Vocab Three AP Language Flashcards
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| 7405093298 | tone | the writer or speakers attitude toward the subject matter | 0 | |
| 7405095037 | understatement | deliberate playing down of a situation to make a point | 1 | |
| 7405097985 | zeugma | single word or phrase joins different parts of a sentence | 2 | |
| 7405104448 | assonance | repetition of the sound of vowel in nearby words | 3 | |
| 7405106905 | denotation | "dictionary meaning" of a word | 4 | |
| 7405109482 | dialect | the description patterns of a language | 5 | |
| 7405110082 | dialogue | two characters interacting with one another | 6 | |
| 7405110972 | diction | word choice | 7 | |
| 7405114358 | double entendre | a word or phrase with two possible interpretations | 8 | |
| 7405116562 | epistrophe | repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses | 9 | |
| 7405119307 | erotema | asking a question to assert or deny something without looking for an answer | 10 | |
| 7405132887 | exaggeration | overstatement | 11 | |
| 7405133731 | extended analogy | if two things are similar in one or two ways they will be similar in other ways | 12 | |
| 7405137069 | extended example | an example through several sentences or paragraphs | 13 | |
| 7405140804 | imagery | language that evokes particular sensations | 14 | |
| 7405142355 | implied metaphor | metaphor imbedded in sentence | 15 | |
| 7405143402 | litotes | understatement | 16 | |
| 7405143403 | mood | feeling of audience | 17 | |
| 7405146622 | paradox | a statement that seems untrue on the surface but it true nonetheless | 18 | |
| 7405149822 | personification | giving human characteristics to non human things | 19 | |
| 7405150922 | serendipity | fortunate discovery made by accident | 20 | |
| 7405152898 | stentorian | extremely loud | 21 | |
| 7405153980 | vestige | trace | 22 | |
| 7405155318 | abstemious | eating and drinking moderately | 23 | |
| 7405160250 | achaic | outdated | 24 |