AP Language and Composition: Set 5 Flashcards

4344198461	Paradox	An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it	0
4344198462	Scheme	A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect.	1
4344200193	Parody	A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule	2
4344200194	Sentence variety	Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect.	3
4344201852	Simile	A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things	4
4344204157	Source	A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information.	5
4344204158	Speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person whose perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing.	6
4344205453	Straw man	A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position	7
4344205454	Style	The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech	8
4344205455	Propaganda	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information	9
4344207393	Subordinate clause	Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause.	10
4344209122	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major, and minor).	11
4344209124	Rhetorical question	A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer.	12
4344211357	Tone	The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience.	13
4344213031	Topic sentence	A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis.	14
4344213032	Personification	Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects.	15
4344213033	Understatement	Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect.	16
4344215007	Voice	In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice), in rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing.	17
4344215008	Zeugma	A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs—often in different, sometimes incongruent ways—two or more words in a sentence	18