Study sets matching "3 honors english ap"
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Homily
Imagery
Verbal Irony
Inverted Order of a Sentence
This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it ca…
Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind throu…
When you say something and mean the opposite/something differe…
Sentences where part or all of the predicate comes before the…
Homily
This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it ca…
Imagery
Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind throu…
amnesty
autonomy
axiomatic
blazon
(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in…
(n.) self-government, political control... SYNONYM: home rule... AN…
(adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted princip…
(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publi…
amnesty
(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in…
autonomy
(n.) self-government, political control... SYNONYM: home rule... AN…
Ad Hominem
Ad Populum
Allegory
Alliteration
An argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than…
Evading issues in an argument by appealing to the audiences em…
Extending a metaphor so that objects, persons, and actions in…
The repetition of an initial consonant sound
Ad Hominem
An argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than…
Ad Populum
Evading issues in an argument by appealing to the audiences em…
Symbol
Personification
Archetype
Dramatic Irony
Something used for or regarded as representing something else
The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inani…
The original pattern or model from which all things of the sam…
Situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not…
Symbol
Something used for or regarded as representing something else
Personification
The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inani…
alliteration
allusion
connotation
denotation
the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds…
a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumabl…
the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, s…
the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word
alliteration
the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds…
allusion
a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumabl…
Assonance, Consonance, Rhyme
Assonance
Consonance
Rhyme
Words related to sound
Occurs when two or more words in close proximity to one anothe…
• This term refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants…
Also known as End [term], this is a repetition of similar-soun…
Assonance, Consonance, Rhyme
Words related to sound
Assonance
Occurs when two or more words in close proximity to one anothe…
Approbation
Assuage
Coalition
Decadence
Definition: (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opini…
Definition: (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet,…
Definition: (n.) A combination, union, or merger for some spec…
Definition: (n.) excessive self-indulgence leading to decline,…
Approbation
Definition: (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opini…
Assuage
Definition: (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet,…
compassionate
ponderous
emaciated
innocuous
Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
heavy; bulky and unwieldy; dull, labored
Extremely thin; wasted away
Harmless, inoffensive
compassionate
Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
ponderous
heavy; bulky and unwieldy; dull, labored
Symbol
Tautology
Understatement
Free Verse
Definition- Words or images that signify more than they litera…
definition- A statement redundant in itself; a statement that…
Definition-the practice of drawing attention to a fact that is…
Definition-Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow t…
Symbol
Definition- Words or images that signify more than they litera…
Tautology
definition- A statement redundant in itself; a statement that…
compassionate
ponderous
emaciated
innocuous
Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
heavy; bulky and unwieldy; dull, labored
Extremely thin; wasted away
Harmless, inoffensive
compassionate
Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
ponderous
heavy; bulky and unwieldy; dull, labored
analyze
connotative
denotative
figurative
examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structu…
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which…
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the f…
departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.
analyze
examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structu…
connotative
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which…
Ameliorate
Aplomb
Bombastic
Callow
(v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.…
(n.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity…
(adj.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding…
(adj.) Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lack…
Ameliorate
(v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.…
Aplomb
(n.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity…
affable
aggrandize
amorphous
archetype
(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to... SYN…
(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up o…
(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type…
(n.) an original model on which something was patterned or rep…
affable
(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to... SYN…
aggrandize
(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up o…
enrich
proclaim
entrap
plunder
(verb) improve or enhance the quality of
(verb) announce officially or publically
(verb) catch in or as in a trap; trick
(verb) to rob of goods or valuables by force
enrich
(verb) improve or enhance the quality of
proclaim
(verb) announce officially or publically
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Irony
Flashback
When an object or a story element stands for a larger meaning.
When the author gives readers hints about what will happen lat…
a contradiction (difference) between appearance and reality
Sections of a narrative that describe a time before the presen…
Symbolism
When an object or a story element stands for a larger meaning.
Foreshadowing
When the author gives readers hints about what will happen lat…
ambidextrous
augment
bereft
deploy
(adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; dece…
(v) to make larger, increase
(adj) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
(v) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
ambidextrous
(adj) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; dece…
augment
(v) to make larger, increase
salient
recant
jocular
palliate
significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest
to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion
humorous; lighthearted
to ease; to lessen; to soothe
salient
significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest
recant
to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion
Assonance
Assonance
Consonance
Consonance
This occurs when two or more words in close proximity to one a…
Example: Men sell the wedding bells. Go and mow the lawn
This term refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants w…
Example: chuckle, fickle, and kick; She ate seven sandwiches o…
Assonance
This occurs when two or more words in close proximity to one a…
Assonance
Example: Men sell the wedding bells. Go and mow the lawn
abominate
acculturation
adventitious
ascribe
(v.) To have an intense dislike or hatred for
(n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or struc…
(adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent caus…
(v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
abominate
(v.) To have an intense dislike or hatred for
acculturation
(n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or struc…
Abridge
Adherent
Altercation
Cherubic
V. To make shorter... Synonyms- shorten, condense,abbreviate... Ant…
N. a follower, supporter... Adj. attached, sticking to... Synonyms-…
N. An angry argument... Synonyms- quarrel, dispute, squabble... Ant…
Adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a be…
Abridge
V. To make shorter... Synonyms- shorten, condense,abbreviate... Ant…
Adherent
N. a follower, supporter... Adj. attached, sticking to... Synonyms-…