AP Language Flashcards

4031693367	Appositive	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.	0
4031693368	Antecedent	The noun to which a later pronoun refers.	1
4031694658	Cumulative sentence	a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases	2
4031694659	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	3
4031694660	Elegiac	Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone.	4
4031696129	Hortatory	encouraging or urging to some course of action; giving earnest counsel or advice.	5
4031696130	Pacing	the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another	6
4031696131	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	7
4031696132	Parallelism	Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other	8
4031697337	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	9
4031697338	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	10
4031697339	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	11
4031699032	Sentence Variety	Using a variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect.	12
4031699033	Style	A basic and distinctive mode of expression.	13
4031699034	Tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	14
4031699035	Zeugma	A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning.	15