AP Lang. Literary Terms - Group 1 Flashcards

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4795048874	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	0
4795048875	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	1
4795048877	First Person	A point of view that includes the speaker, i.e. I, me, my, we, us, our, etc	2
4795048878	Implication	a suggestion an author or speaker makes without stating it directly	3
4795048881	Point of view	the vantage point from which a story is told or a text is written	4
4795048882	Rhetoric	the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner	5
4795048884	Second Person	A point of view that directly addresses the reader by using "you"	6
4795048885	Theme	a central idea of a work; the main message/lesson that an author wants to communicate	7
4795048886	Third Person	Point of view not involving the speaker. He, She, her, him, they, etc.	8
4795048889	Diction	a writer's or speaker's choice of words	9
4795048892	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	10
4795048897	exigence	an urgent issue that motivates the author to write	11
4795048898	persona	An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting	12