Ap English Terms

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allusion

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a short, informal reference to a famous person or event

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attitude

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a feeling or emotion toward a fact or state

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diction

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choice of words especially with regard to correctness, cleaness, and effectiveness

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euphemism

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the substitition of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

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figurative language

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a type of language that varies from the norms of literal language.

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hyperbole

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the counterpart of understatement, deliberatly exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect.

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imagery

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figurative language, mental images

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irony

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refers to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem. many times is the exact opposite of what it appears to be

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metaphor

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compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. uses "is"

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mood

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the atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions

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omniscient point of view

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a narator who knows everything about alll the characters and is all knowing

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limited omniscient point of view

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a narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor, limited of what they know.

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first person point of view

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the author tells the story from their personal perspective using "I"

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rhetorical techniques

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figures of speeh employed for rhetorical effect

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satire

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a piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of the work.

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simile

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compares things that resemble each other, like or as

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allegory

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a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor

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ambiguity

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the quality or state of being uncertain in meaning

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apostrophe

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interrupts the discussion to address a person or personified thing

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connotation

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association that comes along with a certain word

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denotation

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the exact meaning of a word, without the feelings or suggestions that the word may imply

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epigram

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a short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event, usually with witticism or sarcasm

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literal

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characterized by concern mainly with facts

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oxymoron

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paradox reduced to two words that contradicts itsself sorta. jumbo shrimp

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parable

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a brief and often simple narrative that illustrates a moral or religious lesson

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paradox

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a situation ot statement that seems to contradict itsself, but upon closer inspection, does not.

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parody

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a literary work that imitates the style of another literary work

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personification

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metphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes

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stereotype

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standardized mental picture that is hlep in common by members of a group that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced atitude, or uncritical judgment.

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thesis

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a position or proposition that a person advances and offers to maintin by argument.