Howard AP English Language Rhetorical/Literary Terms Review Flashcards

8253467654	allegory	story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning	0
8253467655	alliteration	beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words	1
8253467656	allusion	indirect of passing reference	2
8253467657	anaphora	repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning	3
8253467659	apostrophe	figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character	4
8253467669	connotation	secondary meaning to a word	5
8253467672	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	6
8253467674	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	7
8253467675	imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	8
8253467676	irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	9
8253467677	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	10
8253467678	dramatic irony	Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.	11
8253467679	irony of situation	refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended	12
8253467680	metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	13
8253467681	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	14
8253467683	narrator	Person telling the story	15
8253467684	onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	16
8253467685	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	17
8253467686	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	18
8253467687	paradox	A contradiction or dilemma	19
8253467688	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	20
8253467696	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	21
8253467699	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else	22
8253467700	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	23
8253467702	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	24
8253467704	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	25
8253491092	ad hominem argument	"to the man" attacks the person rather than the argument	26
8253501593	ambiguity	multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional	27
8253508176	analogy	a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	28
8253510302	antecedent	word, phrase, clause referred to by a pronoun	29
8253511873	aphorism	a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or principle	30
8253520366	atmosphere	the emotional mood created by a literary work, established partly by setting, diction, imagery	31
8253530975	clause	grammatical unit with a subject and verb. Independent clause is a complete sentence and a subordinate or dependent clause is reliant on an independent clause	32
8253532718	colloquialism	slang or informal language in writing, often relating to local or regional dialects	33
8253533636	conceit	a shocking (surprising) metaphor	34
8253541862	diction	author's choice of words	35
8253543479	didactic	language which is instructive, usually to teach a moral or principle	36
8253545847	euphemism	nicer way to say something, replaces more offensive description	37
8253545848	genre	Basic division a literary work fits into--drama, poetry, or prose	38
8253547167	homily	sermon, but can refer to a serious talk	39
8253553991	inference/infer	draw a reasonable conclusion to information provided	40
8253553992	invective	describing language which is emotionally violent; a verbal attack	41
8253555737	loose sentence	main idea as an independent clause comes first with subordinate clauses following to add detail	42
8253557772	mood	1) attitude an author has toward his subject matter or audience; 2) atmosphere of literary work	43
8253560021	narrative	telling of a story as a series of events	44
8253565715	parallelism	similar in construction or structure	45
8253565716	pedantic	general tone which is overly scholarly	46
8253568155	periodic sentence	main idea of the sentence comes at the end	47
8253570459	predicate adjective	adjective (descriptor) which following a linking verb	48
8253573220	predicate nominative	noun which renames the subject	49
8253573221	prose	fiction/nonfiction--not drama or poetry	50
8253574886	rhetorical appeal	attempt to get audience's' attention using Ethos, Pathos, and Logos	51
8253578529	rhetorical modes	purposes of major kinds of writing: exposition, argumentation, description, narration	52
8253580105	style	1) author's choices especially in relation to diction, syntax, figurative language, and tone 2) classification of authors to a group	53
8253582510	subordinate clause	word group with a subject and verb, but is dependent upon an independent clause, incomplete sentence	54
8253582511	syllogism	formal logic with a major premise, minor premise, and conclusion; must be based in fact	55
8253584547	symbolism	something which stands for something else	56
8253588869	litotes	affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite (type of understatement)	57
8253589985	meiosis	something is referred to in terms less important than it really deserves (type of understatement)	58
8253593797	wit	terse intelligent humor	59