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AP Language Lit Terms #3 Flashcards

8478337530	Point of View	The perspective from which a story is told	0
8478349517	Predicate Adjective	An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb	1
8478363880	Predicate Normative	A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject	2
8478370696	Prose	Fiction or nonfiction works that are written in ordinary langauge	3
8478378080	Repetition	The duplication of any element of language	4
8478381059	Rhetoric	Greek for "orator;" the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	5
8478388189	Rhetorical Modes	The variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing	6
8478422093	Sarcasm	Greek for "to tear flesh;" bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something	7
8478446629	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule	8
8478455230	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, heir historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another	9
8478464141	Style	An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices	10
8478474439	Subject Complement	The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it	11
8478481434	Subordinate Clause	A clause that does not express a clear thought and therefore can not stand alone	12
8478488139	Syllogism	Greek for "reckoning together;" a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion	13
8478498756	Symbolism	Anything that represents something else	14
8481613572	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences	15
8481620974	Theme	The central idea or message of a work; the insight it offers into life	16
8481625041	Thesis	The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition	17
8481633069	Tone	The author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both	18
8481641954	Transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas	19
8481645962	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact; presenting something as less significant than it is	20
8481652924	Wit	Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights	21

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AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

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3918983390	Accent	emphasize different syllables	0
3918990689	Act	in a play	1
3918992295	Adage	phrase or saying	2
3918995509	Agitrop	use of literature to promote a political or ideological platform	3
3918999167	Agon	the Greek word for conflict	4
3919004744	Allegory	overall meaning or symbolism	5
3919014551	Alliteration	same letter in multiple words	6
3919017290	Allusion	outside reference	7
3919023029	Anagnorisis	moment of discovery/realization for PROTAGONIST	8
3919034210	Analogy	describes a moral truth through a story	9
3919039966	Anapest	poetry; two un-stressed followed by stressed syllables	10
3919047970	Anaphora	beginning of something repeats	11
3919055180	Antagonist	the person or thing that impedes the protagonist	12
3919062073	Anthology	collection put together in one	13
3919068820	Anti-climax	falling off of the intensity happens too quickly or poorly	14
3919089207	Antistrophe	repetition of the end AND opposing voice of the people	15
3919093685	Aphorism	phrase of wisdom. Philosophical statement	16
3919100791	Aporia	Greek word that means complexity; both sides are equally valid	17
3919112601	Apostrophe	talking to something with no consciousness	18
3919129083	Aside	not talking directly to character/only audience hears	19
3919133087	Assonance	repetition of vowels	20
3919139686	Aubade	Poem about the dawn or morning	21
3919143940	Ballad	form of LYRIC POETRY; short; set rhyme scheme and structure	22
3919151626	Baroque	period in art where things became ornamental	23
3919160500	Blank Verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	24
3919166524	Biography	somebody's life story written by someone else	25
3919168904	Burlesque	style opposes subject; primarily used in satire	26
3919175581	Byronic Hero	named after Lord Byron; developed hero that didn't want to be a hero; happened through circumstance	27
3919193195	Cacophony	discourse between words; clashing	28
3919194909	Cadence	rhythm of line or words	29
3919200882	Caesura	deliberate pause in line of poetry	30
3919209674	Canon	religious or philosophical text (Ex. Screwtape)	31
3919217288	Canto	chapter of a poem. section of a long poem	32
3919234409	Catachresis	misuse of a word	33
3919240132	Cathorsis	relieving of emotional tension	34
3919252121	Chiasmus	flipping/inverse of words or phrase	35
3919257312	Chorus	general public voice	36
3919258696	Comedy	style of genre with humor	37
3919262069	Conceit	extended metaphor	38
3919264863	Conflict	a disagreement or argument among people	39
3919288452	Connotation	positive/negative association	40
3919316877	Consonance	repetition of middle or end of word	41
3919320395	Couplet	two lines of verse, usually in some meter, and joined by rhyme that form a unit	42
3919348571	Courtly Love	a knight and noblewoman who love each other; very punishable	43
3919367579	Dactyl	measure of meter; 'uu	44
3919382356	Deism	philosophy; God created the world, and then left it alone. No religion	45
3919393420	Denouemont	fancy word for the FALLING ACTION	46
3919396737	Deus ex machina	solution in a story that is arbitrary. Not good.	47
3919402480	Dialect	language specific to a region or social group	48
3919410370	Dialectic	the formal term for a political or philosophical debate to find truth	49
3919417137	Dialogue	conversation between two or more people	50
3919424251	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in writing	51
3919432675	Diegesis	the voice of the speaker or narrator; separate from writer	52
3919461225	Dimeter	Two feet	53
3919466394	Dirge	funeral home; sad and mournful	54
3919470174	Discourse	extended topic or subject; one topic and really expand it	55
3919476263	Doggeral	shallow or crude verse; not thought out or developed	56
3919487071	Drama	an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events	57
3919490205	Dramatic Monologue	poetry written in speech that has insight into the speaker	58
3919495842	Dystopia	everything is bad in an imaginary place	59

