AP Language Diction Terms Flashcards
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| 4808264392 | monosyllabic | one syllable in length | 0 | |
| 4808266106 | polysyllabic | more than one syllable (more use, more difficult the content) | 1 | |
| 4808271732 | colloquial/informal | conversational; usually includes slang | 2 | |
| 4808279966 | slang | non-standard words or phrases, often limited to a particular group of users | 3 | |
| 4808289597 | dialect | language particular to a region or group | 4 | |
| 4808292034 | formal | literary; rules of Standard American English | 5 | |
| 4808299899 | jargon | language specific to a field, profession, discipline | 6 | |
| 4808303950 | general | broad | 7 | |
| 4808304910 | specific | exact names or items | 8 | |
| 4808308951 | denotative | containing a literal meaning (dress, table) | 9 | |
| 4808317094 | connotative | containing a suggestive meaning (cackle-witch, evil) | 10 | |
| 4808320878 | concrete | detected by the five senses (hot, apple, sour) | 11 | |
| 4808323330 | abstract | conceptual (United States of America, nature, Nasdaq) | 12 | |
| 4808329623 | literal | apparent, word-for-word (use in context) | 13 | |
| 4808331511 | figurative | serving as an illustration (metaphor, similes, personification) | 14 | |
| 4808339889 | antiquated | old-fashioned, no longer used in everyday speech (hath, yonder) | 15 | |
| 4808344366 | bombastic | high-sounding, pompous, ostentatious; sometimes used for humor in satirical writing; unnecessary | 16 | |
| 4808359830 | euphemistic | insincere, affected-- a euphemism is a word that sugarcoats a harsher meaning (old-mature or death-passed away) | 17 | |
| 4808367156 | exact | precise, detailed, used to communicate clearly | 18 | |
| 4808369810 | homespun | folksy, native, rustic, informal. HAS A POSITIVE CONNOTATION | 19 | |
| 4808383139 | pedantic | didactic, bookish | 20 | |
| 4808385356 | poetic | lyric, melodious, figurative language | 21 | |
| 4808400848 | pretentious | pompous, inflated language, unnecessary NEGATIVE CONNOTATION | 22 | |
| 4808405833 | provincial | rural, rustic, unpolished NEGATIVE COMPARED TO HOMESPUN | 23 | |
| 4808416943 | scholarly | intellectual, academic, higher vocabulary, precise, single words | 24 | |
| 4808429290 | trite | common, banal, stereotypical (it it what is is, since the dawn of man) | 25 | |
| 4808433699 | vulgar | coarse, indecent, tasteless, swear words, informal | 26 |