AP Language and Composition Flashcards Ilharreguy Flashcards
All the literary terms for mr guys weekly tests
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| 15052104452 | symbol/symbolism | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. | 0 | |
| 15052104453 | syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences | 1 | |
| 15052104454 | theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 2 | |
| 15052104455 | thesis | the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. | 3 | |
| 15052104456 | tone | describes the author's attitude toward his. material, the audience, or both. | 4 | |
| 15052104457 | transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas | 5 | |
| 15052104458 | understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is. | 6 | |
| 15052104460 | wit | statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks | 7 | |
| 15052163100 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 8 | |
| 15052165459 | Synethesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. | 9 |