AP Language Flashcards

4400597931	Active Voice	The subject of the sentence performs the action. This is a more direct and preferred style of writing in most cases. The opposite is passive voice	0
4400616274	Allusion	An indirect reference to something usually with which the reader is supposed to be familiar with.	1
4400626750	Alter-ego	A character that is used by the author to speak the authors'own thoughts	2
4400644418	Ancedote	a brief recounting of a relevant episode. Anecdotes are often inserted into fictional or non fictional texts as a way of developing a point or injecting humor	3
4400671833	Antecedent	The word phrase or clause refereed to by a pronouns	4
4400687721	Classicism	Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world; sticks to traditional themes and structures( see romanticism)	5
4400721491	Comic relief	when a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat.	6
4400729555	Colloquial	Ordinary or familiar type of conversation	7
4400727437	Diction	word choice	8
4400748914	Connotation	Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations suggested by a word.	9
4400754724	Denotation	The literal,explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations	10
4400772651	Jargon	The diction used by a a group which practices a similar profession or activity. Lawyers speak using particular jargon, as do soccer players	11
4400783880	Vernacular	Language or dialect of a particular country. language or dialect of a regional clan or group plain everyday speech	12
4400796241	Didactic	A term used to describe, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.	13
4400807164	Adage	folk sayings with a lesson	14
4400811164	Allegory	A story, fictional or non fictional in which characters things and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth.	15
4400828450	Aphorism	A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle. An aphorism can be a memorable summation of the authors point.	16
4400841304	Ellipsis	The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author	17
4400850852	Euphemism	A more agreeable or less offensive substitute generally unpleasant words concepts	18
4400866128	Metonymy	Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept.	19
4400871896	Synecdoche	A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa.	20
4400881002	Synesthesia	a description involving a crossing of the senses. I was deafened by his brightly colored clothing	21
4400890751	Invective	A long emotionally violent, attack using strong abusive language	22
4400896163	Juxtaposition	Placing things side by side for the purpose of comparison	23
4400902795	Motif	Recurring idea in a piece of literature Ex To Kill a Mockingbird- You never really know a person	24
4400912934	Oxymoron	When contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest	25