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AP Language Chapter 1 Vocabulary, AP Language Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

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5408802745	audience	One's listener or readership; those to whom text is addressed	0
5408802746	concession	An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point	1
5408802747	connotation	An implied meaning of a word	2
5408802748	context	Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning	3
5408802749	counterargument	An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward	4
5408802750	ethos	An appeal to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the speaker's position	5
5408802751	logos	An appeal based on logic or reason	6
5408802752	occasion	The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	7
5408802753	pathos	An appeal to emotion	8
5408802754	persona	The face or character that a speaker shows to his/her audience	9
5408802755	polemic	Controversial argument, esp. one attacking a specific idea	10
5408802756	propaganda	Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.	11
5408802757	purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	12
5408802758	refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	13
5408802759	rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	14
5408802760	rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotion)	15
5408802761	rhetorical triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle)	16
5408802762	speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a text	17
5408802763	subject	In rhetoric, the topic addressed in a piece of text	18
5408802764	text	Any cultural product that can be "read", meaning consumed, comprehended, and investigated. Fiction, Nonfiction, poetry, speeches, fine art, cartoons, cultural trends, performances, etc	19
5408802765	tone	Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)	20
5408802766	alliteration	Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence.	21
5408802767	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.	22
5408802768	anaphora	Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.	23
5408802769	antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order.	24
5408802770	antithesis	An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses.	25
5408802771	archaic diction	The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language.	26
5408802772	asyndeton	A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions.	27
5408802773	cumulative sentence	A sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases (main clause is at the beginning).	28
5408802774	hortative sentence	A sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.	29
5408802775	imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands.	30
5408802776	inversion	The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.	31
5408802777	juxtaposition	Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast.	32
5408802778	metaphor	A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared, does not use like or as.	33
5408802779	oxymoron	A compact paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict each other.	34
5408802780	parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.	35
5408802781	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	36
5408802782	personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	37
5408802783	rhetorical question	A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer	38
5408802784	synecdoche	A rhetorical trope involving a part of an object representing the whole, or the whole of an object representing a part.	39
5408802785	zeugma	The use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings.	40

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AP Language and Composition Midterm Review Flashcards

