AP Language Flashcards

4764908223	hyperbole	exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis	0
4764909044	scheme	A pattern of words sentence constriction used for rhetorical effect	1
4764910442	Speaker	A term used for the author, speaker or the person whose perspective.	2
4764914861	Argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence	3
4764915660	concession	A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding	4
4764918885	Parody	A piece that imitated ans exaggerates the prominent features of another for comic effect.	5
4764922557	Logos	means "word" an appeal to logic	6
4764923684	Subject	In rhetoric the topic addressed in a piece of writing	7
4764924242	connotation	feeling a word has	8
4764928458	denotation	The literal meaning of a word	9
4764929669	style	the distinctive quality of a speech or writting	10
4765068213	Figure of speech	An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning	11
4765068214	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms	12
4765111147	colloquialism	AN informal or conversational use of language	13
4765111148	Synthesize	Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex	14
4765113465	Deduction	Reasoning from general to specific	15
4765114384	Voice	distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing	16
4765115704	Paradox	A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	17
4765117416	Rhetorical Modes	Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose	18
4765120501	Irony	A contradiction between what is said and what is meant	19
4765126671	Figurative language	The use of traps or figure of speech. Going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect	20
4765128316	Satire	An ironic sarcastic or witty composition	21
4765131118	Induction	Reasoning from specific to general	22
4765132160	Juxtapostion	Placement of two things side by side for emphasis	23
4765134984	Sentence patterns	The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence	24
4765136606	Documentation	bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writting	25
4765138179	Audience	One's listener or readership those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed	26
4765145427	Thesis	The central idea in a work to which all parts of work refer	27
4765146449	Purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writting	28
4765148545	Source	A book, article person or other resource consulted for information	29
4765152058	Tone	The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience	30
4765153410	Persona	The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing	31
4765157205	Subordinate clause	created by a subordinating conduction, a clause that modifies an independent clause	32
4765161970	Personifciation	Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects	33
4765162883	Simile	a figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things	34
4785386327	Declarative sentence	A sentence that makes a statement	35
4785387088	Thesis statement	A statement of the central idea in work may be explicit or implicit	36
4785389280	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 these	37
4785393648	Close reading	A careful reading that is attentive to organization figurative language, sentence structure vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text	38
4785397299	Common ground	Shared beliefs, values, or positions	39
4785400302	Counterargument	A challenge to a position and opposing argument	40
4785402368	Diciton	Word choice	41
4785404770	Parallelism	The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns	42
4785407865	Appostitive	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun	43
4785410237	cite	Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source	44
4785411859	Imagery	Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses	45
4785414713	Archaic diction	The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated laguage	46
4785423781	understatement	Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect	47
4785427976	Imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands	48
4785430501	rhetoric	The study of effective persuasive language use according to Aristotle, use of the means of persuasion	49
4785436487	Refute	To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument	50
4785439465	Rhetorical Question	A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer	51
4785441090	Authority	A reliable, respected source someone with knowledge	52
4785442787	Inversion	A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject	53
4785444103	Ethos	A greek term referring to the character of a person	54
4785445978	Bias	Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue	55
4785448153	Sentence variety	Using variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect	56
4785452625	Metaphor	A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison	57
4785454877	Pathos	A greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion	58
4787901115	Syntax	Sentence structure	59
4812133946	Assertion	An emphatic statement declaration an assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument.	60
4812137381	Context	Words events or circumstances that help determine meaning	61
4812139840	Propaganda	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information	62
4812142319	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise	63
4812144393	Premise	Major minor two parts of a syllogism the concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise	64
4812153347	Complex sentence	A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	65
4812158535	Claim	An assertion usually supported by evidence	66
4812165784	Assumption	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof	67
4812227031	Attitude	The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone.	68
4812231726	Occasion	An aspect of context the cause of reason for writing	69
4812233118	Personification	assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects	70
4812237315	Simple Sentence	A statement containing a subject and predicate an independent clause	71