AP Language AP Terms Flashcards

6595885654	Anecdote	Personal story hsed as evidence to support an idea	0
6595885655	Antithesis	The opposition or contrast of ideas; presented in parallel structure	1
6595885656	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses and absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty her love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The affect me at familiarity or emotional intensity	2
6595885657	Asyndeton	Style where conjunctions are omitted in the series	3
6595885658	Polysyndeton	Opposite of asyndeton	4
6595885659	Colloquial/colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing	5
6595885660	Connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of the word; the implied, suggested meaning	6
6595885661	denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of the word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color	7
6595885662	Didactic	Didactic works have the primary aim of teaching or instructing	8
6595885663	List the four types of rhetorical modes	Exposition, argumentation, description, narration	9
6595885664	Purpose of exposition	To explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, inappropriate discussion	10
6595885665	Purpose of argumentation	To prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince a reader. For example, persuasive writing	11
6595885666	Purpose of description	To re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action so that the reader can picture that being described	12
6595885667	Purpose of narration	To tell a story or narrate an event or series of events	13