AP Language Set A Flashcards
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| 14691273433 | ALLITERATION | repetition of the same sound within nearby words; most often, repeated initial consonants | 0 | |
| 14691273434 | APOSTROPHE | addresses an abstraction, an inanimate object, or to the someone not present | 1 | |
| 14691273435 | HYPERBOLE | exaggeration for effect | 2 | |
| 14691273436 | MEIOSIS | understatement for effect | 3 | |
| 14691273437 | LITOTES | making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 4 | |
| 14691273438 | PERSONIFICATION | giving human characteristics to non-human things | 5 | |
| 14691273439 | IRONY (verbal and situational) | reversal of expectations or speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary of what one says | 6 | |
| 14691273440 | SARCASM | a mocking or derogatory statement, usually ironic, directed and intended to hurt another person | 7 | |
| 14691273441 | SATIRE | literary genre that uses irony, wit and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity's vices and foibles, giving impetus to change or reform through ridicule | 8 | |
| 14691273442 | SIMILE | comparing two distinct things by using connective words such as like or as | 9 | |
| 14691273443 | METAPHOR | identify one object or idea with another in one or more aspects via representation or substitution | 10 | |
| 14691273444 | METONYMY | substituting the word in mind with an object closely related to it (White House for President) | 11 | |
| 14691273445 | SYNECDOCHE | a part of something is used to represent the whole of something (all hands on deck) | 12 | |
| 14691273446 | ANAPHORA | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences | 13 | |
| 14691273447 | ANTIMETABOLE | repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order (similar to chiasmus) | 14 | |
| 14691273448 | ANTITHESIS | balancing contrasting terms against each other for emphasis | 15 | |
| 14691273449 | ZEUGMA | one word is used to mean two different things simultaneously | 16 | |
| 14691273450 | ANASTROPHE | reversal of word order to make a point | 17 | |
| 14691273451 | ANTECEDENT | the original noun, noun phrase or clause referred to later in the text by other means (pronouns, metaphors, etc.) | 18 | |
| 14691273452 | APPOSITIVE | a noun or noun phrase that further describes a nearby noun or pronoun | 19 | |
| 14691273453 | PHRASE | group of words without a verb (always dependent on other words to make a complete sentence) | 20 | |
| 14691273454 | CLAUSE | group of words with a verb (independent clauses are complete sentences; dependent clause require an independent clause to make a complete sentence) | 21 | |
| 14691273455 | SIMPLE SENTENCE | sentence containing one independent clause | 22 | |
| 14691273456 | COMPOUND SENTENCE | sentence containing multiple independent clauses | 23 | |
| 14691273457 | COMPLEX SENTENCE | sentence containing at least one independent and at least one dependent clause | 24 | |
| 14691273458 | FRAGMENT | incomplete sentence (can be effective depending on the purpose) | 25 | |
| 14691273459 | SUBORDINATION | the use of a conjunction to make the meaning of one clause dependent on another clause | 26 | |
| 14691273460 | PASSIVE VOICE | when the object of the verb is the subject of the sentence. (The homework is read by Sam.) | 27 | |
| 14691273461 | ACTIVE VOICE | when the subject is doing the action. (Sam reads the homework.) | 28 | |
| 14691273462 | ANECDOTE | a short account of a particular incident or event | 29 | |
| 14691273463 | EUPHEMISM | the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt | 30 | |
| 14691273464 | JUXTAPOSITION | placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast | 31 |
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AP English Language Vocabulary Flashcards
Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 13971899798 | Ad Hominem Argument | Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 13971899799 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 13971899800 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 13971899801 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | 3 | |
| 13971899802 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 13971899803 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 13971899804 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 6 | |
| 13971899805 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 7 | |
| 13971899806 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 8 | |
| 13971899807 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 9 | |
| 13971899808 | Appositive | A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | 10 | |
| 13971899809 | Assonance | A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated | 11 | |
| 13971899810 | Asyndeton | When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence | 12 | |
