AP Language and Composition: Set 3 Flashcards

4343662417	Elegiac	Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone.	0
4343662418	Epigram	A brief witty statement.	1
4343664278	Ethos	A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos).	2
4343664279	Figurative language:	The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect.	3
4343664280	Figure of speech	An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning.	4
4343666383	Hyperbole	Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.	5
4343666384	Imagery	Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing).	6
4343666385	Imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands.	7
4343668082	Induction	Reasoning from specific to general.	8
4343668083	Inversion	A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject.	9
4343668084	Irony	A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result.	10
4343670127	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things side by side for emphasis.	11
4343670128	Logos	A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos).	12
4343670129	Metaphor	A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison.	13
4343672004	Metonymy	Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole.	14
4343672005	Occasion	An aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing.	15
4343673335	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.	16