AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcards

3426209427	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction	0
3426209428	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause, referred to by a pronoun	1
3426209429	Oxymoron	Figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox	2
3426209430	Didactic	Literally means "teaching"	3
3426209431	Mood	The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work	4
3426209432	Extended Metaphor	A metaphor developed to great length, occurring frequently in or through out a work	5
3426209433	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions	6
3426209434	Polysyndeton	The use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted	7
3426209435	Colloquial	The use of slang or in-formalities in speech or writing	8
3426209436	Generic conventions	This term describes traditions in each genre	9
3426209437	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	10
3426209438	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	11
3426209439	Homily	Literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk , speech or lecture with it	12
3426209440	Figurative Language	Writing or Speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.	13
3426209441	Parallelism	Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	14
3426209442	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.	15
3426209443	Allegory	The device of using character and?or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning	16
3426209444	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or a surprisingly analogy seemingly dissimilar objects	17
3426209445	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal enunciation or attack using strong abusive language	18
3426209446	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude or color.	19
3426209447	Figure of Speech	A device used to produce figurative language	20
3426209448	Isocolon	A succession of clauses of approximately equal length and corresponding structure	21
3426209449	Diction	Refers to the writer's choice	22
3426209450	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	23
3426209451	Verbal irony	Intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that words appear to express	24
3426209452	Situational Irony	Involves an incongruity between what is expected ot intended and what actually occurs	25
3426209453	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	26
3426209454	Euphorism	From the Greek word for "good speech," a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept	27
3426209455	Clause	Contains subject and verb	28
3426209456	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.	29
3426209457	Aphorism	Terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal	30
3426209458	Connotation	The non-literal associative meaning of a word; the implies, suggested meaning	31
3426209459	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	32
3426209460	Dramatic Irony	The audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story	33
3426209461	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits	34
3426209462	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference something which is presumably commonly known	35
3426209463	Asyndeton	Lack of conjunction	36
3426209464	Anaphora	The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences	37
3426209465	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	38
3426209466	Sarcasm	Involves bitter, caustic language that is mean to hurt or ridicule someone or something	39
3426209467	Point of View	In literature, the perspective from which a story is told	40
3426209468	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to function and non-fiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line.	41
3426209469	Rhetoric	From the Greek word for "orator," this term describes the principals governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	42
3426209470	Epistrophe	The opposite of anaphora, repetition at the end of successive clauses.	43
3426209471	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Is though provoking and insightful about the human conditions	44
3426209472	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.	45
3426209473	Syllogism	From the Greek word for "reckoning together," a syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major: and the second "minor:) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion	46
3426209474	Trope	An artful variation form expected modes of expression of though and ideas, use of the word in a sense other that its proper or literal one.	47
3426209475	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is.	48
3426209476	Antithesis	the opposition or contrast ideas; the direct opposite	49
3426209477	Caricature	A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics	50
3426209478	Litote	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. Litote is the opposite of Hyperbole	51
3426209479	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part.	52
3426209480	Synesthesia	When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another.	53
3426209481	Wit	In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. A witty statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks	54
3426209482	Pun	A play on words that often has a comic effect. Associated with wit and cleverness. The multiple meanings , either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage.	55
3426209483	Bathos	Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to invoke pity	56
3426209484	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed.	57
3426209485	Epithet	A term used to point out a characteristic of a person. Can be abusive, or offensive, but are not so by definition.	58
3426209486	Zeugma	The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way.	59