Flashcards: AP L&C #26-50
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bparadis on April 21, 2010
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Paradis AP Language 2010-11, Paradis AP 2009-10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 colloquial | the use of slang in writing, often to create local color and to provide an informal tone. Huckleberry Finn in written in a __ style. |
| comic Relief | the inclusion of a humorous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event. |
| conflict | a clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. God; man vs. self |
| connotation | the interpretive level or a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning. |
| consonance | Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. |
| cumulative | Sentence which begins with the main idea and then expands on that idea with a series of details or other particulars |
| deconstruction | a critical approach that debunks single definitions of meaning based on the instability of language. It "is not a dismantling of a structure of a text, but a demonstration that it has already dismantled itself." |
| deduction | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example. |
| denotation | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
| description | The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that being described. Sometimes an author engages all five senses. |
| dialect | the recreation of regional spoken language, such as a Southern one. Hurston uses this in Their Eyes Were Watching God. |
| diction | the author's choice of words that creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning |
| didactic | writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. A ___ work is usually formal and focuses on moral or ethical concerns. |
| dramatic Irony | In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work |
| either-or reasoning | When the writer reduces an argument or issue to two polar opposites and ignores any alternatives. |
| ellipsis | Indicated by a series of three periods, the __ indicates that some material has been omitted from a given text. |
| epigraph | The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two. One of them is "You are all a lost generation" by Gertrude Stein. |
| equivocation | When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument. |
| ethical Appeal | When a writer tries to persuade the audience to respect and believe him or her based on a presentation of image of self through the text. |
| ethos | an appeal based on the character of the speaker. An __-driven document relies on the reputation of the author. |
| euphemism | a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable. "He went to his final reward" is a common __ for "he died." They are also used to obscure the reality of the situation. |
| euphony | the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work. |
| example | an individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern |
| explication | The act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. __ usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. |
| exposition | The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion. |
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