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8218401293	Genre	a specific category or subdivision of an art form.	0
8324439558	Non-fiction Novel	when an author applies standard novelistic techniques (plot, characterization, setting, theme, etc.) to a work of nonfiction.	1
8324449526	Tone	o Definition: the author's attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about; Reflects the author's approach to the subject he or she is writing about o Can be applied to all forms of literature o Often difficult to determine because you are NOT the author and have to interpret his emotions	2
8324449527	Mood	o The emotional atmosphere created by a work; Refers to the emotional effect on an audience (the readers) o more commonly associated with fiction (as opposed to nonfiction)	3
8324451936	Thematic Statement	a complete sentence (or two) that expresses a theme through the author's message.	4
8324454648	TAG + 2T	T=title of the work, punctuated correctly A=author; his/her full name G=genre T=Tone—how the writer FEELS about the subject T=Theme—what the writers SAYS about the subject (ineffective) Truman Capote wrote this nonfiction book called In Cold Blood. (effective) Truman Capote's nonfiction novel In Cold Blood explores basic themes of crime and punishment.	5
8324454649	STAARS	S—Subject One word (or SHORT phrase) to describe the subject of the piece i.e. growing up, divorce, butterflies etc. T—Theme One or two complete sentences which tells what the writer says about the subject. A—Audience To whom is the piece addressed? Informal language? Formal language? A—Attitude (Tone) Three tone words which describe how the writer feels about the subject. RS—Rhetorical Strategy One specific rhetorical device which the writer uses in this piece. Write out the sentence in which it appears.	6
8324459590	TEAR	Analysis Paragraph (TEAR) T—Thematic sentence: The first sentence which includes the title, writer, genre, theme, and tone. E—Evidence: Embedded from the text (RS), this sentence explains an aspect of one of the appeals. A—Analysis: Two or three sentences which explain HOW the rhetorical strategy (RS) connects the reader to the author's meaning. R—Response: The student's personal response to the passage. No first person. Sometimes a connection with another piece works.	7
8324461280	Aristotle Rhetorical Triangle	Speaker--Subject--Audience	8
8324466631	Visual Rhetoric	anything from the use of images as argument to the arrangement of elements on a page for rhetorical effect to the use of typography (fonts) and more (basically it is the persuasive use of images)	9
8324469677	Ethos	Appeal to Ethos: bonding with the audience to earn their trust; establishing one's authority on a subject to earn trust; reminding the audience that you share similar beliefs (ethos)	10
8324469678	Pathos	Appeal to Emotion (pathos): citing examples or providing anecdotes that work on the emotions of the audience	11
8324471301	Logos	Appeal to Logic (logos): citing facts, examples, similar situations (analogies)	12
8324473401	Editing	o is on a sentence level, addressing problems with spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word choice. o is one-sided. The editor writes comments and corrections on the paper and returns the paper to the writer. o is hierarchical. An editor looks for "mistakes" and "fixes" them. An editor places value on writing (such as a grade). o focuses on the paper as a product. When editing think of CUPS Capitalization Usage Punctuation Spelling	13
8324473402	Revising	o deals with the paper as a whole, considering strengths and weaknesses, arguments, focus and organization, support, and voice, as well as mechanical issues. o is dialogue-based. The purpose or revision is to ask questions, expanding ideas and challenging arguments which require discussion between the writer and the reader. o is non-hierarchical. Offering questions and making observations allow the writer and reader to hold separate and valid opinions. The purpose of discussion is to expand and clarify ideas rather than "correct" them. When revising think of ARMS Add Remove Move Substitute	14
8324473403	Precis	a summation of a text; ~10% of the source text	15
8324486149	Timed Writings: Questions	The types of questions asked vary from year to year, but you will likely see... A. One question that asks you to take a stance on an issue (ARGUMENT) i. very open-ended: you choose the issue ii. more directed: defend, challenge, or qualify the claim of another author B. One question that involves rhetorical analysis of a prose passage (ANALYSIS) i. focused on how writer conveys attitudes ii. focused on how author makes the text persuasive iii. focused on comparison/contrast A. elements within a single text B. two short texts on similar topics or by the same author	16
8324733337	Timed Writing: Analyzing the Prompt	Analyzing the Prompt The first thing that you should know is that each prompt breaks down into at least two parts: the context & the assignment (one prompt will also include a passage of its own)	17
8324486150	Personal Essay	o A genre of nonfiction o Written in first person o An essay in which the writer reflect on some aspect or incident from his/her own life. o Much of the journalism and nonfiction writings aim for objectivity, removing a writer's personal opinion in search for truth. Personal essays focus instead on a subjective version of the truth.	18
8324488536	Detail	o a strategy used by writers to develop an idea or theme, like imagery, tone or figurative language o Detail is: Providing facts to support a point Providing specific observations Describing incidents as examples o The Purpose of Detail as a Rhetorical Strategy: Used to give meaning to abstract ideas (e.g. "mother tongue")	19

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AP English Literature Terms Flashcards

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8725276482	Frugal	1. sparing or economical with regard to money or food 2. simple and plain and costing little	0
8725276483	Sober	1. not affected by alcohol; not drunk 2. make or become more serious, sensible, and solemn	1
8725281381	Virtues	behavior showing high moral standards	2
8725281382	Muse	1. (in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences 2. a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist	3
8725281383	Pious	1. devoutly religious 2. making a hypocritical display of virtue	4
8725287728	Melancholy	a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause	5
8725287729	Mirthful	full of mirth; merry or amusing	6
8725291593	Patriarch	1. the male head of a family or tribe. 2. a person or thing that is regarded as the founder of something	7
8725294193	Frivolity	lack of seriousness; lightheartedness	8
8725294194	Embellish	make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features	9

