AP Language - List 3 Flashcards
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| 7460665896 | Euphemism | A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term. | 0 | |
| 7460665897 | Exegesis | A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of prose or poetry. | 1 | |
| 7460665898 | Expose | A piece of writing that reveals the weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings. | 2 | |
| 7460669700 | Exposition | The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of an essay or other work; setting forth the meaning or purpose of a piece of writing or discourse. | 3 | |
| 7460669701 | Explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text. | 4 | |
| 7460669702 | Extended metaphor | Series of comparisons between two unlike objects. | 5 | |
| 7460671634 | Fable | A short tale often with nonhuman characters from which a useful lesson may be drawn. | 6 | |
| 7460674882 | Fallacy, fallacious reasoning | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. | 7 | |
| 7460676588 | Fantasy | A story containing unreal, imaginary features. | 8 | |
| 7460676589 | Farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious purpose. | 9 | |
| 7460679332 | Figure of speech, figurative language | Implies meaning, not literal, like metaphor, simile, personification. | 10 | |
| 7460679333 | Frame | Structure that provides a promise or setting for a narrative or other discourse. | 11 | |
| 7460679334 | Genre | A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, essay. | 12 | |
| 7460679335 | Harangue | A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade. | 13 | |
| 7460679336 | Homily | A lecture or sermon on a religious or moral theme meant to guide human behavior. | 14 | |
| 7460681058 | Hubris | Excessive pride in a character which leads to his or her downfall. | 15 | |
| 7460681059 | Humanism | A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity. | 16 | |
| 7460681060 | Hyperbole | Overstatement, gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect. | 17 | |
| 7460681061 | Idyll | Lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place. | 18 | |
| 7460682901 | Imagery | The use of sensory images in speech and writing. | 19 | |
| 7460682902 | Indirect quotation | A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased. | 20 | |
| 7460685014 | Inductive reasoning | Method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. | 21 | |
| 7460685015 | Inference | Conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or other data. | 22 | |
| 7460688667 | Invective | Direct verbal assault; a denunciation. | 23 | |
| 7460688668 | Irony | When the opposite of what is expected happens. | 24 | |
| 7460688681 | Kenning | The name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities. | 25 | |
| 7460691272 | Lampoon | A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation. | 26 | |
| 7460691273 | Litotes | Form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. | 27 | |
| 7460691274 | Loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases. | 28 | |
| 7460694724 | Lyrical prose | Personal, reflective prose that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject. | 29 |