AP Language Unit Two Vocab Flashcards

5233967843	Colloquial	Informal, conversational	0
5233968138	Dialect	Regional language-both in diction and syntax	1
5233968851	Jargon	Technical words related to a specific field	2
5233969707	Pedantic	Caring a lot about normality's, often more than necessary, ostentatious, arrogant	3
5233971914	Cliche	Overly used or common place	4
5233972585	Denotative	A direct, specific meaning (dictionary definition)	5
5233974669	Connotative	Suggested meaning	6
5233975315	Literal	Concerning primarily with facts	7
5233975782	Figurative	Expressing one thing in terms of another	8
5233976279	Archaic	Old fashioned, belonging to another era	9
5233977133	Metaphor	comparison of two ideas	10
5233977721	Simile	comparison of two ideas using like or as	11
5233978070	Personification	Abstract qualities are given a human shape	12
5233979070	Symbolism	something that represents something else	13
5233980545	Allegory	A story or visual with a hidden or underlying meaning	14
5233981066	Analogy	A comparison	15
5233981595	Onomatopoeia	Words sounding like it's definition	16
5233982170	Pun	A play on words that have alike meanings	17
5233982600	Alliteration	Beginning sounds of words	18
5233983363	Hyperbole	Extreme exaggeration	19
5233983963	Understatement	To present with restraint	20
5233984763	Rhetorical Question	A question to which no answer is expected	21
5233985599	Irony	The use of words to express something different from and opposite of the literal meaning	22
5233986485	Oxymoron	A figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear together for emphasis	23
5233987438	Paradox	A statement that appears contradictory or absurd but in fact may be true	24
5233988758	Four Levels of Diction	Formal, Informal, Colloquial, Slang	25