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AP Latin Literary Terms

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1. Good speech - especially that is less offensive or more agreeable






2. Work that imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule






3. Perspective from which the story is told






4. To re-create - invent - or visually present a person - place - event - or action to make it visible to the reader






5. Type of sentence in which the main idea comes first - followed by dependent grammatical units






6. A device used to produce figurative language






7. The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work






8. A revelation






9. Deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude






10. A figure of speech that deliberately exaggerates or overstates






11. Multiple meanings of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






12. Writing or speech that is meant to be imaginative and vivid






13. Repetition of vowel sounds






14. Clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb






15. Duplication of any element of language - such as sound - word - phrase - clause - sentence - or grammatical pattern






16. Word choice






17. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject






18. Describes the author's attitude toward his or her material - the audience - or both






19. Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases






20. Adjective that describes words - phrases - or general tone that is overly scholarly - academic - or bookish






21. Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises






22. Repetition of the same beginning words of each clause






23. Strict - literal - dictionary definition of a word






24. A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject






25. Use of slang or informalities in speech or writing






26. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect






27. Emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work






28. To tell a story of an event or series of events






29. To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented






30. The word - phrase - or clause to which the pronoun refers






31. The sensory details or figurative language used to describe - arouse emotion - or represent abstractions






32. Branch of linguistics - choice of words






33. Work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule






34. Figure of speech that directly addresses something absent or imaginary






35. Preaching - sermon - serious talk or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice






36. Taking out the conjunctions of a statement






37. Way an author chooses to join words into phrases - clauses - and sentences






38. Figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words






39. Figure of speech using implied comparison of semming ly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other - suggesting similarity






40. Figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it






41. Comparison between two opposite things






42. To explain and analyze information by presenting an idea - relevant evidence - and appropriate discussion






43. Referring to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words - phrases - sentences - or paragraphs to give structural similarity






44. Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end






45. Type of argumentation having an additional aim of urging some form of action






46. Repetition of sounds - especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words






47. Statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but contains some degree of truth or validity






48. A metaphor developed at great length - occuring frequently or throughout






49. To prove the validity of a point of view by presenting reasoning - discussion - and argument - that thoroughly convince the reader






50. An omition