Pre-Ap Language Arts Flashcards

5775112715	Theme	universal in nature, observation of life can be carried on to other stories.	0
5775112716	Symbolism	noun, person, place or thing that represent something non-tangible, something with large and deeper meaning.	1
5775114035	Allusion	a reference to culture, history, or population.	2
5775114036	Allegory	symbols linked together to create meaning, an independent meaning	3
5775114037	Motif	a reoccurring symbol in literature.	4
5775116485	Suspense	uncertainty within the text, the outcome of certain events.	5
5775116486	Setting	time, period, and location of a text/story.	6
5775116487	Imagery	sensory detail to place an image to the readers head.	7
5775117714	Foreshadowing	some event that might happen due to the sensory detail given in the text.	8
5775117715	Drama	a story acted out, usually on a stage by actors and actresses who take the parts of specific characters.	9
5775117716	Comedy	a literary work which is amusing and ends well.	10
5775119246	Tragedy	in general, a literary work in which the central character meets an unhappy or disastrous end.	11
5775120342	Tragic Hero	a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.	12
5775120343	Tragic flaw	a weakness or limitation of character resulting in the fall of the tragic hero.	13
5775120344	Aside	short speech heard by the audience but not by the other characters in the play	14
5775121466	Monologue	a long, uninterrupted speech (in a narrative or drama) that is spoken in the presence of an audience with the other actors stay silent.	15
5775121467	Dialogue	a conversation between characters/	16
5775123707	Soliloquy	a speech, usually lengthy, in which character, along on stage, expresses his or her thoughts to themselves.	17
5775123708	Stage Direction	a playwrights description or interpretive comments that provide readers and actors with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play.	18
5775124852	Iambic Pentameter	everything is ten syllables; a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable	19
5775124853	4th wall	imaginary wall that exist between actors on stage and the audience	20
5775127283	Irony	three types	21
5775127284	Verbal Irony	say one thing but another thing happens	22
5775128140	Situational Irony	something different happens according to your thoughts	23
5775128141	Dramatic Irony	the audience knows something that the characters don't.	24
5775128142	Simile	a comparison using ''like'' or ''as''	25
5775131156	Metaphor	a comparison without using "like or ''as''	26
5775131157	Characterization	the introduction/description of a character.	27
5775132800	Ambiguity	is a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.	28
5775132801	Archetype	an object that serves its prototype; is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature; also known as universal symbol, may be a character, a theme, a symbol or even a setting.	29
5775133921	Verisimilitude	how the true story is; likelihood, probability.	30
5775133922	Connotation	the literal or dictionary definition creates emotions and feelings.	31
5775133923	Denotation	the use of the dictionary definition or a literal meaning of the text.	32
5775135252	Point Of View	the manner in which the story is being told (first person, god, or 3rd person)	33
5775135253	Balance	constructing a sentence so that both half have the same structure and meaning.	34
5775135254	Dialect	language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, or any other group of people.	35
5775136231	Persuade	writers use this technique to prevent their idead through reasons and logic to influence the audience.	36
5775136232	Casual Relationship	a form of sentences arguments in which a writer writes something due to a cause of another. (cause and effect)	37
5775137270	Exposition	background info provided by the writer to enhance the readers understanding of the concept.	38
5775137271	Narrative	report of related events presented to the listeners or readers in words arranged in a logical sequence.	39
5775137272	Local Color	the words someone uses, the way they talk, the way they dress, etc.	40
5775138600	Counter Argument	an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument; a viewpoint that opposes your main argument.	41
5775138601	Generalization	a broad statement or an idea that applies to a group or people or thing; sometimes are not entirely true.	42
5775138602	Omission	something or someone that has been left out or excluded from something.	43
5775139751	Call to action	advertising and marketing concept; a request to do something	44
5775139752	Circular Reasoning	a use of reason in which the premises depends on or is equivalent to the conclusion; components of a circular argument are often logically valid because if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true. (often false)	45
5775139783	Argument	explains what the reader will see in the text; a claim in pros (Main Idea). Glues background of what you will be reading.	46
5775141264	Claim	a thesis, an opinion statement that is written by yourself that can be either true or false.	47
5775141265	Thesis	one sentence that is an opinion and explains to you're audience what will happen. Something arguable and debatable	48
5775141266	Assertion	A stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or a fact.	49
5775142355	Empirical evidence	sense experience, is the knowledge or source of knowledge acquired by means of the senses particularly by observation and experimentation.	50
5775142356	Exonerated	to clear, as of an accusation, free from suit, or blame; exculpate	51
5775145408	Exempt	to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release	52
5775145409	Acquittal	discharge, release, a discharge or a release from an obligation	53
5775146662	Appeal	ethos is an appeal to ethics, pathos is an appeal to emotion, logos is an appeal to logic;	54
5775146663	Assertion	when someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it, as it is true though it may not be.	55
5775146664	Equivocation	is an informal logical fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense.	56
5775147947	Red Herring	a kind of fallacy that is an irrelevant topic introduced in an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from the original issue.	57
5775153629	Variance	the fact on quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent, the state or fact of disagreeing or quarreling.	58
5775153649	Atmosphere	feeling, emotion, or mood that a writer conveys to a reader through the description of setting and objects.	59
5775154679	Amendment	change, addition, or rephrasing of something, most often with the intention of improvement	60
5775154680	Epiphany	a moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness, or a feeling of knowledge after which events are seen through the prism of this new light in the story.	61
5775154681	Fallacy	A display of faulty reasoning that makes an argument invalid or a faulty belief based on an unsound argument.	62
5775155939	Satire	a writer uses this technique to expose, criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.	63
5775155940	Hubris	a typical flaw in the personality of a character who enjoys a powerful position.	64
5775157268	Idiom	a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words.	65