AP Language Vocab tier 1 Flashcards

7335499319	alliteration	the ocurence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words	0
7335522130	allusion	reference to another work of literature art, often used to convey a difficult idea more simply	1
7335534025	ambiguity	lacking a clear meaning or intentionally having multiple meanings	2
7335579326	analogy	a comparison between 2 things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification	3
7335589835	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	4
7335602747	extended metaphor	a comparison between 2 unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines inside a poem	5
7335611732	figurative language	language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation	6
7335621395	imagery	to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses	7
7335635745	inference	reading between the lines	8
7335643311	persuasion	a literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reasons and logic to influence the audience	9
7335652810	point of view	a particular attitude or way of considering a matter or the narrator's position in relation to the story being told	10
7335667798	rhetoric	a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form	11
7335676209	simile	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind	12
7335685427	connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	13
7335688867	denotation	dictionary definition	14
7335691620	diction	a strategic way to convey the authors attitude towards their subject, which we call tone	15
7335691621	juxtaposition	setting 2 contrasting ideas or objects or characters side by side	16
7335693325	metaphor	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not literally applicable	17
7335694941	style	the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words	18
7335736998	syntax	the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language	19
7335744985	theme	the central topic a text treats	20
7335750085	tone	an attitude of a writer towards a subject or an audience	21
7335759539	grit	firmness of character; indomitable spirit	22
7335781624	biophilia	the love of life	23