AP Language and Composition Vocab. Flashcards
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| 14927593033 | Allusion | A reference to a famous event, place, person or work ("Don't act like a Romeo in front of her") | 0 | |
| 14927593034 | Argumentation | Writing that takes a side of an issue and presents evidence and reasoning to persuade (when a teenager tells his parents all the logical reasons he should be allowed to use the car) | 1 | |
| 14927593035 | Diction | Writer's choice of words used (formal diction) | 2 | |
| 14927593036 | Exposition / Expository writing | Explains and interprets information with a discussion (this happened, then this happened, then this,) | 3 | |
| 14927593037 | Figurative language | Writing that isn't meant to be taken literally (simile, metaphor) | 4 | |
| 14927593038 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration (a thousand years) | 5 | |
| 14927593039 | Imagery | Language that can be visually interpreted, and appeals to the 5 senses (The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward) | 6 | |
| 14927593040 | Irony | Writing that implies the opposite of what is being said (A marriage counselor files for divorce) | 7 | |
| 14927593041 | Metaphor | a comparison that doesn't use like or as (her ocean eyes) | 8 | |
| 14927593042 | Oxymoron | Using contradictory terms beside each other, a phrase (deafening silence) | 9 | |
| 14927593043 | Paradox | A contradictory statement that could express the truth, a situation (can't get a job without experience, can't get experience without a job) | 10 | |
| 14927593047 | Parallelism | the similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses (They danced, they sang, and they played) | 11 | |
| 14927593044 | Parody | humorous imitation (not another teen movie) | 12 | |
| 14927593045 | Personification | giving human qualities to non-human things (the trees were dancing) | 13 | |
| 14927593046 | Perspective | One way of looking at an issue (point of view) | 14 | |
| 14927593048 | Rhetoric | Using language effectively to persuade (political speeches) | 15 | |
| 14927593049 | Simile | Comparison using like or as (pretty like a rose) | 16 | |
| 14927593050 | Style | a way of doing something (persuasive style, narrative style) | 17 | |
| 14927593051 | Analogy | a comparison of two things, used to explain an idea (you are to me like rachel is to monica) | 18 | |
| 14927593052 | Anecdote | an amusing, short, real story (once I was walking and saw a dog) | 19 | |
| 14927593053 | Ethos | ethical appeal, convinces audience of writer's credibility (As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you my diagnostic) | 20 | |
| 14927593054 | Logos | logical appeal, convinces audience using logic and reasoning | 21 | |
| 14927593055 | Pathos | emotional appeal, convinces audience with argument drawn from an emotional reaction (cigarrette comercial) | 22 | |
| 14927593056 | Colloquialism | the use of ordinary words, everyday speech ("speech allows for colloquialism and slang") | 23 | |
| 14927593057 | Connotation | an idea that a word makes one feel besides its literal meaning ("the word "discipline" has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression") | 24 | |
| 14927593058 | Logical fallacy | an error in reasoning that proves initial claim is false | 25 | |
| 14927593059 | Sarcasm | use of irony to make fun of an idea (are you serious? I had no idea!) | 26 | |
| 14927593060 | Satire | ridiculing someone humorously to critic their ideas, make a point (irony used to point out error) | 27 | |
| 14927593061 | Tone | the attitude of a writer or speaker (serious, sad) | 28 | |
| 14927593062 | Allegory | a story with a hidden meaning or message (the 3 little pigs) | 29 | |
| 14927593063 | Anaphora | repeating a phrase at the beginning of clauses for emphasis (I Have a Dream) | 30 | |
| 14927593064 | Thesis/claim | a main idea meant to be proved (students need less homework to thrive in school) | 31 | |
| 14927593065 | Cliché | an overused idea that lacks originality (red roses on valentine's day) | 32 | |
| 14927593066 | Genre | a category in which artistic expressions are divided in (drama, poetry) | 33 | |
| 14927593067 | Rhetorical question | a question asked to create dramatic effect instead of answered (is rain wet?) | 34 | |
| 14927593068 | Syntax | the way words are arranged to create well structured sentences (julius caesar) | 35 | |
| 14927593069 | Alliteration | the same sound or letter repeated closely together at BEGINNING of words (sheep should sleep in a shed) | 36 | |
| 14927593070 | Consonance | a sentence sounding pleasant thanks to repetition of certain words/letters, repeated consonant sounds NOT AT BEGINNING of words (Sent and went) | 37 | |
| 14927593071 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word (yellow - color) | 38 | |
| 14927593072 | Motif | a dominant trait or theme in a work (death, darkness) | 39 | |
| 14927593073 | Antithesis | opposites expressed with antonym terms (hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins) | 40 | |
| 14927593074 | Deduction | reasoning from general to specific idea (All men or mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.) | 41 | |
