Ap English Terms Flashcards
Alliteration
Sally saw surreptitious serpents
Allusion
Direct or indirect reference to something
Ambiguity
Multiple meanings of a word
Antecedent
Word or phrase referee to by a pronoun
Antithesis
An opposition or contrast of ideas
Aphorism
Terse statement which exoresses a general truth
Allegory
Deals with moral truth or a generalization. Multiple ways of interpretation.
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person such as liberty or love.
Atmosphere
The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work
Caricature
A verbal description, that holds the purpose to exaggerate or distort for comedic effect.
Clause
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and verb. An independent or main clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence
Colloquial/colloquialism
The use of slang in speech or writing
Conceit
A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy.
Connotation
The associative meaning of a word
Denotation
The strict, literal meaning of a word.