| 13971899811 | Atmosphere | The emotional feeling -or mood- of a place, scene, or event | 13 | |
| 13971899812 | Attitude | The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea | 14 | |
| 13971899813 | Contrast | Oppositions | 15 | |
| 13971899814 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 16 | |
| 13971899815 | Connotative | The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | 17 | |
| 13971899816 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 18 | |
| 13971899817 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 19 | |
| 13971899818 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | 20 | |
| 13971899819 | Elegy | A work that expresses sorrow | 21 | |
| 13971899820 | Ellipses | Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | 22 | |
| 13971899821 | Ethos | Refers to generally ethics, or values | 23 | |
| 13971899822 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 24 | |
| 13971899823 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | 25 | |
| 13971899824 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 26 | |
| 13971899825 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | 27 | |
| 13971899826 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 28 | |
| 13971899827 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 29 | |
| 13971899828 | Inductive Argument | Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | 30 | |
| 13971899829 | Irony | When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected | 31 | |
| 13971899830 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 32 | |
| 13971899831 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument | 33 | |
| 13971899832 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | 34 | |
| 13971899833 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 35 | |
| 13971899834 | Mood | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | 36 | |
| 13971899835 | Onomatopoeia | An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning | 37 | |
| 13971899836 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | 38 | |
| 13971899837 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 39 | |
| 13971899838 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | 40 | |
| 13971899839 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 41 | |
| 13971899840 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work | 42 | |
| 13971899841 | Periodic Sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis | 43 | |
| 13971899842 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 44 | |
| 13971899843 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 45 | |
| 13971899844 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told | 46 | |
| 13971899845 | Pun | A play on words | 47 | |
| 13971899846 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis | 48 | |
| 13971899847 | Rhetoric | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 49 | |
| 13971899848 | Rhetorical Strategy | The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 50 | |
| 13971899849 | Rhetorical Devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) | 51 | |
| 13971899850 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument | 52 | |
| 13971899851 | Satire | To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines | 53 | |
| 13971899852 | Selection of Detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative | 54 | |
| 13971899853 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 55 | |
| 13971899854 | Speaker | The narrator of a story, poem, or drama | 56 | |
| 13971899855 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 57 | |
| 13971899856 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else | 58 | |
| 13971899857 | Synonym | A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word | 59 | |
| 13971899858 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | 60 | |
| 13971899859 | Tension | A feeling excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work | 61 | |
| 13971899860 | Theme | The central idea | 62 | |
| 13971899861 | Tone | Attitude | 63 | |
| 13971899862 | Understatement | When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | 64 | |
| 13971899863 | Zeugma | When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them | 65 |
Ap language and composition terms Flashcards
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| 14666281848 | Allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or a historic event | 0 | |
| 14666281849 | Analysis | The process of examining the components of a literary work. | 1 | |
| 14666281850 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting event. | 2 | |
| 14666281851 | Antithesis | parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas | 3 | |
| 14666281852 | Attitude | The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone. | 4 | |