| 14927593075 | Induction | reasoning from specific to general (I have seen four students at this school leave trash on the floor. The students in this school are disrespectful. Jamie got pizza for lunch.) | 42 | |
| 14927593076 | Dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group (chapinismo) | 43 | |
| 14927593077 | Didactic | instructive (parables, fables) | 44 | |
| 14927593078 | Inference | A conclusion reached, based on evidence and reasoning (I infer she's a student because of her backpack) | 45 | |
| 14927593079 | Elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead (mourning poem) | 46 | |
| 14927593080 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand (The 9-to-5 - Business jargon meaning a standard workday) | 47 | |
| 14927593081 | Prose | the ordinary form of written language (not a poem) | 48 | |
| 14927593082 | Symbolism | the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities (dove-peace color red-love, romance color black- bad, death, evil) | 49 | |
| 15200725781 | Asonance | repeated vowel sounds NOT AT BEGINNING of words (look at the book) | 50 |
AP vocab Flashcards
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| 15081801750 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
| 15081801751 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 15081801752 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 2 | |
| 15081801753 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 15081801754 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 4 | |
| 15081801755 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 15081801756 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 15081801757 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 7 | |
| 15081801758 | Apostrophe (not the punctuation mark) | a form of personification and direct address in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present, and the inanimate as if animate (ex: god or death | 8 | |
| 15081801759 | atmosphere/mood | the mood/ feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer. | 9 |
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âp Flashcards
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| 8442674050 | cá mập |  | 1 | |
| 8442675997 | cá hấp |  | 2 | |
| 8442696554 | béo mập |  | 3 | |
| 8442698686 | ngập lụt |  | 4 | |
| 8442700842 | bài tập |  | 5 | |
| 8442704224 | hấp tấp |  | 6 | |
| 8442706115 | tấp nập |  | 7 |
AP Psych Chapter 2 Flashcards
Neuroscience and Behavior
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| 10884659527 | biological psychology | branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior |  | 0 |
| 10884659528 | neuron | a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system |  | 1 |
| 10884659529 | dendrite | bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that retrieve messages & conduct impulses toward the cell body |  | 2 |
| 10884659530 | axon | extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands |  | 3 |
| 10884659531 | myelin sheath | layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables faster transmission speed of neural impulses |  | 4 |
| 10884659532 | action potential | a neuro impulse; the movement of positively charge atoms in and out of axon channels generates a brief electrical charge |  | 5 |
| 10884659533 | synapse | junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron |  | 6 |
| 10884659534 | neurotransmitters | chemical messengers that travel across the synaptic gap between and bind to receptor sites to possibly generate neuro impulses |  | 7 |
| 10884659535 | threshold | the level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse |  | 8 |
| 10884659537 | endorphins | natural, opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure "morphine within" |  | 9 |
| 10884659538 | nervous system | the body's speedy, electromechanical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells |  | 10 |
| 10884659539 | Central Nervous System (CNS) | the brain and spinal cord |  | 11 |
| 10884659540 | Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) | the sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body |  | 12 |
| 10884659541 | nerves | neural "cables" containing bundles of axons. They connect the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs in the PNS |  | 13 |
| 10884659542 | motor (efferent) neurons | neurons that carry outgoing info from the CNS to the muscles and glands |  | 14 |
| 10884659543 | sensory (afferent) neurons | neurons carry incoming informations from the sense receptors to the CNS |  | 15 |
| 10884659544 | interneurons | CNS neurons that internally communicate and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs |  | 16 |
| 10884659545 | Somatic Nervous System | the division of the PNS that controls the body's skeletal muscles aka the skeletal nervous system |  | 17 |
| 10884659546 | autonomic nervous system | the division of the PNS that controls the glands and muscles of internal organs |  | 18 |
| 10884659547 | sympathetic nervous system | division of autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations |  | 19 |
