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AP Key Terms #5 Flashcards
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| 9322067703 | aesthetic | appealing to the senses, beauty; also can apply to visual characteristics that define a person | 0 | |
| 9322089007 | anachronism | misplaced in time | 1 | |
| 9322093069 | anticlimax | occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect | 2 | |
| 9322107995 | antihero | protagonist who is markedly unheroic; morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities | 3 | |
| 9322123675 | aphorism | a short, usually witty saying, such as: "Classic? A book which people praise and don't read" --Twain | 4 | |
| 9322142913 | aside | a speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience | 5 | |
| 9322150115 | ballad | a long, narrative poem usually in very regular meter and rhyme (usually naive folksy quality, which distinguishes it from epic) | 6 | |
| 9322162556 | cacophony | in poetry, harsh awkward sounds | 7 | |
| 9322175183 | cadence | the beat or rhythm of poetry (ex: pulsing, conversational, marching) | 8 | |
| 9322184563 | catharsis | cleansing of emotion an audience member experiences having lived vicariously through a character (Aristotle wrote this about tragedy) | 9 | |
| 9322197530 | colloquialism | conversational; not accepted school book English | 10 | |
| 9322213642 | decorum | the idea that a character's speech must be styled according to her/his social station & in accordance with the occasion | 11 | |
| 9322216335 | epic | long narrative poem on a serious theme and in a dignified style. Usually deal with glorious or profound subject matter: great war, heroic journey, fall from Eden, trip to underworld, | 12 | |
| 9322216336 | figurative language | writing that uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning (Ex: metaphor, simile, irony) | 13 | |
| 9322221928 | hubris | excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main character's downfall | 14 | |
| 9322221929 | implicit | to write or say something that suggests and implies, but never states directly | 15 | |
| 9322226952 | metonym | a word that is used to stand for something else that is associated with its attributes. 50 cows=50 head of cattle | 16 | |
| 9322226953 | nemesis | the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty | 17 | |
| 9322235565 | persona | the narrator in a non-first personal novel. In a third person novel, you get some idea of the author's personality, even if s/he is manipulating what you think of him/her. | 18 | |
| 9322353894 | satire | exposes character or societal flaws: attempts to expose flaws in order to help correct them | 19 |
AP Bio: Organic Macromolecules Flashcards
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| 15157330265 | Carbohydrate Monomer | monosaccharide |  | 0 |
| 15157332922 | Carbohydrate Polymers | cellulose, glucose, starch, glycogen |  | 1 |
| 15157342638 | Carbohydrate functions | quick energy, storage, structure, building material | 2 | |
| 15157344464 | Carbohydrate Bonds | glycosidic bonds | 3 | |
| 15157372457 | Carbohydrate Elements | CHO | 4 | |
| 15157374020 | Lipid Elements | CHO | 5 | |
| 15157375468 | Lipid Monomers | glycerol and fatty acids |  | 6 |
| 15157378650 | Lipid Polymers | fats, oils, waxes | 7 | |
| 15157382678 | Lipid Functions | stored long-term energy, can form cell membrane | 8 | |
| 15157385986 | Lipid Bonds | ester bonds | 9 | |
| 15157421209 | Protein Elements | CHONS | 10 | |
| 15157410259 | Protein Monomers | amino acids | 11 | |
| 15157410260 | Protein Polymers | hemoglobin, enzymes, insulin | 12 | |
| 15157410261 | Protein Functions | defense, storage, movement, support | 13 | |
| 15157417095 | Protein Bonds | peptide bonds | 14 | |
| 15157418598 | Nucleic Acids Elements | CHONP | 15 | |
| 15157425366 | Nucleic Acids Monomers | nucleotides | 16 | |
| 15157426954 | Nucleic Acids Polymers | DNA, RNA, ATP | 17 | |
| 15157429188 | Nucleic Acids functions | store and transmit genetic info | 18 | |