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AP Literature Vocabulary Quiz #4 Flashcards

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7577436406	Hubris	excessive pride or arrogance	0
7577438466	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	1
7577442258	Iambic pentameter.	a line of verse having five metrical feet (Shakespeare's most frequent writing pattern).	2
7577445294	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	3
7577446489	In medias res	into the middle of a narrative; without preamble	4
7577448063	Irony	A contrast between expectation and reality	5
7577450073	Juxtaposition	placing two ideas, words, or images side by side so that their closeness creates and original, ironic, or insightful meaning.	6
7577451937	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	7
7577453883	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	8
7577455703	Meter (rhythm)	the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.	9
7577456971	Metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	10
7577458540	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	11
7577460475	Narrator (persona/ point of view)	the teller of the story.	12
7577462158	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	13
7577463964	Paradox	a statement, often metaphorical, that seems to be self-contradictory but which has valid meaning.	14

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AP Literature Poetry Review Flashcards

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8522197762	Sonnet	14 line lyric poem, fixed rhyme scheme, fixed meter (usually 10 syllables per line)	0
8522197763	Ode	a lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure	1
8522197764	Blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	2
8522197765	Free verse	no fixed meter or rhyme	3
8522197766	Epic	a long narrative poem celebrating the adventures and acheivements of a hero	4
8522197767	Dramatic monologue	character "speaks" through the poem; a character study	5
8522197769	Ballad	a form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music	6
8522197770	Villanelle	consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes	7
8522197771	Meter	regularized rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables; accents occur at approx. equal intervals of time	8
8522197773	Conceit	an extended witty, paradoxical, or startling metaphor	9
8522197774	Assonance	repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds	10
8522197775	Paradox	statement or situation containing seemingly contradictory elements	11
8522197780	Stanza	a group of lines forming a unit in a poem	12
8522197781	Caesura	a natural pause in the middle of a line, sometimes coinciding with punctuation	13
8522197782	Enjambment	describes a line of poetry in which the sense and grammatical construction continues on to the next line	14
8522197785	Internal rhyme	repetition of sounds within a line (but not at the end of the line)	15
8522197786	Couplet	two successive lines which rhyme, usually at the end of a work	16
8522197787	Tercet	three-line stanza	17
8522197789	Rhyme scheme	a pattern of rhymes formed by the end rhyme(aa,bb,cc)	18
8522197790	Consonance	repetition at close intervals of final consonant sounds	19
8522197792	Oxymoron	compact paradoxl two successive words contradict each other	20
8522197794	Quatrain	four-line stanza	21
8522197795	Cinquain	five-line stanza	22
8522197796	Sestet	six-line stanza	23
8522197798	Apostrophe	someone absent, dead, or imaginary, or an abstraction, is being addressed as if it could reply	24
8522197799	Metonymy	symbolism; one thing is used as a substitute for another with which it is closely identified (the White House)	25
8522197800	Synecdoche	symbolism; the part signifies the whole, or the whole the part (all hands on board)	26
8522197801	Hyperbole	exaggeration, overstatement	27
8522197802	Litotes	understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite	28
8522197809	Allusion	makes reference to another piece of literature, a person, or event in history, sports, television, etc.	29
8522197810	Tone	writer's attitude toward the audience or subject, implied or related directly	30
8522197815	Motif	detail within the story that repeats itself throughout the work	31
8522197816	Sestina	consists of six 6-line stanzas, concluding with a 3-line "envoi" which incorporates all the line-ending words;rather than simply rhyming, the actual line-ending words are repeated in successive stanzas in a designated rotating order	32
8522197821	Romanticism	a return to nature and to belief in the goodness of humanity; the rediscovery of the artist as a supremely individual creator; the development of nationalistic pride; and the exaltation of the senses and emotions over reason and intellect	33
8522197822	Gothic	genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance	34
8522197824	Theme	the main idea or message found in the work	35
8522197827	Connotation	what a word suggests beyond its surface definition	36
8522197829	Allegory	characters are symbols, has a moral	37
8522197830	Foil	a character that contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, and so highlights various facets of the main character's personality	38
8522197838	Extended metaphor	uses an entire poem to develop a single metaphor	39
8522197845	Denotation	basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word	40
8522197846	Anastrophe	Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words, for example: To market went she	41
8522197849	Renaissance	a period of artistic, cultural, and philosophical rebirth of classical ideas and art forms, commonly associated with Harlem in the early 20th Century.	42
8522197851	Mood	the atmosphere suggested by the structure and style of the poem	43
8522197853	Regionalism	fiction or poetry that focuses on specific features including characters, dialects, customs and topography - of a particular region	44
8522197854	Stream of conciousness	the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur	45
8522197867	lyric poetry	presents a personal impression, highly personal and emotional, can be as simple as a sensory impression or as elevated as an ode (addresses subjects of elevated stature) or elegy. subjective and melodious, it is often reflective in tone.	46
8530384313	Elegy	a mournful or somber poem, usually written in remembrance of someone or something that has died. Used as a lament.	47
8530406490	Anaphora	a literary and rhetorical device in which a word or group of words is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences.	48
8530413363	Epistrophe	a figure of speech that involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.	49