| 14666281853 | Audience | One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed. | 5 | |
| 14666281854 | Context | Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. | 6 | |
| 14666281855 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 7 | |
| 14666281856 | Juxtaposition | placement of two things side by side for emphasis | 8 | |
| 14666281857 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 9 | |
| 14666281858 | Occasion | An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing. | 10 | |
| 14666281859 | Mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 11 | |
| 14666281860 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 12 | |
| 14666281861 | Pathos | A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals | 13 | |
| 14666281862 | Purpose | One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. | 14 | |
| 14666281863 | Rhetoric | The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle use of the "available means of persuasion." | 15 | |
| 14666281864 | Rhetorical moods | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis and argumentation. | 16 | |
| 14666281865 | Rhetorical triangle | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 17 | |
| 14666281866 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect. | 18 | |
| 14666281867 | Speaker | A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing | 19 | |
| 14666281868 | Structure | the particular way in which parts of a written work are combined | 20 | |
| 14666281869 | Style | The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech. | 21 | |
| 14666281870 | Subject | In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of writing. | 22 | |
| 14666281871 | Syntax | Sentence structure | 23 | |
| 14666281872 | Tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience. | 24 | |
| 14666281873 | Voice | In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing. | 25 |
ap sux Flashcards
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| 13511750436 | Battle of Tours | also called Battle of Poitiers, (October 732), victory won by Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdoms, over Muslim invaders from Spain. The battlefield was fought in what is now west-central France. The battle has been described as one of the most consequential military encounters in history, for Martel's victory over the emir of Córdoba preserved western Europe from Muslim conquest and Islāmization. |  | 0 |
| 13511757051 | Black Death | also known as the Great Plague, the Black Plague, or the Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. |  | 1 |
| 13511761480 | Bourgeoisie | the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. |  | 2 |
| 13511767477 | Carolingian Kingdom | (800-888) was a large empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, which had ruled as kings of the Franks since 751 and as kings of the Lombards of Italy from 774. |  | 3 |
| 13511774422 | Charlemagne | also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, the first Holy Roman Emperor, and the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. |  | 4 |
| 13511782559 | Dark Ages | (476 - 1000C.E.)is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. |  | 5 |
| 13511793919 | Domesday Book | After the Norman invasion and conquest of England in 1066, the Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by order of William The Conqueror. William needed to raise taxes to pay for his army and so a survey was set in motion to assess the wealth and and assets of his subjects throughout the land. |  | 6 |
| 13511799560 | English Parliament | the national legislative body of Great Britain, composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords |  | 7 |
| 13511804109 | Estates | a major political or social group or class, especially one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France |  | 8 |
| 13511814990 | Fuedalism | a system which existed in the Middle Ages, in which people received land and protection from a lord when they worked and fought for him |  | 9 |
| 13511820277 | fiefs | In European feudalism, a fief was land granted to a person (called a vassal) by his lord in exchange for his services. The fief usually consisted of land and the labor of peasants who were bound to cultivate it. |  | 10 |
| 13511825303 | Franks | member of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Dominating present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany, the Franks established the Carolingian kingdom of early medieval western Europe. The name France is derived from their name. |  | 11 |
| 13511830547 | Guilds | a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen |  | 12 |
| 13511836264 | Hanseatic League | was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe (13-15th centuries). |  | 13 |
| 13511841414 | Holy Roman Empire | was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. Started by Charlemagne in 799 C.E. |  | 14 |
