Ap language Flashcards

2605988936	Ad hominem	Against the man; attacking the person instead of the issue	0
2605988937	Red herring	Attempting to distract the reader from the real issue by discussing something unrelated	1
2605988938	Alliteration	Repetition of initial sounds	2
2605988939	Allusion	Reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, etc	3
2605988940	Anaphora	repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of sentences	4
2605988941	Asyndeton	absence of conjunctions	5
2605988942	Simile	Computation using like or as	6
2605988943	Colloquialism	A word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing	7
2605988944	Connotation	Emotional associations of a word	8
2605988945	Denotation	Literal meaning of a word; dictionary definition	9
2605988946	Diction	Word choice	10
2605988947	Epistrophe	Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for poetic or rhetorical effect	11
2605988948	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis	12
2605988949	Metonymy	Using something associated with a person or object	13
2605988950	Metaphor	An implied comparison; does not use "like" or "as"	14
2605988951	Oxymoron	two contradictory words placed side by side	15
2605988952	Paradox	Statement that appears to be contradictory but reveals a truth	16
2605988953	Pathos	Emotional appeal	17
2605988954	Ethos	Ethical appeal	18
2605988955	Logos	Logical appeal	19
2605988956	Rhetorical Question	question that does not expect an explicit answer	20
2605988957	Satire	work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior	21
2605988958	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole	22
2605988959	Syntax	Sentence structure	23
2605988960	Tone	the characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the subject	24