AP Lit Unit 1 Flashcards

10406947838	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	0
10406947839	Syntax	the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language	1
10406947840	Tone	the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself	2
10406947841	Imagery	the representation through language of sense experience	3
10406947842	Point of View	the angle of vision from which a story is told (omniscient, third-person, first-person, objective)	4
10406947843	Detail	facts	5
10406947844	Pacing	a stylistic device, which shows how fast a story unfolds	6
10406947845	Shift	occurs when speakers or writers alter their style or tone in a piece	7
10406947846	Connotation	what a word suggests beyond it basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning	8
10406947847	Denotation	dictionary definition	9
10406947848	Theme	the central idea or unifying generalization implied or stated by a literary work	10
10406947849	Foot	the basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of verse. It usually contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables	11
10406947850	Meter	the regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse; the measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry	12
10406947851	Prose	a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure, rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry	13
10406947852	Stanza	a group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout a poem	14
10504636054	Rhyme Scheme	the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in poetry. It refers to the order in which particular words rhyme.	15