Ogden's AP Literature Vocabulary Lesson 1 Flashcards
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| 7672741624 | Euphemism | substituting a word or phrase that makes something sound better than it actually is | 0 | |
| 7672741625 | Dysphemism | substituting a more harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant word or phrase that makes something sound worse than it actually is | 1 | |
| 7672741626 | Hyperbole | a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis | 2 | |
| 7672741627 | Understated | presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way | 3 | |
| 7672741628 | Formal (diction) | using language suitable for formal situations e.g. press conferences, presentations | 4 | |
| 7672741629 | Colloquial | words or expressions used in ordinary language by common people; conversational | 5 | |
| 7672741630 | Referential (diction) | word choice that references facts, data, statistics, or previous documents (lacking emotion) | 6 | |
| 7672741631 | Emotive | word choices used to evoke emotion; emotional language | 7 | |
| 7672741632 | Latinate | when word choices are abstract, polysyllabic, elevated, thinking words, "of the mind" | 8 | |
| 7672741633 | Anglo Saxon | word choices that are concrete, shorter, guttural/blunt, feeling/reactionary words, "of the body" | 9 | |
| 7672741634 | Figurative | something that is not to be interpreted literally, but that instead uses a symbolism, metaphor, allegory, or a likeness | 10 | |
| 7672741635 | Literal | taking words at their meaning in their usual or most basic sense without symbolism, metaphor, allegory or a likeness | 11 | |
| 7672741636 | Jargon | language used in a particular trade or group that would be meaningless to others | 12 | |
| 7672741637 | Dialect | language specific to a region or social group; a variety of a language which has different pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary than the standard language of the culture | 13 | |
| 7672741638 | Cliché | an often repeated or used phrase or statement that has been used so much it has become trite and kind of meaningless | 14 | |
| 7672741639 | Vulgarity | Something, such as an act or expression, that offends good taste or propriety; making explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions; coarse and rude | 15 | |
| 7672741640 | Cacophonous | Having a harsh, unpleasant sound; discordant | 16 | |
| 7672741641 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, lines of verse, paragraphs etc. | 17 | |
| 7672741642 | Rhetoric | Rhetoric is the art of using words well when speaking or writing | 18 | |
| 7672741643 | Lucid | thinking clearly; clarity of thought | 19 |