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AP Literature Vocab #2 Flashcards

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7431071004	Admonish	warn or reprimand someone firmly	0
7431071005	Akimbo	with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward	1
7431071006	Lassitude	weariness of body or mind, lack of energy	2
7431071007	Licentious	immoral; unrestrained by society	3
7431071008	Muse (n)	a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. synonyms:	4
7431071009	Muse (v)	to think about in a dreamy way, ponder	5
7431071010	Pecuniary	relating to or consisting of money	6
7431071011	Plight	a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation	7
7431071012	Presumptuous	Arrogant	8
7431071013	Subversive	in opposition to authority or government	9
7431071014	Vacuous	having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless	10

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Biochemistry Flashcards

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2781060432	Organic compounds	contain the element carbon most also contain hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen	0
2781060433	Inorganic compounds	every compound that is not an organic compound usually don't contain carbon examples: H2O NaCl	1
2781060434	cohesion	force of attraction between molecules of the same substance example - a water molecule and a water molecule	2
2781060435	Adhesion	force of attraction between molecules of different substances example - a water molecule and glass	3
2781060436	4 organic compounds	1. Carbohydrates 2. Lipids 3. Proteins 4. Nucleic Acids	4
2781060437	Carbohydrates	Name ends with: -ose Contain the elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen What is their function? contain energy	5
2781060438	Monosaccharides	Also called simple sugars Chemical formula: C6H12O6 Example: glucose, fructose, galactose	6
2781060439	Benedict's solution	Chemical used to test for the presence of a monosaccharide/simple sugar This solution is blue and changes to yelloworangered with a positive test (depends on concentration)	7
2781060440	Disaccharides	Made by joining 2 simple sugars Examples: maltose, sucrose, lactose *Formed by the process of dehydration synthesis	8
2781060441	Dehydration synthesis	The equation for this process is: glucose + glucose --------> maltose + water	9
2781060442	hydrolysis	The equation for this process is: maltose + water----------> glucose + glucose	10
2781060443	Foods that contain monosaccharides and disaccharides	Candy Fruit Cookies Juices Pop	11
2781060444	Polysaccharides	Several simple sugars joined together Examples: starch, cellulose, glycogen Formed by the process of dehydration synthesis Broken down by the process of hydrolysis	12
2781060445	iodine	Chemical used to test for the presence of a polysaccharide This solution is rust/amber and changes to purple (blue-black) with a positive test	13
2781060446	Foods that contain polysaccharides	Bread Rice Cereal Potatoes Pasta	14
2781060447	Lipids	This category includes fats, oils, waxes, cholesterol Contain the elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen Made of 2 building blocks: fatty acids and glycerol What is their function? 1.source of stored energy 2. cushioning 3. warmth 4. component of cell membranes	15
2781060448	Rub food on a brown paper bag	Chemical used to test for the presence of a lipid You would see a a translucent spot	16
2781060449	2 types of lipids	Saturated- considered "bad" fats Usually found in the form of a solid Unsaturated- consider "good" fats Usually found in the form of a liquid.	17
2781060450	Unsaturated fats	Fish (Omega-3 fatty acids) Vegetable Oils Nuts Sunflower seeds	18
2781060451	Saturated fats	Donuts Ice Cream French Fries Chicken Wings Butter Cheese Any fried foods	19
2781060452	Proteins	Contain the elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur composed of amino acids	20
2781060453	peptide bond	bond between amino acids is	21
2781060454	dipeptide	Two amino acids bonded together	22
2781060455	polypeptide	Three or more amino acids bonded together	23
2781060456	biuret solution biuret solution	protein indicator, light blue in color, changes to violet or pink with a postive test	24
2781060457	Foods that contain protein	Chicken Eggs Red Meat Turkey Nuts Beans	25
2781060458	Nucleic Acids	2 Types: DNA and RNA Contain the elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus * Hereditary material is passed on through DNA	26
2781060459	nucleotides	Building block of nucleic acids Subunit composed of: sugar nitrogenous base phosphate group	27
2781060460	DNA	* Shape: double helix * Name of sugar: deoxyribose * Nitrogenous bases: A, T, G, C * Function: provides hereditary info to produce enzymes for activities	28
2781060461	RNA	Shape: single strand Name of sugar: ribose Nitrogenous bases: A, U, G, C Function: carry message from nucleus to ribosome	29

