Study Guid AP Language Test Flashcards

8417847928	Characterization	The act of creating and developing a character	0
8417847929	Plot	Sequence of events in a story	1
8417847930	Setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	2
8417847931	Conflict	A struggle between opposing forces	3
8417847932	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	4
8417847933	Theme	The central idea of a work	5
8417847934	limited point of view	the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character	6
8417847935	first person point of view	The story being told by the narrator and They use I	7
8417847936	third person point of view	someone on the outside is looking in and telling the story as he/she see it unfold.	8
8417847937	omniscient point of view	the narrator is capable of knowing, telling, and seeing all	9
8417847938	Rhetoric	The act of persuasion	10
8417847939	rhetorical triangle	author, audience, purpose	11
8417847940	Logos	Appeal to logic	12
8417847941	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	13
8417847942	Ethos	establishes credibility in the speaker.	14
8417847943	context	writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs	15
8417847944	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	16
8417847945	Speaker	The person who creates a text	17
8417847946	audience	the intended reader of a piece	18
8417847947	ad hominem argument	an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue	19
8417847948	Allegory	The device of using elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	20
8417847949	Allusion	an indirect reference	21
8417847950	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	22
8417847951	Caricature	An exaggerated portrayal of one's features	23
8417847952	Clause	A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.	24
8417847953	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	25
8417847954	Conceit	An extended metaphor	26
8417847955	Diction	Word choice	27
8417847956	figurative language	writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally	28
8417847957	figure of speech	a device used to produce figurative language	29
8417847958	generic conventions	describes traditions for each genre	30
8417847959	Genre	a major category or type of literature	31
8417847960	Homily	A sermon	32
8417847961	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	33
8417847962	Imagery	Language that appeals to the senses	34
8417847963	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	35
8417847964	Metaphor	Comparison not using like or as	36
8417847965	Narrative	A story	37
8417847966	Paradox	a contradiction or dilemma	38
8417847967	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another	39
8417847968	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	40
8417847969	Prose	Any writing that is not poetry	41
8417847970	Repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	42
8417847971	rhetorical mode	exposition, description, narration, argumentation; the purposes of the major kinds of writing.	43
8417847972	Rhetorical question	A question that is not meant to be answered	44
8417847973	sarcasm	bitter language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.	45
8417847974	Satire	A work that targets human vices	46
8417847975	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	47
8417847976	style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	48
8417847977	Syntax	Sentence structure	49
8417847978	Thesis	sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's meaning and purpose	50
8417847979	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	51
8417847980	Wit	intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights	52
8417847981	Willy Loman	63 years old, a traveling salesman and has flashbacks. Through the flashbacks the audience becomes familiar with the salesman's philosophy. His life is full of disappointment.	53
8417847982	Biff Loman	the oldest son, he's the star athlete in high school and Willie's pride for his friends and female companions. He became a failure and a kleptomaniac (steals compulsively)	54
8417847983	Happy Loman	the younger son, overcompensates because he has always played second-fiddle to his brother. Aggressive in business and with females. He's a compulsive liar. Lacks strong moral foundation within his job and his relationships.	55
8417847984	Charley	Willie's Foil. He is the next door neighbor. His success contrast Willie's failures. Willie's only friend. Willie is jealous of his success. He's a good friend.	56
8417847985	Bernard	Charley's son. He's the Foil of the boys. He's a successful lawyer. He was a nerd and was mocked. But he ultimately became successful.	57
8417847986	Ben	Willy's wealthy older brother	58
8428437205	Dave Singleman	He lived to be an 84 year old salesman, Willy's role model	59
8428437206	Linda Loman	Willy's wife; never is truthful with Willy.	60
8428437207	Howard Wagner	Willy's boss, younger than Willy. His father was Willie's boss. Generation gap causes conflict and change.	61