| 10884659548 | parasympathetic nervous system | the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy |  | 20 |
| 10884659549 | reflex | a simple automatic inborn response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee jerk response |  | 21 |
| 10884659550 | endocrine system | the body's "slow" chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream |  | 22 |
| 10884659551 | hormones | chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced in one tissue and affect another |  | 23 |
| 10884659552 | adrenal glands | pair of endocrine glands above kidneys; secrete the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine to arouse the body in times of stress |  | 24 |
| 10884659553 | pituitary gland | endocrine system's most influential gland. With the influence of the hypothalamus, it regulates growth and controls endocrine glands |  | 25 |
| 10884659554 | lesion | tissue destruction; naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue |  | 26 |
| 10884659555 | EEG (Electroencephalogram) | amplified recording of electrical activity waves that sweep across the brain's surface; waves are measured by electrodes placed on the scalp |  | 27 |
| 10884659556 | PET scan (positron emission topography) | visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while a brain performs a given task |  | 28 |
| 10884659557 | MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) | uses magnetic fields & radio waves to produce computer generated images of types of soft tissue; allows us to see brain structures |  | 29 |
| 10884659558 | fMRI (functional MRI) | technique for revealing blood flow and therefore brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans |  | 30 |
| 10884659559 | brainstem | oldest part and central core of brain, beginning where the spinal core swells as it enters the skull; responsible for automatic survival functions |  | 31 |
| 10884659560 | medulla | the base of the brain stem; controls heartbeat and breathing |  | 32 |
| 10884659561 | reticular formation | a nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal |  | 33 |
| 10884659562 | thalamus | brain's sensory switchboard located on top of the brainstem; directs messages to the cortex, cerebellum, and medulla |  | 34 |
| 10884659563 | cerebellum | "little brain" attached to the rear of the brainstem; processes sensory input and coordinates movement output and balance |  | 35 |
| 10884659564 | limbic system | doughnut shaped system between brainstem and cerebral hemispheres; controls basic emotions and drives (food and sex) |  | 36 |
| 10884659565 | amygdala | two lima bean-sized neutral clusters that are components of the limbic system and are linked to emotions |  | 37 |
| 10884659566 | hypothalamus | neuro structure below the thalamus; directs maintenance activities (eating, temperature), the endocrine system, and some emotion |  | 38 |
| 10884659567 | cerebral cortex | intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres; ultimate control and information processing center |  | 39 |
| 10884659568 | glial cells (glia) | cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons |  | 40 |
| 10884659569 | frontal lobes | portion of the cerebral cortex behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans/judgements |  | 41 |
| 10884659570 | occipital lobes | portion of the cerebral cortex at the back of the head; includes the visual areas, which receive information from the opposite visual field |  | 42 |
| 10884659571 | temporal lobes | portion of the cerebral cortex above the ears; includes auditory areas each of which receives information from the opposite field |  | 43 |
| 10884659572 | parietal lobe | the portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the rear; receives sensory input for touch and body position |  | 44 |
| 10884659573 | motor cortex | an area at the rear of the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movements |  | 45 |
| 10884659574 | sensory cortex | the area at the front of the parietal lobes that registers and processes body touch and movement sensations |  | 46 |
| 10884659575 | association areas | areas of the cerebral cortex involved in higher mental functions such as learning, remembering, thinking, or speaking |  | 47 |
| 10884659578 | plasticity | brain's capacity for modification, as evident in brain reorganization following damage and in experiments on brain development |  | 48 |
| 10884659579 | corpus callosum | the large band of neural fibers connecting the 2 brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them |  | 49 |
| 10884659580 | split brain | condition where the 2 hemispheres of the brain are isolated by cutting the connecting fibers (mostly the corpus callosum) between them |  | 50 |
| 10884813127 | neurogenesis | the formation of new neurons | 51 | |
| 10884817791 | environment | every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us | 52 | |
| 10884824276 | behavior genetics | the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior | 53 | |
| 10884828342 | chromosomes | threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes | 54 | |
| 10884834427 | DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes. | 55 | |