| 13511860027 | Hundred Years War | The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by rulers of the Kingdom of England against the French, over the right to rule the Kingdom of France. France wins. |  | 15 |
| 13511866140 | King Clovis I | (465-511) founded the Merovingian kingdom of Gaul, the most successful of the barbarian states of the 5th century. He is widely regarded as the originator of the French nation. |  | 16 |
| 13511851093 | humanism | the revival of classical letters, individualistic and critical spirit, and emphasis on secular concerns characteristic of the Renaissance |  | 17 |
| 13511870962 | Magna Carta | was a document signed by King John after negotiations with his barons and their French and Scots allies at Runnymede, Surrey, England in 1215. ... It is one of the most celebrated documents in the History of England. It is recognised as a foundational document of the idea of the liberty of citizens and modern democracy. |  | 18 |
| 13511876468 | Manorial System | was an economic and social system of medieval Europe. All legal and economic power belonged to the lord of the manor, who was supported economically from his land and from contributions from the peasant population under his authority. |  | 19 |
| 13511883762 | Marco Polo | (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. |  | 20 |
| 13511892021 | Primogeniture | In law, primogeniture is the rule of inheritance whereby land descends to the oldest son. Under the feudal system of medieval Europe, primogeniture generally governed the inheritance of land held in military tenure |  | 21 |
| 13511899732 | Renaissance | the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning based on renewed interest in Greco-Roman classics in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. |  | 22 |
| 13511903870 | serfs | is a person who is forced to work on a plot of land, especially during the medieval period when Europe practiced feudalism, when a few lords owned all the land and everyone else had to toil on it. |  | 23 |
| 13511914102 | The Divine Comedy | written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and one of the greatest of world literature. Its influence is so great that it affects the Christian view of the afterlife to this day. The Divine Comedy is composed of three sections, Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise). |  | 24 |
| 13511924133 | three-field system | a system of farming developed in medieval Europe, in which farm land was divided into three fields of equal size and each of these was successively planted with a winter crop, planted with a spring crop, and left unplanted. |  | 25 |
| 13511929313 | vassals | someone in feudal times who received protection andland from a lord in return for allegiance and performing military and other duties, or someone who is subordinate. An example of a vassal is a person who was given part of a lord's land and who pledged himself to that lord. |  | 26 |
| 13511937616 | vernacular language | the native language commonly spoken by ordinary people in a region |  | 27 |
| 13511943878 | Viking Invasions | (793-1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe, Russia, and part of North America by its seas and rivers for trade, raids, colonization, and conquest. |  | 28 |
| 13511949759 | William the Conqueror | duke of Normandy (France) who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087) |  | 29 |
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AP World History: Byzantine Empire Flashcards
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| 8130550925 | Why did constantine move the capital? | Prosperous trade between the Baltic sea (north) and the black sea (south) and because of his own honor | 0 | |
| 8130554576 | What is the city known as today? | Istanbul | 1 | |
| 8130556963 | What happened to the western half of the empire when it split in 395? | Was ruled by Rome and declined and got taken over by the Germans. | 2 | |
| 8130560469 | What happened to the eastern half of the empire when it split in 395? | Ruled from Constantinople and grew and prospered (Byzantine Empire) | 3 | |
| 8130566399 | Why is the location of Byzantium important? | Made a city of trade, connecting Europe and Asia. Brought the city great wealth and made it bending of strong European and Asian influences. | 4 | |
| 8130572544 | By 527, what areas did the Byzantine empire control? | Large swaths of lands bordering the Mediterranean (North Africa, Spain, Italy, Greece, Rest of Balkans, and Southwest Asia) and Rome. | 5 | |
| 8130581229 | Why was Constantinople attacked so often and with whom were they fighting? | They faced attacks from German invaders and Sassanian Empire because Constantinople was wealthy and they wanted control | 6 | |
