AP Language Final Exam Flashcards

8447333033	Characterization	The process by which the writer reveals the peesonality of a character	0
8447333034	Plot	The story of a play or novel	1
8447333035	Setting	The location of a story	2
8447333036	Conflict	Involves a struggle between two opposing forces	3
8447333037	Point of view	Perspective in which a story is told	4
8447333038	Theme	Main idea of a literary work	5
8447333039	Limited point of view	The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character	6
8447333040	First person point of view	Tells the story with the first person pronoun "I" and is a character in the story	7
8447333041	Third person point of view	Relates events with the third person pronouns "he," "she," and "it"	8
8447333042	Omniscient point of view	The narrator knows the thoughts of all of the characters in the story	9
8447333043	Rhetoric	Principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	10
8447333044	Rhetorical triangle	Made up of Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. Used to sway the audience's attention and response to any given work	11
8447333045	Logos	Employs logical reasoning, combining a clear idea with well thought out and appropriate examples and details	12
8447333046	Pathos	Plays on the reader' emotions and interests	13
8447333047	Ethos	Establishes credibility in the speaker	14
8447333048	Context		15
8447333049	Purpose		16
8447333050	Speaker		17
8447333051	Audience		18
8447333052	Ad hominem argument	Argument appeals to emotion rather reason	19
8447333053	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some , for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.	20
8447333054	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. * can be historical (like referring to Hitler), literary (like referring to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness), religious ( like referring to Noah Andy the flood0, or mythical ( like referring to Atlas). There are, of course, many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of *.	21
8447333055	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An * can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with, or pointing out its similarity to, something more familiar. * can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, and intellectually engaging	22
8447333056	Atmosphere	The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the . Frequently, overshadows events.	23
8447333057	Caricature	A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Sometimes * can be so exaggerated that it becomes a grotesque imitation or misrepresentation.	24
8447333058	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent or main * expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence	25
8447333059	Colloquialism	Slang or informality in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, * give work a conversational, familiar tone. * expressions in writing include local or regional dialects	26
8447333060	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. A * displays intellectual cleverness due to an unusual comparison being made	27
8447333061	Diction	Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.	28
8447333062	Figurative language	Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid	29
8447333063	Figure of speech	A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech ink use hyperbole, irony, and metaphor	30
8447333064	Generic conventions	This term describes traditions of each genre. These * help to define each genre; for example, they differed ate between an essay and journalistic writing	31
8447333065	Genre	The major category in which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama.	32
8447333066	Homily	This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can inlcude any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	33
8447333067	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. * often have a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, * produces irony at the same time.	34
8447333068	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion or represent abstractions. On a physical level, * uses terms related to the five senses.	35
8447333069	Irony/ironic	The contrast between what is said explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true	36
8447333070	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity	37
8447333071	Narrative	The tellling of a story or an account of an event or series of events	38
8447333072	Paradox	Statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity	39
8447333073	Parody	A work closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule	40
8447333074	Personification	Figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions	41
8447333075	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre. It refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language, and most closely resemble everyday speech.	42
8447333076	Repetition	The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause,,sentence, or grammatical pattern.	43
8447333077	Rhetorical modes	Flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.	44
8447333078	Rhetorical question	A question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply. The answer is assumed	45
8447333079	Sarcasm	Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are sarcastic. Can be witty and insightful.	46
8447333080	Satire	A work that targets human vices and folies for reform or ridicule	47
8447333081	Simile	An explicit comparison, normally using like or as	48
8447333082	Style	an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language and other literary devices.	49
8447333083	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. * is similar to diction, but you can differentiate the two by thinking * is referring to grouos of words, while diction refers to individual words	50
8447333084	Thesis	The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition.	51
8447333085	Tone	Describes the author's attitude towards his or her material, the audience or both. * is easier to determine in spoken language than in written language.	52
8447333086	Wit	Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. A * statement is humorous while still suggesting the reader's verbal power.	53
8447333087	Willy Loman		54
8447333088	Biff Loman		55
8447333089	Happy Loman		56
8447333090	Linda Loman		57
8447333091	Charley		58
8447333092	Bernard		59
8447333093	Ben		60