Ap Language Flashcards

2785197752	Adage	a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.	0
2785197946	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	1
2785356839	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	2
2785357244	Allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	3
2785403700	Ambiguity	uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.	4
2785403701	Analogy	a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	5
2785404255	Anaphora	the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.	6
2785404476	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.	7
2785406261	Antecedent (grammar term)	preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting.	8
2785406262	Antimetabole	the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order	9
2785406549	Antithesis	figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other	10
2785408600	Apostrophe (literary)	a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing	11
2785408980	Appositive	a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it	12
2785408981	Archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing.	13
2785409253	Argument	an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.	14
2785410530	Asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.	15
2785410531	Audience	the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.	16
2785412161	Cacophony	a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.	17
2785412800	Characterization	A description of qualities or peculiarities: a list of places of interest, with brief characterizations of each	18
2785412801	Circumlocution	the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.	19
2785413252	Climax	The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given. Climax is a literary element	20
2785413253	Colloquial	used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.	21
2785413993	Concession	a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded	22
2785413994	Conceit	a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor.	23
2785414606	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	24
2785432171	Context	the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect	25
2785432172	Counter Argument	an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.	26
2785432851	Cumulative sentence	begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause.	27
2793079518	Denotation	the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.	28
2793084861	Denouement	the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.	29
2793085260	Detail	an individual feature, fact, or item.	30
2793086216	Diction	reference to the prevailing standards of proper writing and speech and is seen as the mark of quality of the writing.	31
2793086337	Elegy	poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.	32
2793086338	Ellipsis	a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.	33
2793086808	Epic	long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.	34
2793086809	Ethos	an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader	35
2793087150	Euphemism	mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.	36
2793087151	Exposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.	37
2793087316	Foreshadowing	be a warning or indication of (a future event).	38
2793087317	Genre	a specific type of music, film, or writing	39
2793087625	Horative sentence	A type of sentence that is meant to express. strong encouragement .	40
2793087626	Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	41
2793088162	Imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.	42
2793088163	Imperative sentence	omething absolutely has to be done and cannot be put off	43
2793088491	Inversion	A change in the natural word order. YODA	44
2793090754	Irony (verbal)	a comment that conveys a different meaning than what it may seem to be.	45
2793090755	Juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.	46
2793091102	Litotes	ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary	47
2793097183	Logos	an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason.	48
2793105761	Metaphor	a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.	49
2793106138	Metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant	50
2793106301	Mood	a temporary state of mind or feeling.	51
2793107649	Motif	a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition	52
2793107886	Myth	a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.	53
2793107887	Narrative	a spoken or written account of connected events; a story	54
2793108391	Non Sequitur	a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.	55
2793108392	Occasion	What you are writing the poem for.	56
2793111458	Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named	57
2793111459	Organization	Any order in which something is written.	58
2793111807	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	59
2793111971	Pace	The speed in which a narrator tells a story	60
2793111972	Parable	a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.	61
2793112849	Paradox	a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.	62
2793112850	Parallel Structure	he repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence	63
2793113180	Parody	an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.	64
2793113874	Pastoral	a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.	65
2793115159	Pathos	an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response.	66
2793115522	Periodic Sentence	a stylistic device employed at the sentence level, described as one that is not complete grammatically or semantically before the final clause or phrase.	67
2793115979	Persona	a social role or a character played by an actor	68
2793116652	Personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	69
2793116653	Point of View	a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.	70
2793117018	Polemic	a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.	71
2793117019	Propaganda	information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.	72
2793117354	Prose	written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.	73
2793117683	Purpose	he reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.	74
2793117684	Refutation	a noun that means evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something	75
2793117981	Repetition	the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.	76
2793117982	Rhetoric	the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.	77
2793118969	Rhetorical Appeals	Ethos, Pathos and Logos	78
2793119531	Rhetorical Question	a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point rather than to elicit an answer	79
2793119851	Rhetorical Triangle	the three persuasive strategies make up the rhetorical triangle.	80
2793120364	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.	81
2793120581	Simile	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid	82
2793120743	Soliloquy	an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.	83
2793122469	Symbolism	the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.	84
2793122695	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	85
2793122696	Syllogism	an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion	86
2793123515	Syntax	the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	87
2793123950	Thesis	a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.	88
2793123951	Tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	89
2793124200	Transition	the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.	90
2793124201	Voice	express (something) in words.	91
2793124665	Zeugma	a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses	92