AP Language 13 Flashcards
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| 6191943825 | beguile | to charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way. | 0 | |
| 6191943826 | circumvent | to find a way around an obstacle, problem, difficulty (typically in a clever and surreptitious way). | 1 | |
| 6191966174 | propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. | 2 | |
| 6191966175 | expedient | a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immoral. | 3 | |
| 6191966176 | meticulous | showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise. | 4 | |
| 6191968378 | 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. | 5 | |
| 6191968379 | schism | a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief. | 6 | |
| 6191968380 | puritanical | practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior. | 7 | |
| 6191970149 | nefarious | wicked or criminal (typically referring to an action or activity). | 8 | |
| 6191972946 | penitent | feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong. | 9 |
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AP Language Literary Terms - Definitions Flashcards
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| 7402861852 | Ad Hominem | Attacking the person instead of their argument itself | 0 | |
| 7402861853 | Adage, Aphorism, Maxim | A phrase that expresses a general truth | 1 | |
| 7402861854 | Allegory | A story whose components are a metaphor to real life | 2 | |
| 7402861855 | Anachronism | Something that appears in the wrong time period | 3 | |
| 7402861856 | Anaphora | Repeating a word or phrase in the beginning of multiple clauses | 4 | |
| 7402861857 | Antecedent | A word or phrase that another word refers to, generally a pronoun | 5 | |
| 7402861858 | Anthropomorphism | Giving human attributes to something not human, generally a deity | 6 | |
| 7402861859 | Antithesis | Placing a sentence against the opposite sentence for contrast | 7 | |
| 7402861860 | Apostrophe | A literary device where a character addresses an imaginary character | 8 | |
| 7402861861 | Appeal to Ignorance | A fallacy that states an argument is true because it has not been proven false | 9 | |
| 7402861862 | Archetype | A symbol or character repeatedly used or imitated; cliché | 10 | |
| 7402861863 | Verbal Irony | Using words contrary to their definitions or the speaker's real feeling; sarcasm | 11 | |
| 7402861864 | Argument from Authority | A fallacy that states an argument must be true because a body in power said so | 12 | |
| 7402861865 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in the beginning of a line | 13 | |
| 7402861866 | Asyndeton | Deliberately removing conjunctions from a series of phrases | 14 | |
| 7402861867 | Zeugma | Use of a single word in which a word applies to two others in different senses or it semantically suits only one | 15 | |
| 7402861868 | Synecdoche | Using the whole for a part or vice-versa when referring to something | 16 | |
| 7402861869 | Syntax | The way words in a sentence are ordered | 17 | |
| 7402861870 | Bandwagon | A persuasive technique that states something is worth using or doing because the majority does so | 18 | |
| 7402861871 | Begging the Question | A fallacy where the conclusion of a question is accepted as true in the question; circular argument | 19 | |
| 7402861872 | Bombast | Pretentious writing or speech | 20 | |
| 7402861873 | Understatement | Suggesting something is less than it actually is; opposite of hyperbole | 21 | |
| 7402861874 | Stream of Consciousness | A form of narrative where a character's unspoken and subconscious thoughts are shown in a string, generally without proper grammar | 22 | |
| 7402861875 | Syllogism | An argument where a conclusion is arrived at using two other true conclusions; deductive reasoning | 23 | |
| 7402861876 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech that presents two things in an order then presents them again but reversed | 24 | |
| 7402861877 | Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds | 25 | |
| 7402861878 | Cosmic Irony | The idea that a higher-than-human force toys with human hopes or is indifferent to them | 26 | |
| 7402861879 | Slippery Slope | A fallacy that states that something should not be done because doing so will lead to something bad happening as a result | 27 | |
| 7402861880 | Straw Man | A fallacy that misrepresents or changes an argument to make it easier to attack | 28 | |
| 7402861881 | Rhetorical question | A question asked to make a point instead of getting an answer | 29 | |
