Ap Language Flashcards

2815577999	Allusion	a reference to another text	0
2815582373	Ambiguity	when something can have multiple meanings	1
2815589083	antithesis	when two ideas are given and balanced	2
2815591627	annotations	comment and thoughts the reader has on the text	3
2815593460	Aphorism	a short witty statement about a principal on life	4
2815595950	argumentation	supporting an argument and being persuasive	5
2815599840	colloquium	a casual word or phrase not used in formal writing.	6
2815601306	concession	a valid point of the opposing argument	7
2815607225	connotation	when a word have a different feeling or idea that just its definition	8
2815611257	Counterargument	a direct rebuttal to an opposing argument	9
2815613837	denotation	direct definition of a word	10
2815614442	diction	word choice, contains powerful connotation	11
2815618308	discourse	language using four traditional modes	12
2815621659	Dramatic irony	when audience knows something the character doesn't	13
2815624110	Euphemism	a sugar coated and appropriate explanation for something bad or uncomfortable	14
2815628816	Generalization	when a writer says something applies to all when it really only applies to some	15
2815630837	Hyperbole	an exaggeration	16
2815633266	Imagery	words evoking the senses	17
2815634622	Inference	a conclusion someone comes to based on clues	18
2815636970	Irony	speaker means something opposite of what they said	19
2815638405	Metaphor	a comparison	20
2815638932	Motif	something that receptively shows up in the text	21
2815641085	onomatopoeia	words displaying the sounds they make	22
2815645383	Paradox	a statement that seems to contradict itself, but turns out to be true.	23
2815647461	Parallelism	a technique that arranges words in similar form	24
2815651118	Personification	animal or object with human characteristics	25
2815673871	Persuasive Ideals	Aristotle list of ideals a writer uses to persuade reader	26
2815677121	Prose	traditional writing uses sentences and paragraphs	27
2815680613	Purpose	a writers primary motovation	28
2815681563	Repetition	Repeated uses of words	29
2815683612	Rhetorical questions	a question writers ask without intention of an answer	30
2815684349	Simile	comparison using like or as	31
2815685036	Situational irony	a situation where things are complete opposite of what you think they will be	32
2815687978	Syllogism	reasoning with two statements are made and a conclusion drawn from them	33
2815691965	Symbolism	when something means beyond the literal meaning	34
2815697616	Syntax	Grammatical structure of a sentence	35
2815700638	Thesis	main idea of a piece of writing	36
2815704034	Tone	attitude of the text using figurative language	37
2815705332	Tragic hero	a protagonist that is powerful and is ruined by own internal flaw	38
2815707034	Transition	a word or phrase that linking two ideas together	39
2815707926	Understatement	opposite of exaggeration	40
2815710732	Verse	writing that has a flow or melody, usually poetry	41
2815713338	Voice	writers individual style	42
2815714716	allegory	writing with double meaning, where abstract ideas, and symbolic and not literal.	43
2815719643	Parody	an imitation thats usually funny	44
2815720418	Satire	use of entertainment, usually humor, to sharply criticize	45
2815722314	Dystopia	a hell on earth situation	46
2815724616	Bildungsroman	where someone must face a conflict and mature because of it	47
2815726215	Tragedy	where there are a lot of bad events leading to catastrophe	48