AP Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 5495315538 | allegory | a short moral story | 0 | |
| 5495318550 | analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity | 1 | |
| 5495321536 | clause | a separate section A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 2 | |
| 5495326869 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 3 | |
| 5495330074 | syntax | the study of the rules for forming sentences | 4 | |
| 5495332218 | theme | A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. | 5 | |
| 5495333397 | thesis | Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based. | 6 | |
| 5495336738 | refutation | the act of determining that something is false | 7 | |
| 5495338408 | sarcasm | witty language used to convey insults or scorn | 8 | |
| 5495342341 | semantics | the study of language meaning | 9 | |
| 5495346745 | loose sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause | 10 | |
| 5495361249 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. | 11 | |
| 5495367763 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 12 | |
| 5495372535 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 13 | |
| 5495377859 | rhetoric | study of the technique for using language effectively | 14 | |
| 5495384200 | pathos | Appeal to emotion | 15 | |
| 5495386436 | periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | 16 | |
| 5495392513 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told | 17 | |
| 5495395898 | parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other | 18 | |
| 5495398070 | mood | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | 19 | |
| 5495399496 | denotation | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression | 20 | |
| 5495403549 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 21 | |
| 5495406685 | paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 22 | |
| 5495409975 | diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words | 23 | |
| 5495412758 | irony | A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen. | 24 | |
| 5495415359 | jargon | technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject | 25 | |
| 5495421000 | litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect | 26 | |
| 5495426895 | ethos | Credibility | 27 | |
| 5495430832 | connotation | an idea that is implied or suggest | 28 | |
| 5495432732 | dependent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence | 29 | |
| 5495440122 | alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 30 | |
| 5495443758 | antithesis | (n.) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast | 31 | |
| 5495445584 | independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence | 32 | |
| 5495447967 | anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 33 | |
| 5495456131 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 34 |