| 8130586381 | What led to instability in the Byzantine Government? | Byzantine government was centralized but instability in government was caused by power struggles over succession to the throne | 7 | |
| 8130592214 | Who was Justinian the Great and why was he given that title? | He was an emperor of Constantinople and was given that title because of his collection of laws (the corpus luris civilis) and the Byzantine emperor expanded its territory, also for the christian church (Hagia Sophia) | 8 | |
| 8130598264 | What happened to the Byzantine Empire after Justinian ? | Borders of the Byzantine empire contracted. Burglars took over Balkans, Germanic tribes reoccupied italy , Arabs took over Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Islamic forces put Constantinople under siege twice | 9 | |
| 8130620852 | What are two important events/changes under Heraclius | He resisted numerous invasions from islamic forces in Near East and Sassanid forces in Asia Minor and he greatly reduced the power and influence of the Sassanid. | 10 | |
| 8130634765 | Why was the reign of Leo III was so important and what impact that had relations with Rome? | He defeated and reclaim much of the Near Eastern territory lost by his predecessor and gained additional lands in Asia Minor. Leos impact on religion impacted relations on Rome because Rome was focused on Jesus as Islam was not. | 11 | |
| 8130648665 | Iconoclasm | The practice of opposing the renevation of religious images and icons | 12 | |
| 8130673167 | Theocracy | no separation between church and state | 13 | |
| 8130674725 | Patriarch | Someone who is head of the church or in charge | 14 | |
| 8130678687 | Why were Monasteries important? | Allowed monks and nuns to live in these centers of prayer and work and also provided aid to the people in times of natural disasters | 15 | |
| 8130686805 | What is the Cyrillic alphabet and why was it created? | An alphabet created by Cyril and was created to help him spread not only the word of God but also literacy in general | 16 | |
| 8130690818 | What is the religious legacy of the Byzantine Empire? | Christianity which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox tradition | 17 | |
| 8130696226 | What were the conflicts of Rome about? | Consisted of the Controversy over Leos III iconoclastic policy, disagreement of the pope, and over whether Rome was the central city of Christendom | 18 | |
| 8130705339 | How did the Byzantines strong economy allow them to endure so long? | Due to the location of constantinople , trade flourished with lands bordering the Mediterranean with Northern Europe and with China and India via silk roads. | 19 | |
| 8130716597 | What did they trade? | Byzantine and silk weaving industry | 20 | |
| 8130718408 | What effect did the concentration of wealth have? | It led to increasing peasant revolts. | 21 | |
| 8130723659 | What is the difference from a 'free peasant' and a 'peasant' ? | A free peasant contracted with land owners and paid rent for the land they worked. They were one of the main sources of taxes and recruits for the governments. | 22 | |
| 8130740943 | What are examples of Byzantine art achievements? | Icons and mosaics depicting christian themes, pooks and songs detailed lives of Jesus and Mary | 23 | |
| 8130759844 | What was the focus of Byzantine education? | focused on Philosophy, math, medicine and law all taught with religious point of views and training for service in the vast Byzantine bureaucracy | 24 | |
| 8130791634 | What was the Hippodrome? | a large stadium like the coliseum in Rome and was a gathering spot for the people. | 25 | |
| 8130805931 | What led to Byzantine decline? | Decline in strength of military, seijurk turks gradually took more territory, and so did the Normans. Finally ended when the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople. | 26 | |
| 8130836518 | Why was the battle of Manzikirt important? | Once the seijuk turks defeated Byzantine forces, the turks gradually took more territory in Asia Minor. | 27 | |
| 8130846118 | What were the Crusades? | Knights and commoners from western Europe traveled to the Levant with hopes of seizing control for Christianity | 28 | |
| 8130850226 | How did the crusades lead to the Byzantine decline? | They crusaded European knights to sack their trading rivals in Constantinople first. | 29 |
AP Literature Flashcards
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| 12438551498 | Iamb (Iambic | (un-, accented) contain, prevent | 0 | |
| 12438551499 | Trochee (Trochaic) | (accented, un-) football, spider | 1 | |
| 12438551500 | Dactlyl (Dactyllic) | (accented, un-, un-) Dangerous, melody | 2 | |
| 12438551501 | Anapest (anapestic) | (Un-, un-, accented) comprehend, intervene | 3 | |
| 12438551502 | Spondee (spondaic) | (Accented, unaccented) Knick-knack, true-blue | 4 | |