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Diction Vocabulary, AP Literature and Composition Flashcards

words to describe diction

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7970397552	Jargon	vocabulary for a profession	0
7970397553	vulgar	coarse, indecent, tasteless, EX: ******* FBI DONT RESPECT NOTHIN	1
7970397554	scholarly	intellectual, academic	2
7970397555	insipid	uninteresting, tame, dull	3
7970397556	precise	exact, accurate, decisive	4
7970397557	esoteric	understood by a chosen few	5
7970397558	connotative	alludes to; suggestive	6
7970397559	plain	clear, obvious	7
7970397560	literal	the primary meaning of the word; apparent, word for word	8
7970397561	colloquial	ordinary, familiar language; vernacular (slang) EX: "Bloody Hell" -Ron, Harry Potter	9
7970397562	artificial	lacking naturalness; false	10
7970397563	detached	cut-off, removed, separated	11
7970397564	emotional	having feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love	12
7970397565	pedantic	didactic, scholastic, bookish	13
7970397566	euphonious	pleasant sounding (languid, 'cellar door,' nefarious, sonorous, ethereal, iridescent)	14
7970397567	cacophonous	harsh sounding ("With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, Agape they heard me call.")	15
7970397568	euphemistic	an expression to substitute a harsh, blunt, or offensive word; You aren't broke, you have a temporarily negative cash flow.	16
7970397569	pretentious	pompous, gaudy, inflated	17
7970397570	sensuous	perceived by or affecting the senses; passionate, luscious	18
7970397571	exact	verbatim, precise	19
7970397572	learned	connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge; educated, experienced	20
7970397573	symbolic	representative, metaphorical	21
7970397574	simple	easy to understand; clear, intelligible	22
7970397575	figurative	involving figurative speech; serving as illustration	23
7970397576	bombastic	high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.	24
7970397577	abstruse	difficult to understand; obscure.	25
7970397578	grotesque	hideous, deformed; repulsively ugly or distorted.	26
7970397579	concrete	representing an actual thing over quality (specific, particular) ex: cat, water, teacher	27
7970397580	poetic	lyric, melodious, romantic	28
7970397581	moralistic	concerned with or relating to human behavior or morality	29
7970397582	slang	informal vocab; lingo, colloquialism	30
7970397583	idiomatic	using expressions native to a speaker; Peculiar, vernacular	31
7970397584	cultured	enlightened; cultivated, refined, finished	32
7970397585	picturesque	vivid, colorful, impressive, striking	33
7970397586	homespun	folksy, homey, native, rustic	34
7970397587	provincial	rural, rustic, unpolished	35
7970397588	trite	lacking freshness because of constant use of excessive repetition; common, banal, stereotyped	36
7970397589	obscure	unclear, plain, ambiguous	37
7971135697	denotation	the literal or primary meaning of a word	38
7971161187	high/ formal diction	elevated and elaborate, complex words, a lofty tone.	39
7971183740	Middle or neutral diction	stresses simplicity rather than complexity; maintains correct language but avoids elaborate words.	40
7971202044	Low or informal diction	The language used in common, everyday situations. It is relaxed and unself-conscious. The language of people "hanging out." Uses common and simple words, foreign expressions, slang, swear words, and invented words.	41
7971276694	Abstract	general or conceptual; not having a physical or concrete existence.	42