The language of AP Flashcards

4734393051	Paradox	a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	0
4734393052	Juxtaposition	an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast	1
4734399982	Simile	a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose.	2
4734399983	Metaphor	a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "A mighty fortress is our God."	3
4734399984	Alliteration	the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group	4
4734399985	Parallelism	agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel.	5
4734399986	Cacophony	Harsh discordance of sound, a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds	6
4734399987	Oxymoron	a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly."	7
4734399988	Litotes	understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in "not bad at all."	8
4734399989	Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.	9
4734399990	Rhetorical question	a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as "What is so rare as a day in June?"	10
4734399991	Hyperbole	obvious and intentional exaggeration. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait an eternity."	11
4734399992	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.	12
4734399993	Euphemism	the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.	13
4734399994	Analogy	a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.	14
4734399995	Bathos	a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.	15
4734399996	Anaphora	Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.	16
4734399997	Anecdote	a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.	17
4734399998	Antithesis	literal meaning opposite, is rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.	18
4734399999	Apostrophe	the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's.	19
4734400000	Personification	the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.	20
4734400001	Parallel structure	Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction.	21
4734400002	Appeals	an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.	22
4734400003	Ethos	Character and credibility	23
4734400004	Logos	Logic and facts	24
4734400005	Pathos	Emotion	25
4734400006	Non sequitur	An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.	26
4734400007	Tone	any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.	27
4734400008	Hypothesis	a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.	28
4734400009	Irony	the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:	29
4938844623	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	30
4938844624	Syntax	the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	31
4938853939	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	32