AP Language Literary Terms Test #5 Flashcards

4934219125	point of view	the relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse. Requires the reader to establish the historical perspective of what is being said	0
4934219126	prose	the ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry	1
4934220054	realism	attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to details	2
4934220055	rebuttal	an argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered	3
4934221644	rhetoric	the art of using words to persuade in writing or seaking	4
4934222441	rhetorical question	a question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered	5
4934222442	sarcasm	a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical. Can be light, and gently poke fun at something, or it can be harsh and mean	6
4934223142	satire	a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure	7
4934223143	simile	a direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, using like or as	8
4934224127	style	the manner in which a writer combines or arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure	9
4934225598	symbolism	use of a person, place, thing, event, or pattern that figuratively represents or "stands for" something else	10
4934225599	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part signifies a whole	11
4934226889	syntax	the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences: sentence structure	12
4934226890	theme	the central idea or dominant idea or focus of a work	13
4934226891	tone	the attitude the narrator/author has toward the subject and theme	14
4934227783	voice	the acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story; the speaker's or narrator's particular "take" on an idea based on a passage	15
4934227784	zeugma	a grammatically correct construction in which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated.	16