| 7402861882 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word; opposite of connotation | 30 | |
| 7402861883 | Didactic | Intended or used for teaching | 31 | |
| 7402861884 | Dramatic Irony | A situation where the audience knows something that a character doesn't | 32 | |
| 7402861885 | Satire | Using humor or irony to criticize something | 33 | |
| 7402861886 | Situational Irony | When the expected outcome is different from or opposite of the actual outcome | 34 | |
| 7402861887 | Periodic sentence | A sentence whose main clause is held until the end | 35 | |
| 7402861888 | Elegy | A written work that is negative or lamenting | 36 | |
| 7402861889 | Epigram | A statement that is short, clever, and memorable; a witticism | 37 | |
| 7402861890 | Epistrophe | Repeating a word or phrase at the end of multiple clauses; opposite of anaphora | 38 | |
| 7402861891 | Red Herring | Something that abandons or misleads something else, also a fallacy | 39 | |
| 7402861892 | Rhetoric | The art of effective and persuasive writing | 40 | |
| 7402861893 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that intentionally contradicts itself | 41 | |
| 7402861894 | Epithet | An adjective following a nickname | 42 | |
| 7402861895 | Ethos | A persuasive appeal to ethics; similar to an appeal to authority | 43 | |
| 7402861896 | Euphemism | Substituting a term for another that is more offensive | 44 | |
| 7402861897 | Hamartia | The fatal flaw or shortcoming of a protagonist that leads to their failure in tragedy | 45 | |
| 7402861898 | Paradox | A self-contradictory phrase that is true on further inspection | 46 | |
| 7402861899 | Parallelism | Repeated use of literary elements that are similar or exactly the same | 47 | |
| 7402861900 | Pathos | An appeal to emotion | 48 | |
| 7402861901 | Metonymy | A figure of speech where something is referred to by another thing that is very similar | 49 | |
| 7402861902 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a conclusion about an entire population is drawn from an insufficient sample size | 50 | |
| 7402861903 | Hubris | Excessive pride | 51 | |
| 7402861904 | Motif | A central or recurrent pattern in and between work | 52 | |
| 7402861905 | Non-sequitur | A conclusion that does not follow from the given facts | 53 | |
| 7402861906 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration; opposite of understatement | 54 | |
| 7402861907 | Litotes | A figure of speech in which something is seen as positive by negating its negative qualities; often uses double negatives | 55 | |
| 7402861908 | Logos | An appeal to logic | 56 | |
| 7402861909 | Malapropism | Use of an incorrect word in the place of a word that sounds similar | 57 |
AP Language and Composition: An Introduction to Rhetoric Flashcards
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| 7266110433 | Rhetoric | the faculty of discovering in any particular case all of the available means of persuasion. | 0 | |
| 7266110434 | Texts | cultural products that can be read and investigated-- both visual and written messages | 1 | |
| 7266110435 | Occasion | the time and place the text was written or spoken | 2 | |
| 7266110436 | Context | the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding the text: Writers always write in response to a rhetorical situation (time, place, circumstances; context) that affects their decisions about what they say and how they say it. | 3 | |
| 7266110437 | Purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 4 | |
| 7266110438 | Speaker | the person or group who creates the text | 5 | |
| 7266110440 | Audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text or performance, there may be multiple audiences | 6 | |
| 7266110441 | Subject | the topic | 7 | |
| 7266110442 | SOAPS | Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker. A mnemonic device that offers a practical way to approach the concept of the rhetorical situation | 8 | |
| 7266110443 | Rhetorical Appeals | the tools of rhetoric to persuade an audience: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos | 9 | |
| 7266110444 | Ethos | demonstrate that a speaker is credible and trustworthy | 10 | |
| 7266110445 | Logos | reason, speakers appeal to logos by offering clear, rational ideas | 11 | |
| 7266110449 | Pathos | an appeal to emotions, values, desires, and hopes on the one hand or fears and prejudices on the other | 12 | |
| 7266110450 | Persona | the role, attitude, personality a writer assumes in order to achieve a literary purpose | 13 | |