| 15157432007 | Nucleic Acids bonds | phosphodiester bonds | 19 |
AP Language Analysis Terms Flashcards
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| 10547773294 | Authority | A poem's commanding presence or its ability to accurately relay itself to the reader. | 0 | |
| 10547765843 | Audience | The person for whom a writer writes; the writer uses a particular style of language, tone, and content according to what they know about the audience. | 1 | |
| 10547780177 | Backing | It is the support or explanation provided for analyzing arguments. | 2 | |
| 10547782887 | Assertion | A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief; a statement that is debatable. | 3 | |
| 10547790680 | Means VS. Ends | How you end up achieving or getting the goal. | 4 | |
| 10547793507 | Deductive Reasoning | Process of reasoning from one or more statements to reach a logically certain conclusion. | 5 | |
| 10547829409 | Inductive Reasoning | A method in reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying some evidence for the truth of the conclusion. | 6 | |
| 10547834686 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 7 | |
| 10547842275 | Tone | The emotional attitude expressed toward the readers, the mood or moreal view. | 8 | |
| 10547849052 | Diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 9 | |
| 10547854204 | Denotation | 10 | ||
| 10547854205 | Connotation | 11 | ||
| 10547857779 | Colloquial | 12 | ||
| 10547857780 | Formal | 13 | ||
| 10547857781 | Informal | 14 | ||
| 10547858904 | Concrete | 15 | ||
| 10547858905 | Abstract | 16 | ||
| 10547858906 | Details | 17 | ||
| 10547859595 | Mood | 18 | ||
| 10547859596 | Imagery | 19 | ||
| 10547859597 | Setting | 20 | ||
| 10547861109 | Figurative Language | 21 | ||
| 10547862178 | Allusion | 22 | ||
| 10547862179 | Simile | 23 | ||
| 10547862180 | Metaphor | 24 | ||
| 10547864937 | Process Analysis | 25 | ||
| 10547864938 | Narration | 26 | ||
| 10547865716 | Comparison/Contrast | 27 | ||
| 10547865717 | Exposition | 28 | ||
| 10547865718 | Argumentation | 29 | ||
| 10547867576 | Repetition | 30 | ||
| 10547868796 | Point of View | 31 | ||
| 10547868797 | First Person | 32 | ||
| 10547870166 | Second Person | 33 | ||
| 10547870167 | Third Person | 34 | ||
| 10547872207 | Personification | 35 | ||
| 10547872208 | Hyberbole | 36 | ||
| 10547872209 | Understatement | 37 | ||
| 10547873578 | Paradox | 38 | ||
| 10547873579 | Verbal Irony | 39 | ||
| 10547873882 | Analogy | 40 | ||
| 10547875100 | Anecdote | 41 | ||
| 10547875101 | Metonymy | 42 | ||
| 10547876942 | Synecdoche | 43 | ||
| 10547879501 | Rhetorical Modes/Modes of Discourse | 44 | ||
| 10547883667 | Exemplification | 45 | ||
| 10547883668 | Cause/Effect | 46 | ||
| 10547886101 | Description | 47 | ||
| 10547886102 | Subjective | 48 | ||
| 10547887048 | Objective | 49 | ||
| 10547887049 | Syntax | 50 | ||
| 10547888825 | Anaphora | 51 | ||
| 10547888826 | Antithesis | 52 | ||
| 10547888827 | Asyndeton | A literary technique in which conjunctions are omitted in a series or words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten sentences and focus on its meaning. | 53 | |
| 10547890861 | Polysyndeton | 54 | ||
| 10547892026 | Parallel Sentence | Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance. Words and phrases should not only match, but also in tenses. | 55 | |
| 10547892027 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that has the main clause or the predicate at the end to create suspense. Also, it is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning. | 56 | |
| 10547894912 | Rhetorical Question | A question that you ask without expecting an answer. It might be one that does not have an answer or an obvious answer but is asked to make a pint, to persuade, or for literary effort. | 57 | |
| 10547895004 | Inverted Syntax | Literary technique in which the normal oder of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis. | 58 |
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