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44 Cards in this Set
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Diction |
word choice, "why an author's choice of words is particularly effective" |
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Pedantic |
overscrupulous, precise, exact, perfectionist |
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Lyricism (lyrical) |
intense, intimate display of emotion; rarely a correct answer for AP passages |
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Ludic |
pertaining to game, playful |
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Terse |
concise, without superfluous detail; often a correct answer |
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Edifying |
enlightening and informative |
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Syntax |
ordering of words in a sentence; sentence structure |
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Style |
the manner of expression; how the author uses language to get their point across; "simple, direct, unsophisticated' |
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Tone |
attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by the style; how the author seems to be feeling |
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Point of view |
the stance revealed by the style and the tone of the writing; the author's point of view that expresses his or her position |
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Rhetoric |
art of speaking or writing effectively |
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Figurative Language |
speech or writing that departs from literal meaning to achieve a special effect or meaning |
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Logos |
an appeal to reason or logic |
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Ethos |
an appeal to the speaker's credibility |
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Pathos |
an appeal to the emotions, values, or desires of the audience |
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Imagery |
More defined figurative language; specifically used to convey a sensory perception (visual, auditory, etc.) |
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Understatement |
Figurative language that presents the facts in a way that makes them appear much less significant than they really are; usually for comic effect |
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Simile |
a comparison between two unlike objects connected by like or as |
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Metaphor |
A simile without a connecting term such as like or as |
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Extended Metaphor |
Metaphor thar lasts for longer than just one phrase for sentence |
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Symbol |
a word that represents something other than itself |
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Denotation |
Refers to a word's primary or literal significance |
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Connotation |
Refers to the vast range of other meanings that a word suggests |
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Oxymoron |
an apparent contradiction of terms |
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Paradox |
an apparents contradiction of ideas or statements |
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Personification |
the figurative device in which inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities |
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Hyperbole |
overstatement or exaggeration |
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Rhetorical Question |
a question whose answer is obvious |
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Bombast |
language that is overly rhetorical; pompous |
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Pun |
a play on words |
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Metonymy |
one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated |
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Synecdoche |
a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole |
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theme |
a general idea contained in a text; may be stated explicitly or only suggested |
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aphorism |
a concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth |
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Malapropism |
the unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning |
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Circumlocution |
1. "talking around a subject" 2. "talking around a word" |
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Euphemism |
a word or words that are used to avoid employing an unpleasant or offensive term |
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Verbal Irony |
the process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated |
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Sarcasm |
verbal irony used with the intent to injure; alsoCoach Durham's favorite rhetorical device |
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Situation Irony |
a situation that runs contrary to what was expected |
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Satire |
something is portrayed in a way that's deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect; social or political criticism that relies heavily on irony, sarcasm, and often humor |
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Parody |
imitation for comic effect |
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Lampoon |
sharp ridicule of the behavior or character of a person or institution |
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Caricature |
a ludicrous exaggeration of the defects of persons or things |