| 7295295465 | Rhetorical Triangle | The relationship between the speaker/writer, audience and the subject/purpose |  | 14 |
| 7295302758 | Traditional Canons of Rhetoric | invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery | 15 | |
| 7295305220 | Invention | how writers generate their ideas so that they are most effective for the audience | 16 | |
| 7295311204 | Arrangement | organization that will lead to an effective text : introduction, statement of facts, division, proof, refutation, conclusion | 17 | |
| 7295317777 | Exordium (introduction) | the part of an argument that introduces the reader to the subject under discussion, draws the reader in by piquing interest | 18 | |
| 7295326988 | Narratio (statement of Facts) | provides factual information and background material on the subject; logos and some pathos | 19 | |
| 7295333618 | Partitio (division) | outlines what will follow | 20 | |
| 7295359742 | Confirmatio (Proof) | development needed to make the writer's case; evidence | 21 | |
| 7295362192 | Refutatio (Refutation) | addresses the counterargument | 22 | |
| 7295397067 | counterargument | an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward | 23 | |
| 7295399382 | Peroratio (conclusion) | reminds reader of ethos, pathos, answers the "so what" question - | 24 | |
| 7295403261 | style | choices writers make with sentences and words; artful expression of ideas | 25 | |
| 7295406413 | Memory | writer taps into the "cultural memory" of their audience; also, what devices will the writer use to help his/her audience remember the text and its message | 26 | |
| 7295410404 | Modes of writing | an organizational method for presenting information in a text (narration, cause and effect,) | 27 | |
| 7295417116 | genre | what type of method of delivery: letter, speech, essay, | 28 | |
| 7295439249 | didls | diction, imagery details, language, syntax | 29 | |
| 7295440593 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words | 30 | |
| 7296340492 | imagery | Language/Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 31 |
| 7296347830 | details | the facts given by the author or speaker as support for the attitude or tone | 32 | |
| 7296352151 | figurative language | Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation: metaphors, similes, personification, symbols, hyperbole |  | 33 |
| 7296361259 | syntax | the way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences | 34 | |
| 7313301799 | tone | an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience |  | 35 |
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AP Language - good vocabulary Flashcards
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| 6388180141 | Implacable | not to be appeased modified or pacified;inexorable | 0 | |
| 6388180142 | Midigate | to become milder, lessen in severity | 1 | |
| 6388180143 | eclectic | not following any one system (as of medicine, philosophy ect.) but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems | 2 | |
| 6388180144 | opprobrium | the disgrace of the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful;infamy | 3 | |
| 6388180145 | aberrant | deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type;exceptional; abnormal | 4 | |
| 6388180146 | stymie | to hinder, block, or thwart | 5 | |
| 6388180147 | nascent | beginning to exist or develop | 6 | |
| 6388180148 | avarice | insatiable greed for riches;inordinate,misery desire to gain and hoard wealth | 7 | |
| 6388180149 | urbane | having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities | 8 | |
| 6388180150 | ingenuous | free from reserve restraint or dissimulation(sincere, frank) | 9 | |
| 6388180151 | onerous | burdensome, oppressive or trouble some; causing hard ship | 10 | |
| 6388180152 | discretion (noun) | cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions | 11 | |
| 6388180153 | burgeon (verb) | to grow rapidly or flourish | 12 | |
| 6388180154 | axiom(noun) | a universally recognized principle | 13 | |
| 6388180155 | ubiquitous (adjetive) | existing elsewhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread | 14 | |
| 6388180156 | disabuse(verb) | to undeceive; to set right | 15 | |
| 6388180157 | heretical (adj) | violating accepted dogma or convention | 16 | |
| 6388180158 | vilify (verb) | to defame; or characterize harshly | 17 | |
| 6388180159 | dogmatic(adj) | expressing a ridged opinion based on unproved or improvable principles | 18 | |
| 6388180160 | perennial (adj) | recurrent through the year or many years;happening repeatedly | 19 | |
| 6388180161 | torpid(adj) | lethargic;sluggish; dormant | 20 | |
