 | |
| 7442424160 | Tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. | 2 | |
| 7442426156 | Mood | mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. | 3 | |
| 7442426157 | Irony | a contrast or incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality. This can be a difference between the surface meaning of something that is said and the underlying meaning. | 4 | |
| 7442426158 | Setting | the time and place in which the story takes place. | 5 | |
| 7442426159 | Foreshadowing | a warning or indication of a future event | 6 | |
| 7442428452 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.something representative or symbolic of something else | 7 | |
| 7442428453 | Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | 8 | |
| 7442428454 | Trope | recurring theme or thing that appears in a lot of work (rhetorical devices, cliches, etc.) | 9 | |
| 7442431262 | Contrast (noun) | the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. | 10 | |
| 7442431263 | Contrast (verb) | to compare two different things | 11 | |
| 7442431264 | Style | the ways that the author uses words — the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text. | 12 | |
| 7442433721 | Point of View/Perspective | the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers "hear" and "see" what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc. | 13 | |
| 7442436078 | Form | its structure, how it is constructed and organized | 14 | |
| 7442436079 | Content | something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing, or any of various arts; significance or profundity; meaning | 15 | |
| 7442855560 | Forms of third person perspective | 1) Omnipotent 2) Limited | 16 |