AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcards

13726692634	Acting Voice	The subject of the sentence performs the action.	0
13726701540	Allusion	An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.	1
13726712405	Alter-ego	A character that is used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts; when an author speaks directly to the audience through a character.	2
13726734674	Anecdote	A brief recounting of a relevant episode.	3
13726748970	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	4
13726752999	Classicism	Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world; sticks to traditional themes and structures	5
13726761101	Comic Relief	When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat.	6
13726765751	Diction	Word choice, particularly as an element of style.	7
13726769071	Colloquial	Ordinary or familiar type of conversation	8
13726771590	Connotation	Rather than the dictionary definition (denotation), the associations suggested by a word	9
13726776839	Denotation	The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations	10
13726781749	Jargon	The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity	11
13726785953	Vernacular	Language or dialect of a particular country, language or dialect of a regional clan or group, or plain everyday speech	12
13726793702	Didactic	A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behaviour or thinking	13
13726801230	Adage	A fold saying with a lesson	14
13726804929	Allegory	A story, fictional or non fictional, in which characters, things, and events are meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth	15
13726812173	Aphorism	A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle	16
13726816861	Ellipsis	The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author	17
13726851802	Euphemism	A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts	18
13726856726	Figurative language	The opposite of "literal language", writing that is not meant to be taken literally	19
13726865193	Analogy	a comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables	20
13726871122	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	21
13726873795	Idiom	A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literaly	22
13726877819	Metaphor	Making an implied comparison, not using "like" "as" or other such words	23
13726883638	Metonymy	Replacing an actual word or idea with a related word or concept	24
13726893456	Synecdoche	A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa	25
13726899729	Simile	Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things	26
13726907388	Synesthesia	A description involving a "crossing of the senses"	27
13726956486	Personification	Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human	28
13726956487	Foreshadowing	When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story.	29
13726969301	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits	30
13726969302	Gothis	Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear, and/or death	31
13726971808	Imagery	Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind	32
13726975708	Invective	A long, emotionally violent attack attack using strong, abusive language	33
13726968409	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits.	34
13776535519	Gothic	Writing characterized by gloom, mystery, fear, and/or death. Also refers to an architectural style of the middle ages, often seen in cathedrals of this period.	35
13797667084	Imagery	Word or words that create a picture in a reader's mind. Usually this involves the five senses.	36