AP Language Summer Terms Flashcards

2811909113	antipode	the exact opposite	0
2811913248	synecdoche	a part of something to represent the whole	1
2811913558	metonomy	refer to something closely related as the actual object	2
2811914299	ad hominem	an attack on the person rather than the issues at hand	3
2811916675	anadiplosis	the last word of the clause begins the next clause	4
2811918108	analogy	relational comparison between two things	5
2811919903	anastrophe	reversal of the natural order of words	6
2811920436	aphorism	a brief statement of elemental truth	7
2811921730	apostrophe	direct address to somebody who is not present (oh, the muses)	8
2811922230	chiasmus	ABBA syntax structure	9
2811923308	connotation	associations of a word	10
2811924483	deductive	logical argument similar to geometry proofs	11
2811924864	denotative	literal meaning of a word	12
2811925843	dialect	region speech pattern	13
2811925844	diction	particular words used by author	14
2811926527	epanalepsis	repetition of the opening word near the end of the sentence	15
2811927187	epistrophe	ending lines with the same word	16
2811927817	euphemism	nicer way to say something unpleasant	17
2811928200	fallacy	failure of logical reasoning	18
2811928784	gerund	verb ending in "ing" that acts as a noun	19
2811929584	hyperbole	exaggeration	20
2811929585	imagery	any time one of the senses is evoked	21
2811930075	imperative sentence	command	22
2811930802	independent clause	clause that can stand alone as a sentence	23
2811931464	inductive	a form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples	24
2811932011	infinitive	to + verb = works as a noun	25
2811933059	interrogative sentence	question	26
2811933527	irony	express something that is the opposite of the literal meaning (verbal, dramatic, situation)	27
2811935719	jargon	a pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people	28
2811936203	loose sentence	an independent clause followed by all sorts of debris, usually dependent clauses	29
2811937061	malapropism	word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar	30
2811937703	metaphor	unknown is compared to something that is known	31
2811938444	non sequitur	misdirected and irrelevant argument	32
2811938939	object	noun which thought, feeling, action is directed	33
2811939355	onomatopoeia	sound imitates action/thing	34
2811939722	oxymoron	two words that together create opposition	35
2811940889	paradox	contradictory statement	36
2811941670	parallel syntax	two rhythms of repetition	37
2811943428	parentheticals	phrases, sentences, and words inside parentheses	38
2811944163	participle	verb used as adjective ending in "ing"	39
2811946707	periodic sentence	sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause	40
2811947425	phrase	grouping of words that define or clarify (like a sentence without a verb)	41
2811947985	poisoning the well	character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable	42
2811950002	predicate	verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence	43
2811950402	predicate adjective	adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence	44
2811951120	predicate nominative	noun that uses a linking verb to rename the noun	45
2811951672	premise	a claim	46
2811952421	correct prompt	language that defines the essay task	47
2811953367	common prompt	essay question	48
2811953799	pun	play on words	49
2811953800	red herring	argument that distracts from real argument	50
2811954222	repitition	stress on word, phrase, image etc	51
2811955469	rhetorical shift	author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction, syntax	52
2811956060	stem	multiple choice question, pick best answer	53
2811957578	subordinate conjuction	conjunction that makes an independent clause into dependent clause	54
2811957579	syllogism	three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth	55
2811958555	syntax	rules of grammar	56
2811958940	synthesis	synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end	57
2811959505	tricolon	sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts separated by commas	58
2811959933	understatement	exaggeration by making less of something	59
2811960707	zeugma	two or more elements tied together by the same verb or noun (She dashed his hopes and out of his life when she walked through the door)	60