| 12438551503 | Pyrrhic | (Un-, un-) of the | 5 | |
| 12438551504 | Rhythm | General beat of poem | 6 | |
| 12438551505 | Meter | Measurement of the rhythm and refers to he measurement of poetic feet | 7 | |
| 12438551506 | Poetic foot | Measure in music - it breaks a line into rhythmic units | 8 | |
| 12438551507 | One foot | Monometer | 9 | |
| 12438551508 | Two feet | Dimeter | 10 | |
| 12438551509 | Three feet | Trimeter | 11 | |
| 12438551510 | Four feet | Tetrameter | 12 | |
| 12438551511 | Five feet | Pentameter | 13 | |
| 12438551512 | Six feet | Hexameter | 14 | |
| 12438551513 | Sevens feet | Septameter | 15 | |
| 12438551514 | Assonance | Repeated vowel sounds in relatively close proximity | 16 | |
| 12438551515 | Consonance | Repeated constant sounds in relatively close proximity | 17 | |
| 12438551516 | Alliterarion | Repeated initial consonant sounds in relatively close proximity | 18 | |
| 12438551517 | Euphony | Smooth, soft, pleasant, and gentle sounding language | 19 | |
| 12438551518 | Cacophany | Harsh, rough, and sometimes unpleasant sounding language | 20 | |
| 12438551519 | Onomatopoeia | A word with imitates the natural sound of the thing it defines | 21 | |
| 12438551520 | Rhyme | The repetition of intentionally similar sounding words (containing both similar ending vowel and consonant sounds) | 22 | |
| 12438551521 | End rhyme | Rhyme that appears at the end of poetic lines | 23 | |
| 12438551522 | Slant rhyme | Rhyme that does it match exactly but instead hints at a similarity in the sound of words | 24 | |
| 12438551523 | Internal rhyme | Rhyme that appears within a single line of poetry | 25 | |
| 12438551524 | Scansion | Identification of the rhythm and meter | 26 | |
| 12438551525 | Synecdoche | Figure of speech where a little part represents a metaphorical whole | 27 | |
| 12438551526 | Syntax | How words are organized into sentences, clauses, and phrases | 28 | |
| 12438551527 | Inversion | A reversal of typical word order | 29 | |
| 12438551528 | Balanced | A sentence with two segments with equal grammatical construction and length | 30 | |
| 12438551529 | Cumulative | A sentence structure in which main ideas come first and supporting ideas come after | 31 | |
| 12438551530 | Periodic | A sentence structure in which the main ideas is saved until the end. | 32 | |
| 12438551531 | Parallel | A sentence type implementing grammatically similar structures | 33 | |
| 12438551532 | Antimetabole | An AB:BA pattern in which A and B are repeated words | 34 | |
| 12438551533 | Chiasmus | An AB:BA with grammatical pieces | 35 | |
| 12438551534 | Personification | Endowing inanimate objects with abstract concepts or animate characteristics | 36 | |
| 12438551535 | Metaphor | An implied, less restrictive comparative suggestion | 37 | |
| 12438551536 | Litote | Understatement | 38 | |
| 12438551537 | Metonomy | A comparison substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself | 39 | |
| 12438551538 | Simile | A direct comparison using an explicit verbal cue | 40 | |
| 12438551539 | Hyperbole | Over exaggeratoon | 41 | |
| 12438551540 | Figurative language | Non literal expression | 42 | |
| 12438551541 | Image | Concrete representation of a sense expression | 43 | |
| 12438551542 | Aural | Pertaining to hearing | 44 | |
| 12438551543 | Olfactory | Pertaining to smelling | 45 | |
| 12438551544 | Imagery | A sense represented through language | 46 | |
| 12438551545 | Tactile | Pertaining to touch | 47 | |
| 12438551546 | Gustatory | Pertaining to the sense of taste | 48 |
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| 14976173930 | Epithelial (function) | protection, secretion, absorption, excretion | 0 | |
| 14976173931 | connective function | bind, support, protect, fill spaces, store fat, produce blood cells | 1 | |
| 14976173932 | Muscle function | movement | 2 | |
| 14976173933 | Nervous function | Conduct impulses for coordination, regulation, integration, and sensory reception | 3 | |
| 14976173934 | Epithelial location | cover body surface, cover and line internal organs, compose glands | 4 | |
| 14976173935 | Connective location | widely distributed throughout the body | 5 | |
| 14976173936 | Muscle location | attached to bones, in the walls of hollow internal organs, heart | 6 | |
| 14976173937 | Nervous location | brain, spinal cord, nerves | 7 | |
| 14976173938 | Muscle characteristics | able to contract in response to specific stimuli | 8 | |
| 14976173939 | Nervous characteristics | cells communicate with each other and other body parts | 9 | |
| 14976173940 | Connective characteristics | Mostly have good blood supply; cells are farther apart than epithelial cells | 10 | |
| 14976173941 | Epithelial characteristics | lack blood vessels, readily divide, cells are tightly packed | 11 |
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