AP Terms Flashcards

7670407873	allusion	a well-known reference to a historical or cultural figure, artwork, event, piece of writing, etc.	0
7670407874	alliteration	repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words, phrases or clauses	1
7670407875	analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	2
7670410440	anecdote	a brief story used as part of a larger text	3
7670410441	antithesis	placing two contradicting or opposite ideas together in parallel structure to emphasize a point	4
7670410442	colloquialism	slang or informal speech	5
7670414665	cumulative sentence	a sentence in which the main clause is at the beginning of the sentence	6
7670414666	epiphany	a revelation or "a-ha" moment	7
7670416971	euphemism	a milder way of saying something harsh	8
7670416972	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration; overstatement	9
7670416973	metaphor	comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as"	10
7670420497	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	11
7670420498	parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	12
7670423444	periodic sentence	a sentence in which the main clause is at the end of the sentence	13
7670423445	personification	giving human qualities to nonhuman things	14
7670426581	diction	word choice	15
7670426582	syntax	sentence structure	16
7670426583	tone	the attitude of the speaker conveyed by stylistic choices and diction	17
7670426584	imagery	descriptive writing that appeals to the five senses	18
7670429136	figurative language	writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally	19
7670429137	point of view	perspective from which a story is told; in literature it can be first person, third person omniscient or limited, second person	20
7670429138	detail	This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.	21
7670431990	pacing	The speed or tempo of an author's writing.	22
7670431991	shift	movement from one point to another or in the tone of a piece of writing	23
7670431992	connotation	emotional association of a word	24
7670435068	denotation	dictionary definition of a word	25
7670435069	theme	Central idea of a work of literature; THEMEssage	26
7670435070	ethos	credibility/ethics of speaker	27
7670437347	pathos	emotional appeal	28
7670437348	logos	logical appeal	29