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AP Latin Literary Terms
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1. Way an author chooses to join words into phrases - clauses - and sentences
antecedent
rhetoric
thesis
syntax
2. The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work
literary mood
antecedent
genre
argumentation
3. Statement that expresses a general truth or a moral principle
aphorism
exposition
ellipsis
alliteration
4. Exposition - argumentation - description - narration
argumentation
metonomy
rhetorical modes
metaphor
5. Story within a story
allegory
exposition
paradox
grammatical mood
6. A metaphor developed at great length - occuring frequently or throughout
extended metaphor
genre
asyndeton
metonomy
7. Bitter - caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something
imagery
sarcasm
conceit
onomatopeia
8. 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
subordinate clause
subject complement
alliteration
periodic sentence
9. Repetition of the same beginning words of each clause
antecedent
aphorism
anaphora
point of view
10. Deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude
metonomy
persuasive writing
grammatical mood
subordinate clause
11. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject
understatement
predicate adjective
apostrophe
atmosphere
12. Work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule
rhetoric
thesis
satire
metaphor
13. Word or group of words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject
connotation
atmosphere
style
subject complement
14. Figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox
paradox
oxymoron
inference
hyperbole
15. To prove the validity of a point of view by presenting reasoning - discussion - and argument - that thoroughly convince the reader
metonomy
analogy
aphorism
argumentation
16. A recurring theme
invective
diction
point of view
motif
17. Central idea or message of the work
repetition
subordinate clause
personification
theme
18. To explain and analyze information by presenting an idea - relevant evidence - and appropriate discussion
oxymoron
exposition
wit
argumentation
19. A figure of speech that deliberately exaggerates or overstates
hyperbole
didactic
repetition
colloquialism
20. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant
irony
extended metaphor
parody
satire
21. Figure of speech using implied comparison of semming ly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other - suggesting similarity
asyndeton
syllogism
metaphor
semantics
22. The ironic minimalizing of fact - presenting something as less than it is
thesis
understatement
grammatical mood
allusion
23. Type of argumentation having an additional aim of urging some form of action
metaphor
persuasive writing
thesis
rhetoric
24. Multiple meanings of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
satire
chiasmus
ambiguity
understatement
25. Writing or speech that is meant to be imaginative and vivid
grammatical mood
personification
predicate nominative
figurative language
26. Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
hyperbole
asyndeton
prose
metonomy
27. A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject
connotation
predicate nominative
onomatopeia
syllogism
28. Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
rhetoric
assonance
chiasmus
subordinate clause
29. Sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion - purpose - meaning - or proposition in expository writing
thesis
diction
connotation
apostrophe
30. Describes the author's attitude toward his or her material - the audience - or both
tone
grammatical mood
paradox
style
31. Word choice
diction
narration
prose
subordinate clause
32. Work that imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
allusion
syntax
predicate adjective
parody
33. Misplaced information - out of time or place
anachronism
assonance
argumentation
homily
34. Arguement attacking a man - a false arguement
semantics
analogy
ad hominem
colloquialism
35. Sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end
prose
diction
pedantic
periodic sentence
36. Perspective from which the story is told
point of view
parallel structure
style
loose sentence
37. Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
prose
style
analogy
wit
38. Repetition of sounds - especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
didactic
alliteration
conceit
atmosphere
39. A device used to produce figurative language
alliteration
ad hominem
figure of speech
conceit
40. Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights
wit
metaphor
point of view
inference
41. Adjective that describes words - phrases - or general tone that is overly scholarly - academic - or bookish
periodic sentence
pedantic
colloquialism
syllogism
42. Direct/indirect reference to something commonly known
asyndeton
allusion
style
connotation
43. Anything that represents or stands for something else - usually something concrete
assonance
syntax
symbolism
allusion
44. An emotionally violent - verbal denunciation or attack using strong - abusive language
predicate nominative
imagery
invective
inference
45. Comparison between two opposite things
periodic sentence
epiphany
analogy
conceit
46. Duplication of any element of language - such as sound - word - phrase - clause - sentence - or grammatical pattern
homily
repetition
alliteration
anaphora
47. Figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
diction
metonomy
anachronism
atmosphere
48. Strict - literal - dictionary definition of a word
denotation
allusion
onomatopeia
predicate nominative
49. Choices a writer makes - combination of distinctive features of a literary work - how the author compares to other authors
style
irony
colloquialism
description
50. Emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work
tone
ellipsis
atmosphere
repetition