Study sets matching "3 honors english ap"
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Opulent (adj)
Ornate (adj.)
Ostentatious (adj.)
Poignant (adj.)
Exhibiting a display of great wealth
Elaborating decorated
Describing a showy or pretentious display
Profoundly moving, touching
Opulent (adj)
Exhibiting a display of great wealth
Ornate (adj.)
Elaborating decorated
Stupefy
Bleak
Ajar
Intervene
To make numb with amazement; to stun into helplessness
Depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw
Partially open
To come between, to mediate, to occur beween times
Stupefy
To make numb with amazement; to stun into helplessness
Bleak
Depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw
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
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…
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
Calculating
Histrionic
Obstinate
Fatuous
shrewd; cautious; crafty; coldly scheming
excessively dramatic or emotional; affected
stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of acti…
vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish; foolish or silly…
Calculating
shrewd; cautious; crafty; coldly scheming
Histrionic
excessively dramatic or emotional; affected
Exposition
Tochaic
Anapestic
Dactylic
often used at the beginning of a work- introduces main charact…
a metrical foot consisting of one stressed foot followed by an…
a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by…
a metrical foot consisting of one long and two short syllables…
Exposition
often used at the beginning of a work- introduces main charact…
Tochaic
a metrical foot consisting of one stressed foot followed by an…
Copious
Furtive
Paragon
Coterie
abundant in supply or quanity
tempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of gu…
a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of particular…
a group of people who associate closely
Copious
abundant in supply or quanity
Furtive
tempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of gu…
Abominate
Acculturation
Adventitous
Ascribe
To have an intense dislike or hatred for
The modification of the social patterns, traits or structure o…
Resulting from change rather from an inherent cause or charact…
To assign or refer to as a cause or source
Abominate
To have an intense dislike or hatred for
Acculturation
The modification of the social patterns, traits or structure o…
dramatic irony
verbal irony
oxymoron
understatement
the reader knows something the character does not know
the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated
a phrase combining two contradictory terms i.e. jumbo shrimp
lack of emphasis, an affirmative is expressed by negating the…
dramatic irony
the reader knows something the character does not know
verbal irony
the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated
parochial
obfuscate
edify
ambiguous
local, narrow, limited... syn: provincial; narrow-minded... ant: uni…
to confuse, to bewilder, muddle... syn: muddle; obscure... ant: clar…
to improve someone morally
open to more than one interpretation... syn: unclear; vague; unce…
parochial
local, narrow, limited... syn: provincial; narrow-minded... ant: uni…
obfuscate
to confuse, to bewilder, muddle... syn: muddle; obscure... ant: clar…
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…
Motif
Theme
Narrative
Plot
An idea or theme that repeats in a work
A main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work whether d…
A story of related events shared to reader in a logical order
A sequences of events that make up and describe a story. This…
Motif
An idea or theme that repeats in a work
Theme
A main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work whether d…
Abysmal
Acquiesce
Aggrandize
Allusion
extremely poor or bad
to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying sile…
to make great or greater
a statement that refers to something without mentioning it dir…
Abysmal
extremely poor or bad
Acquiesce
to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying sile…