| 10884839696 | genes | DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission. | 56 | |
| 10884839698 | identical twins | twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms | 57 | |
| 10884844335 | fraternal twins | twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs. They are genetically no closer than brothers and sisters, but they share a fetal environment. | 58 | |
| 10884847672 | interaction | the interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity) | 59 | |
| 10884851554 | Epigenetics | the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change | 60 | |
| 10884855421 | evolutionary psychology | the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection | 61 | |
| 10884858690 | natural selection | A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits. | 62 | |
| 10884862675 | mutation | A change in a gene or chromosome. | 63 |
AP Vocabulary List #4 Flashcards
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| 15324348481 | abstract | An abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research. (adj.) Dealing with or tending to deal with a subject apart from a particular or specific instance. | 0 | |
| 15324353343 | bibliography | A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a particular work. | 1 | |
| 15324364544 | coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 2 | |
| 15324364545 | concrete detail | A highly specific, particular, often real, actual, or tangible detail; the opposite of abstract. | 3 | |
| 15324381947 | documentation | Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing. | 4 | |
| 15324386460 | explication | The interpretation or analysis of a text. | 5 | |
| 15324395476 | footnote | A note of reference, explanation, or comment usually placed below the text on a printed page. | 6 | |
| 15324395477 | frame | a structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative | 7 | |
| 15324407603 | indirect quotation | A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased. | 8 | |
| 15324407604 | mode | The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a text. | 9 | |
| 15324424171 | paraphrase | A version of a text put into simpler, everyday words or summarized for brevity. | 10 | |
| 15324429185 | persona | The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing. | 11 | |
| 15324434104 | point of view | The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to a subject of discourse. | 12 | |
| 15324441328 | prose | Any writing that is not poetry | 13 | |
| 15324452932 | rebuttal/refutation | The part of discourse wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and answered. | 14 | |
| 15324456546 | reiteration | Repetition of an idea using different words, often for emphasis or other effect. | 15 | |
| 15324462860 | retraction | The withdrawal of a previously stated idea or opinion. | 16 | |
| 15324472880 | rhetorical modes | Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose: they include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, example, classification, division, process analysis, and argumentation. The terms is also used flexibly to describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 17 | |
| 15324479660 | subtext | The implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of an essay or their work. | 18 | |
| 15324488168 | thesis | The main idea of a piece of discourse; the statement or proposition that a speaker or writer wishes to advance, illustrate, prove, or defend. | 19 | |
| 15324495857 | voice | The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker. In grammar, it is active when it expresses an action performed by its subject, and it is passive when it expresses an action performed upon its subject or when the subject is the result of the action. | 20 | |
| 15324505527 | undertone | attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece | 21 |
AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION TERMS Flashcards
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| 14718375262 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 0 | |
| 14718377241 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 14718379241 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 2 | |
| 14718385493 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines | 3 | |
| 14718388595 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 4 | |
| 14718393241 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 5 | |
| 14718396160 | Antithesis | the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 6 | |
| 14718398288 | Aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle | 7 | |
| 14718401706 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 8 | |
| 14718407291 | Apposition | a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent | 9 | |
| 14718418486 | Assonance | takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. | 10 | |
| 14718420005 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 11 | |
| 14718424184 | circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something | 12 | |
| 14718428551 | Climax | Most exciting moment of the story; turning point | 13 | |
