AP Language Terms Flashcards
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| 504178484 | analogy | a comparison between things that are alike in some ways | 0 | |
| 504178485 | anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 1 | |
| 504178486 | anecdote | short account of an amusing or interesting event | 2 | |
| 504178487 | antagonist | a character or force in conflict with the main character | 3 | |
| 504178488 | antihero | A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities. | 4 | |
| 504178489 | asyndeton | Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses or words. Example: We brought towels, forks, spoons, dishes. | 5 | |
| 504197860 | bildungsroman | a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist | 6 | |
| 504197861 | burlesque | a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation | 7 | |
| 504197862 | colloquialism | a local or regional dialect expression; slang or informal speech. Example: What's up? | 8 | |
| 504197863 | conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 9 | |
| 504197864 | denouement | the outcome of a complex sequence of events | 10 | |
| 504197865 | dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation | 11 | |
| 504197866 | dramatic monologue | a poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener | 12 | |
| 504197867 | dynamic character | A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action | 13 | |
| 504197868 | dystopia | a society characterized by human misery, as indicated through squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding | 14 | |
| 504197869 | elision | Dropping a sound or syllable in a word; for example, o'er for over; e're for ever | 15 | |
| 504197870 | epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight | 16 | |
| 504197871 | ethos | a speaker's or character's respectability, trustworthiness, and moral character; credibility | 17 | |
| 504197872 | euphemism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant ("passed away" instead of died; "senior citizens" instead of old people) | 18 | |
| 504197873 | extended metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 19 | |
| 504197874 | farce | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | 20 | |
| 504197875 | flat character | a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | 21 | |
| 504197876 | foil | a character who sets off another character by contrast | 22 | |
| 504197877 | idiom | a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (It's raining cats and dogs.) | 23 | |
| 504197878 | interior monologue | a narrative technique that records a character's internal flow of thoughts, memories, and ideas | 24 | |
| 504203682 | litotes | understatement that makes a positive statement by using a negative opposite (describing a particularly horrific scene by saying, "It was not a pretty picture.") | 25 | |
| 504203683 | loose sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows (I didn't go running because it was raining.) | 26 | |
| 504203684 | periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause (Because it was raining, I didn't go running.) | 27 | |
| 504203685 | malapropism | the misuse of a word, especially when unintentional, with comic effect; "Texas has a lot of electrical (electoral) votes." Yogi Berra | 28 | |
| 504203686 | motif | the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters | 29 | |
| 504203687 | parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson | 30 | |
| 504223664 | mock epic | A work of literature that applies the characteristics and conventions of epic poetry to trivial subject matter for the sake of humor, irony, parody, or satire. | 31 | |
| 504223665 | ode | a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject | 32 | |
| 504223666 | pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 33 | |
| 504223667 | prosody | the study of sound and rhythm in poetry | 34 | |
| 504223668 | pathos | quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness | 35 | |
| 504223669 | logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 36 | |
| 504223670 | Utopian literature | literature describing an ideally perfect place or ideal society. | 37 | |
| 506246195 | cause and effect | this type of essay analyzes why an event occurred and/or trace its consequences | 38 | |
| 506246196 | classification | a strategy of exposition that places an object or person within a group of similar objects and then focuses on the characteristics distinguishing it from others in the group | 39 | |
| 506246197 | cliche | expression or idea that is stale from overuse (Opposites attract... As old as the hills... Time heals all wounds... Sent a shiver down my spine...) | 40 | |
| 506246198 | concrete | definite, particular, capable of being perceived directly | 41 | |
| 506246199 | deduction | a form of logical reasoning or explaining that proceeds from general premises to specific conclusions | 42 | |
| 506246200 | definition | a strategy of expository writing that gives the essential meaning of something | 43 | |
| 506246201 | description | mode of writing that appeals to the senses | 44 | |
| 506246202 | exposition | a type of writing that is informative; it explains or gives directions | 45 | |
| 506246203 | induction | a form of logical reasoning or explanation that proceeds from specific examples to general principles | 46 | |
| 506246204 | narration | mode of writing which provides an account of actions and events that have befallen someone or something | 47 | |
| 506246205 | process analysis | a form of expository writing that breaks a process into its component operations or that gives directions | 48 | |
| 506246206 | rhetoric | the art of using language effectively in speech and in writing | 49 | |
| 517978779 | bathos | insincere or overly sentimental pathos | 50 | |
| 517978780 | picaresque | episodic adventures of a protagonist who is usually a rascal | 51 | |
| 517978781 | regionalism | Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region. | 52 | |
| 517978782 | unreliable narrator | a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted | 53 | |
| 517978783 | reliable narrator | A believable, trustworthy commentator on events and characters in a story. | 54 | |
| 5045194263 | polysyndeton | repetition of conjunctions in close succession (Example: We have ships and men and money and time and experience on our side.) | 55 |