AP Language Flashcards

2399583525	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases, or clauses.	0
2399583526	Isocolon	A scheme of parallel structure that occurs when the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length.	1
2399583527	Antithesis	The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas often in parallel structure.	2
2399583528	Anastrophe	The inversion of natural word order, often with the purpose of surprising the reader, gaining attention, or most often emphasizing certain words.	3
2399583529	Parenthesis	Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence.	4
2399583530	Ellipsis	Deliberate omission of a word or of words	5
2399583531	Asyndeton	Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of words, phrases or clauses.	6
2399583532	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions (does not involve omission, but is grouped with its opposite, Asyndeton)	7
2399583533	Alliteration	Repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words.	8
2399583534	Assonance	The repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words.	9
2399583535	Anaphora	Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive phrases	10
2399583536	Epistrophe	Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive phrases.	11
2399583537	Epanalepsis	Repetition of the same word or words at both beginning and ending of a phrase, clause, or sentence.	12
2399586999	Anadiplosis	Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following cause	13
2399589825	Climax	Arrangement of words phrases or clauses in an order of increasing importance	14
2399593555	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order	15
2399597866	Chiasmus	Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses	16
2399606381	Polyptoton	Repetition of words derived from the same root	17
2399609851	Metaphor	Implied comparison between two things of unlike nature	18
2399616164	Simile	Explicit comparison between two things of unlike Nature usually using like or as	19
2399619127	Synecdoche	Figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole	20
2399621117	Metonymy	Substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant	21
2399623636	Antanaclasis	Repetition of a word or phrase whose meaning changes in the second instance	22
2399625404	Personification	Investing abstractions or in animate object with human qualities	23
2399628038	Hyperbole	The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect	24
2399631011	Litotes	Deliberate use of understatement	25
2399635344	Rhetorical question	Asking a question not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but to assert or deny and into implicitly	26
2399640786	Irony	Use of the word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the word	27
2399643653	Onomatopoeia	Use of words who sound echoes the sense	28
2399644602	Oxymoron	The joining of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory	29
2399645660	Paradox	An apparently contradictory statement that nevertheless contains a measure of truth	30
2399649525	Allegory	The device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning	31
2399657631	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known such as an event book myth place or work of art	32
2400445665	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	33
2400447016	Antecedent	The word phrase or clause referred to buy a pronoun	34
2400447937	Aphorism	A terse statement of known Authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle	35
2400450012	Atmosphere	The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are described	36
2400452573	Caricature	A verbal description the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort for comic effect or ridicule a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics	37
2400454100	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	38
2400455013	Colloquial	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	39
2400455966	Conceit	The fancy full expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects usually used in poetry	40
2400457324	Diction	Related to style diction refers to the Writers word choices especially with regard to their correctness clearness or effectiveness	41
2400459903	Ethos	In writing and speaking a persuasive appeal to the audience based on the credibility or good character of the speaker or writer	42
2400460929	Euphemism	Euphemisms Are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept	43
2400462094	Extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at length occurring frequently in or throughout a work	44
2400465316	Generic conventions	This term describes traditions for each genre	45
2400465942	Homily	A sermon but more informally it can include any serious talk speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	46
2400466786	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe arouse emotion or represent abstractions	47
2400468966	Inference	To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented	48
2400469528	Invective	An emotional violence verbal denunciationor attack using strong abusive language	49
2400472740	Logos	In writing and speaking a persuasive appeal to the audience based on logic and reason	50
2400473606	Loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses	51
2400474788	Mood	The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work	52
2400475655	Narrative	The telling of the story or an account of an event or series of events	53
2400476528	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of call it affect and or ridicule	54
2400478859	Pathos	In writing and speaking a persuasive appeal to the audience based on emotion	55
2400479583	Pedantic	An adjective that describes words phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly academic or bookish	56
2400481630	Prose	One of the major divisions of the genre Prose refers to fiction and nonfiction including all its forms	57
2400483748	Point of view	In literature the perspective from which a story is told	58
2400484937	Repetition	The duplication either exact or approximate of any element of language such as sound word phrase or clause sentence or grammatical pattern	59
2400485739	Rhetoric	The principles governing the art of writing effectively eloquently and persuasively	60
2400486753	Rhetorical modes	Describes the variety the conventions in the purposes of the major kinds of writing	61
2400487409	Sarcasm	Involves better caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something	62
2400488559	Satire	A work the targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule	63
2400490771	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words their historical and psychological development the connotations in the relation to one another	64
2400495693	Style	An evaluation of the sum of the choices and author makes England and diction syntax figured of language and other literary devices	65
2400497956	Subject complement	The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements or complete the subject of the sentence by either renaming it describing it	66
2400499403	Subordinate clause	The word group contains both a subject and a verb but unlike independent clause the subordinate clause cannot stand alone	67
2400500405	Syllogism	A deductive system of a formal logic that presents to premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion	68
2400501724	Symbolism	Anything that represents itself and stands for something else	69
2400502273	Syntax	The way in author chooses to join the words into phrases clauses and sentences	70
2400504703	theme	The central idea or message of a work the insight it offers into life	71
2400505926	Thesis	In expository writing the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the authors opinion purpose meaning or position	72
2400507538	Tone	Similar to mood tone describes the authors attitude toward his material the audience or both	73
2400508264	Transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas	74
2400508939	Understatement	The ironic minimalize of fact understatement presents something as less significant than it is	75
2400512735	Wit	On modern usage intellectually Amusing language that surprises and delights	76