AP Language Flashcards

2861696677	Absolute	A word free from limitations and qualifications.(Ex: "best", "all", "unique")	0
2861698812	Adage	A familiar word or wise saying	1
2861702248	Ad Hominem argument	An argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue. (Ex: tumblr)	2
2861714629	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objets, or actions, represent abstractions	3
2861716685	Alliteration	The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words	4
2861721536	Allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical, that the author assumes the reader will recognize	5
2861723626	Analogy	a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	6
2861724843	Anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	7
2861727996	Anecdote	a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event	8
2861736878	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause, to which a pronoun refers	9
2861738170	Antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced	10
2861739482	Aphorism	a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance	11
2861741722	Apostrohophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some other abstraction	12
2861744967	Archetype	a detail, image, or character type, that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response.	13
2861748707	Argument	a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work	14
2861749972	Asyndeton	a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	15
2861752348	Balanced Sentence	a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast	16
2861754576	Bathos	insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity	17
2861756850	Chasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reverses (Ex: "Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")	18
2861760736	Cliché	an expression that has been overused to the extent that it's freshness has worn off	19
2861762917	Climax	the point of highest interest in a literary work. That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest; usually the point at which the conflict is resolved. The culmination of a running theme or plot in a literary work.	20
2861765997	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	21
2861767660	Complex Sentence	a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	22
2861778128	Compound Sentence	a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjuctions	23
2861782068	Conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever, extended metaphor	24
2861783460	Concrete Details	details that relate to or describe actual, specific, things or events	25
2861785242	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	26
2861787503	Cumulative Sentence	a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases	27
2861791438	Declarative Sentence	a sentence that makes a statement or declaration	28
2861793300	Deductive Reasoning	reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (Ex: The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on tuesday morning.)	29
2861804458	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	30
2861804473	Dialect	a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region	31
2861807090	Dialogue	conversation between two or more people	32
2861808375	Diction	the word choices made by a writer	33
2861812313	Didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	34
2861813344	Dilemma	a situation that requires a person to decide between two equally attractive or equally unattractive alternatives	35
2861815647	Dissonance	harsh, inharmonious, or discordant, sounds	36
2861816878	Elegy	a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme	37
2861817718	Ellipsis	the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from context (Ex: some people prefer cats; others, dogs.")	38
2861820908	Epic	a long narrative poem written in an elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation	39
2861825255	Epigram	a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical, saying	40
2861836072	Epigraph	a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work	41
2861837826	Epiphany	a moment of sudden revelation or insight	42
2861838585	Epitaph	an inscription on a tombstone or burial place	43
2861840776	Epithet	an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.	44
2861845408	Eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	45
2861846233	Euphemism	an indirect, less offensive, way of saying something that is considered unpleasant (Ex: literally any comment that you make sound sexual. "something unpleasant". please.)	46
2861851336	Exclamatory Sentence	a sentence expressing a strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark	47
2861856130	Expletive	an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes a profanity	48
2861856835	Fable	a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	49
2861861281	Fantasy	a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters	50
2861863478	Figurative Language	language employing one or more figures of speech (aka: simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)	51
2861870078	Flashback	the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative	52
2861874154	Flat Character	a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	53
2861875327	Foreshadowing	the presentation of a material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work	54
2861878067	Frame Device	a story within a story (Ex: the Canterbury tales)	55
2861880735	Genre	a major category or type of literature	56
2861883623	Homily	a sermon, or a moralistic lecture	57
2861884530	Hubris	excessive pride or arrogance (that usually results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy)	58
2861888760	Hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect	59
2861890083	Hypothetical Question	a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition	60
2861891788	Idiom	an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect	61