| 14718432458 | Consonance | agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. | 14 | |
| 14718438769 | Denotation and Connotation | the dictionary definition of a word/the associated feelings a word may call to mind | 15 | |
| 14718441290 | Diction | word choice | 16 | |
| 14718447295 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 17 | |
| 14718452473 | Epanalepsis | repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end | 18 | |
| 14718456469 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 19 | |
| 14718459078 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 20 | |
| 14718461992 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 21 | |
| 14718465678 | Figures of speech/figurative language | word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level | 22 | |
| 14718472880 | Foreshadowing | A warning or indication of a future event | 23 | |
| 14718474729 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 24 | |
| 14718476112 | Imagry | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. | 25 | |
| 14718477660 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 26 | |
| 14718482183 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 27 | |
| 14718483746 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 28 | |
| 14718495725 | malapropism | a word humorously misused | 29 | |
| 14718497746 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 30 | |
| 14718500568 | Mood | the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work | 31 | |
| 14718506838 | Motivation | a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior | 32 | |
| 14718509426 | Narration | telling a story | 33 | |
| 14718518703 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 34 | |
| 14718520483 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 35 | |
| 14718522607 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 36 | |
| 14718527482 | Parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 37 | |
| 14718533171 | Periphrasis | substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name or of a proper name for a quality associated with the name | 38 | |
| 14718538290 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea | 39 | |
| 14718540284 | Plot | Sequence of events in a story | 40 | |
| 14718540285 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 41 | |
| 14718542711 | Polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 42 | |
| 14718547505 | Prosody | the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry | 43 | |
| 14718549693 | Protagonist | the main character in a literary work | 44 | |
| 14718551276 | Pun | A play on words | 45 | |
| 14718553697 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 46 | |
| 14718555332 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 47 | |
| 14718557529 | Rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. | 48 | |
| 14718560486 | Sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 49 | |
| 14718562092 | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 50 | |
| 14718564020 | Setting | The time and place of a story | 51 | |
| 14718566924 | Shift or Turn | a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader | 52 | |
| 14718569345 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 53 | |
| 14718572498 | sound devices | Elements of literature that emphasize sound (e.g., assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia). | 54 | |
| 14718574767 | structure | the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work | 55 | |
| 14718577473 | Style | the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work | 56 | |
| 14718579090 | Suspense | A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story; key element in fiction and drama; "hook" writer uses to keep audience interested | 57 | |
| 14718581365 | Symbol | something that stands for something else | 58 | |
| 14718586524 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 59 | |
| 14718591988 | Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 60 | |
| 14718593540 | Theme | Central idea of a work of literature | 61 | |
| 14718595032 | Tone | A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels. | 62 | |
| 14718596871 | Understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 63 |
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Vocabulary 1 AP Lang Flashcards
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| 14669723562 | ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation | 0 | |
| 14669727997 | bellicose | Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. | 1 | |
| 14669733408 | conciliatory | intended or likely to placate or pacify | 2 | |
| 14669737569 | dispararging | tending to belittle or criticize | 3 | |
| 14669742737 | earnest | intense, a sincere state of mind | 4 | |
| 14669746857 | frantic | Very excited and anxious; extremely worried, panicked, or fearful | 5 | |
| 14669749204 | imploring | pleading; begging | 6 | |
| 14669754221 | laudatory | containing or expressing praise | 7 | |
| 14669759282 | maudlin | excessively sentimental | 8 | |
| 14669762431 | stolid | not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive | 9 |
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