AP language Flashcards

2608685682	Ethos	Refers to character, speaker, writer, or person and their credibility	0
2608685683	Logos	Appeals to the reasoning or logic of the argument	1
2608685684	Pathos	Appeals to the emotions of the reader and needed if the purpose of the speaker is to incite action	2
2608685685	Metaphor	A stated comparison between two unlike things "a sea of trouble"	3
2608685686	Simile	An explicit comparison between unlike things with the us of like or as	4
2608685687	Personification	Attributing human qualities to an inanimate object "the tired chair"	5
2608685688	Imagery	Sight,sound,touch,taste,smell - allows the reader to more fully participate in the work with images and experience that they can tie to directly or indirectly	6
2608685689	Syntax	The intentional emphasis on word order/structure of a sentence or phrases	7
2608685690	Pun	A play on the meaning of words "a mender of soles"	8
2608685691	Irony	The speaker means something other than what is said	9
2608685692	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	10
2608685693	Litotes	Opposite of hyperbole	11
2608685694	Metonymy	Designation of one thing with something closely associated with it	12
2608685695	Oxymoron	Contradiction; two contradictory terms or ideas used together	13
2608685696	Paradox	A statement that appears to be contradictory but.	14
2608685697	Onomatopoeia	Refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces their meaning	15
2608685698	Alliteration	Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words	16
2608685699	Euphemism	An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or harsh	17
2608685700	Allusion	A reference to another text or assumed knowledge of a reference	18
2608685701	Chiasmus	Grammatical structure	19
2608685702	Diction	Analyze only unusual word choices	20
2608685703	Parallelism	A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses	21
2608685704	Juxtaposition	The placing of contrasting settings, characters, or other literary elements in paragraphs or between sections of text. Example: In Cold Blood	22
2608685705	Antithesis	The placing of opposing or contrasting ideas	23
2608685706	Asyndeton	Conjunctions are omitted	24
2608685707	Polysyndeton	The use of many conjunctions has the opposite effect of asyndeton	25
2608685708	Anaphora	A form of a regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases	26
2608685709	Repetition in general	Repeated use of words, phrases, or clauses	27
2608685710	Loose or periodic sentences	Placing the subject at the end of the sentence	28
2608685711	Rhetorical questions	A question posed by the speaker which has an obvious answer	29
2608685712	Tone	The accumulated and implied attitude	30
2608685713	Tone shift	Because tone radiates from the author, through a speaker or narrator and then to the reader, a tone shift indicates a shift in attitude about through subject	31
2612107409	Synecdoche	One word that makes the reader think of all things in the class	32