| 6388180162 | magnanimity(noun) | the quality of being noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving | 21 | |
| 6388180163 | truculent(adj) | fierce and cruel, eager to fight | 22 | |
| 6388180164 | eccentric(adj) | departing from nouns or convections | 23 | |
| 6388180165 | convoluted(adj) | complex or complicated | 24 | |
| 6388180166 | bombastic | promos; grandiloquent(extravagant in language style or manner) | 25 | |
| 6388180167 | occlude(verb) | to obstruct or block | 26 | |
| 6388180168 | loquacious(adj) | extremely talkative | 27 | |
| 6388180169 | misanthrope(noun) | one who hates all other humans | 28 | |
| 6388180170 | hedonism(noun) | devotion to pleasurable pursuits (especially of the senses) | 29 | |
| 6388180171 | abscond | to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest | 30 | |
| 6388180172 | amalgamate | to mix or blend together in a homogeneous body | 31 | |
| 6388180173 | apocryphal | of doubtful authority or authenticity | 32 | |
| 6388180174 | augury | omen | 33 | |
| 6388180175 | comestible | fit to be eaten | 34 | |
| 6388180176 | desuetude | a state of disuse or inactivity | 35 | |
| 6388180177 | diaphanous | transparent | 36 | |
| 6388180178 | encomium | a formal discriminating expression of praise | 37 | |
| 6388180179 | gossamer | flimsy | 38 | |
| 6388180180 | iconoclast | an image-breaker | 39 | |
| 6388180181 | maudlin | foolishly and tearfully affectionate | 40 | |
| 6388180182 | verbiage | use of many words without necessity | 41 | |
| 6388180183 | vituperate | to overwhelm with wordy abuse | 42 | |
| 6388180184 | noisome | offensive or disgusting; also harmful unwholesome | 43 | |
| 6388180185 | abstruse | dealing with manners difficult to be understood | 44 | |
| 6388180186 | moribund | on the point of dying | 45 | |
| 6388180187 | nadir | the lowest point | 46 | |
| 6388180188 | umbrage | a sense of injury | 47 | |
| 6388180189 | vociferous | making a loud outcry | 48 | |
| 6388180190 | lascivious | lustful | 49 | |
| 6388180191 | quixotic | chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous degree | 50 | |
| 6388180192 | aberration | deviating from the right, customary or prescribed corse | 51 | |
| 6388180193 | acumen | quickness of intellectual insight,or discernment, keenness of discrimination | 52 | |
| 6388180194 | anathema | anything forbidden,as by social usage | 53 | |
| 6388180195 | asperity | harshness or roughness of temper | 54 | |
| 6388180196 | bumptious | full of offensive and aggressive self conceit | 55 | |
| 6388180197 | contumacious | rebellious | 56 | |
| 6388180198 | erudite | very learned | 57 | |
| 6388180199 | insouciant | nonchalant | 58 | |
| 6388180200 | lachrymose | given to shedding tears | 59 | |
| 6388180201 | loquacious | talkative | 60 | |
| 6388180202 | meretricious | alluring by false or gaudy show | 61 | |
| 6388180203 | nefarious | wicked in the extreme | 62 | |
| 6388180204 | halcyon | calm and peaceful | 63 | |
| 6388180205 | archaic | outdated;associated with earlier, more primitive time | 64 | |
| 6388180206 | quiescence | stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest | 65 | |
| 6388180207 | pedagogy | profession or principles of teaching or instructing | 66 | |
| 6388180208 | obsequious | exhibiting fawning attractiveness | 67 | |
| 6388180209 | obdurate | unyielding; hard hardened;intractable | 68 | |
| 6388180210 | imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness | 69 | |
| 6388180211 | impassive | revealing no emotion | 70 | |
| 6388180212 | paean | song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving | 71 | |
| 6388180213 | obtuse | lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression | 72 | |
| 6388180214 | bucolic | rustic and pastoral;characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants | 73 | |
| 6388180215 | demur | to question or oppose | 74 | |
| 6388180216 | adulterate | to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients | 75 | |
| 6388180217 | stoic | indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain;steadfast | 76 | |
| 6388180218 | evanescent | tending to disappear like vapor;vanish | 77 | |
| 6388180219 | exacerbate | to make worse or more severe | 78 | |
| 6388180220 | noxious | harmful;causing pain to others | 79 | |
| 6388180221 | synesthesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another(ex. the sight of red ants makes you itchy) | 80 | |
| 6388180222 | assertion | a declaration that is made emphatically | 81 |
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