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APENGVOCAB6
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stylistic devices | A general term referring to diction, syntax, tone, figurative language, and other elements that contribute to style |
| Subject complement | Grammatical unit comprised of predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives |
| Subjective | Relating to private and personal feelings and attitudes as opposed to facts and reality (opposite of objective) |
| Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which given certain ideas or facts, other ideas or facts must follow |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part |
| Syntax | The organization of language into meaningful structure |
| Trope | The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, metaphor |
| Verisimilitude | Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers they are getting a vision of life as it is |
| Whimsy | Fanciful; imaginative |