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Terminology Test - AP Language Flashcards
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| 12408686620 | mono syllabic (D) | Single or double syllable words | 0 | |
| 12408686621 | poly syllabic (D) | three or more syllable words | 1 | |
| 12408686622 | euphonious (D) | soft sounding words | 2 | |
| 12408686623 | cacophonous (D) | harsh sounding words | 3 | |
| 12408686624 | literal (D) | actual meaning of a word | 4 | |
| 12408686625 | figurative (D) | represented meaning of a word | 5 | |
| 12408686626 | Denotative (D) | Dictionary definition of a word | 6 | |
| 12408686627 | Connotative (D) | suggested meaning of a word | 7 | |
| 12408686628 | understate (D) | to say less | 8 | |
| 12408686629 | Hyperbole (D) | exaggeration | 9 | |
| 12408686630 | Noun (S) | person, place, or thing | 10 | |
| 12408686631 | Pronoun (S) | replaces a noun | 11 | |
| 12408686632 | adjective (S) | describes a noun | 12 | |
| 12408686633 | Adverb (S) | Describes a verb | 13 | |
| 12408686634 | Conjunction (S) | a word that joins two phrases or sentences | 14 | |
| 12408686635 | subject (S) | what the sentence is about | 15 | |
| 12408686636 | Declarative (S) | makes a statement | 16 | |
| 12408686637 | verb (S) | action word | 17 | |
| 12408686638 | Predicate | tells something about the subject | 18 | |
| 12408686639 | Interrogative (s) | asks a question | 19 | |
| 12408686640 | description (R) | Picturing a scene or setting. | 20 | |
| 12408686641 | Exposition (R) | Explain an object. | 21 | |
| 12408686642 | Narration (R) | Recount an event | 22 | |
| 12408686643 | Persuasion (R) | To convince a reader by establishing truth. | 23 | |
| 12408686644 | autobiography (R) | story of a person's life written by that person | 24 | |
| 12408686645 | biography (R) | story of a person's life written by another person | 25 | |
| 12408686646 | chronicle (R) | a record of events | 26 | |
| 12408686647 | diary (R) | A daily record of an individual's experiences and feelings | 27 | |
| 12408686648 | chronological order (R) | arranged in order of time | 28 | |
| 12408686649 | Speech (R) | Public Address | 29 | |
| 12408686650 | Thesis (P) | A claim or position | 30 | |
| 12408686651 | Sub-claims (P) | sub points | 31 | |
| 12408686652 | Support (P) | Proof | 32 | |
| 12408686653 | Refutation (P) | Arguments | 33 | |
| 12408686654 | Classical Argument (P) | ethos, pathos, logos | 34 | |
| 12408686655 | dogmatic (P) | stubbornly opinionated | 35 | |
| 12408686656 | Open (P) | Those who aren't opinionated, but are curious in learning more. | 36 | |
| 12408686657 | apathetic (P) | feeling no interest | 37 | |
| 12408686658 | Straw Man (P) | weak argument | 38 | |
| 12408686659 | ad hominem (P) | attacking the person rather than the argument | 39 |
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AP World History Chp1 Flashcards
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| 14300604883 | Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture |  | 0 |
| 14300612898 | domestication of animals | the taming of animals and plants for human use, such as work or as food | 1 | |
| 14300617756 | agriculture | the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. |  | 2 |
| 14300625591 | Palolithic | the period of the stone age associated with the evolution | 3 | |
| 14300635832 | civilization | (agriculture) | 4 | |
| 14300648513 | pottery | ceramic pots and ware earthenware, and stoneware invented and used during the Neolithic Age. |  | 5 |
| 14300661122 | Religion | the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. in the neolithic age this as the main focus. |  | 6 |
| 14300667977 | Jericho | oldest Neolithic community in the West Bank between Israel and Jordan |  | 7 |
| 14300672173 | population explosion | The rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century, attended by ever-shorter doubling times and accelerating rates of increase |  | 8 |
| 14300677785 | textile | A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing this is one of the most important in agriculture. |  | 9 |
| 14300688229 | wealth | wealth was first seen in trade during the neolithic age. |  | 10 |
| 14300705361 | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | the earliest known cities that grew of agriculture (modern day Iraq) |  | 11 |
AP Unit 3 vocab Flashcards
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| 7735022513 | acculturation | a process of adjustment to the dominant cultre, while retaining features of a folk culture, or syncretism | 0 | |
| 7735059736 | assimilation | process of giving up cultural tradations, clothing, food, and adoption of th social customs of the dominant culture of the place. | 1 | |
| 7735204886 | syncretism | creation of a new cultural feature through combing elements of two groups | 2 | |
| 7790359542 | language | system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning | 3 | |
| 7790359543 | language family | Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history | 4 | |
| 7790381934 | language group | selection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities and grammar and vocabulary | 5 | |
| 7790381935 | lingua franca | language of international communication such as English | 6 | |
| 7790381936 | dialect | regional variation of language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary spelling and pronunciation | 7 | |
| 7790381937 | creole | A language that results from the mixing of colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated | 8 |
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