AP Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 11268276517 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 0 |
| 11268276518 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness |  | 1 |
| 11268276519 | Author's Purpose | The reason the author has for writing (to inform, persuade, entertain, teach, etc.) |  | 2 |
| 11268276520 | Audience | The reader of the text; who the text is for |  | 3 |
| 11268276521 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing |  | 4 |
| 11268276522 | Author's Style | How the author conveys the meaning, tone, subject, and purpose through literary devices |  | 5 |
| 11268276523 | AP Exam | The test you will take in May to determine if you will receive college credit for this course |  | 6 |
| 11268276524 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts |  | 7 |
| 11268276525 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. |  | 8 |
| 11268276526 | Inflammatory | Causing excitement or anger |  | 9 |
| 11268276527 | Somber | dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit |  | 10 |
| 11268276528 | Jovial | Cheerful and friendly |  | 11 |
| 11268276529 | Judgmental | Authoritative and often critical |  | 12 |
| 11268276530 | Patronizing | Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior |  | 13 |
| 11268276531 | Patriotic | Inspired by love and devotion to one's country |  | 14 |
| 11268276532 | Revise | to make changes to an original work |  | 15 |
| 11268276533 | Edit | To correct or modify writing for publication |  | 16 |