Ap Flashcards

8722802411	Diction	Word choice	0
8722802413	Slang	It is a group of recently coined words	1
8722805517	Jargon	Words and expression characteristics of a particular trade profession or pursuit	2
8722808803	Dialect	Used by people at a specific area,social or economic class or other groups of people	3
8722814507	Concrete	This includes words that describe physical qualities or conditions we can identify with our five senses	4
8722819322	Abstract	That represents ideas emotions conditions or concepts that are intangible that can't be measured bye the 5 senses	5
8722841831	Denotation	This is the exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning	6
8722845043	Connotation	This is the implicit meaning of a word- suggestions, associations and emotional overtones attached to a word	7
8722851773	Tone	Speakers or writers attitude toward a subject	8
8722856860	Imagery	Description through the senses (sight,touch,taste,smell,hearing)	9
8722861610	Syntax	An arrangement of words and phrases to creat a well formed sentences	10
8722883589	Anaphora	The deliberate use of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses	11
8722889977	Chiamus	The arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first clause	12
8722895942	Polysyndeton	The deliberate use of many conjunctions for special emphasis; to highlight quantity or mass of detail or to create a flowing continuous sentence pattern	13
8722901444	Zuegma	The use of verbs that has two different meaning (literal and figurative) with objects that complement both meanings	14
8722909409	Juxtaposition	Two things placed close together to highlight comparison and contrast	15
8722912619	Parallelism	Using the same pattern to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance	16
8722915997	Alliteration	The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words	17
8722919038	Allusion	A brief and indirect referrence to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literacy or political signifance	18
8722929278	Irony	When something seem contrary to (opposite) what you except and is often amusing as a result	19
8722932918	Verbal irony	When a person says or writes something that is the opposite of how they actually feel (like sarcasm)	20
8722936867	Situational irony	When the exact opposite of what is expected to happen, happens	21
8722939764	Dramatic irony	When the audience knows something that the characters of the story do not	22
8722942288	Satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose the criticize someone of something's weakness/stupidity	23
8722950326	Parody	An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist or genre with a deliberated exaggeration for comic effect	24
8722960480	Synecdoche	Replacing the name of a thing with the name of part of it	25
8722962014	Metonymy	Replacing the name of a thing with the name of something it is closely associated with	26
8727399422	Symbolism	is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.	27
8727407752	Antithesis	means opposite and is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together. This emphasizes the difference between the two ideas and adds interest to writing.	28
8727438185	Metaphor	figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.	29
8727445681	Personification	Personification is a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. This device is often used in poetry to enhance the meaning and beauty of poems.	30
8727462513	Hyperbole	Overly exaggerated statement	31
8727470163	Asyndeton	Deliberated omission of conjunctions in a series of conjuctions in a series of related clauses	32
8733939625	Sarcasm	Tends to insult or defend	33
8733968556	Appeals	To convince their audience to believe their claim	34