100 Ap Language Terms Flashcards

6477930372	Anaphora	repetition of the first word of a clause	0
6477938343	antihesis	support any friend, oppose any foe. requires parallel structure and contrast to priorstaement	1
6477955271	archaic diction	old fashioned word choice	2
6477964764	asserrtion	presentationj of direct claim	3
6477967101	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between clauses	4
6477980919	circular reasoning	repeating a claim for evidence, you cant give me a C im an A student	5
6477990432	claim of policy	presents a proposal of change	6
6477997951	closed thesis	thesis that provides all the arguments the writer will pinpoint	7
6478009324	concession	acknowledging that an opposing argument may be true	8
6478018926	cumulative sentence	stating a complete main idea then following it by adding onto/it building it up	9
6478045821	deduction	major premise + minor premise = conclusion	10
6478057473	enthymeme	you should take her class because i learned a lot from her last year. Implied premise to be taken away from claim.	11
6478081187	equivocation	do not trust atoms the make up everything double meaning term used to deceive	12
6478139511	faulty analogy	cars kill 30,000 a year, ban cars. incomparable things	13
6478188260	first hand evidence	Evidence based on something the writer knows, whether it's from personal experience, observations, or general knowledge of events	14
6478211629	hasty generalization	drinking isn't bad for your body; my grandpa drank everyday and lived to 90	15
6478230423	hortative sentence	call to action or exploration	16
6478235320	imperative sentence	used to command	17
6478245297	inversion	inverted order of the words in sentence	18
6478278790	logical fallacy	weakness in an argument lack of logical connections	19
6478288512	loaded question	Asking a question that has an assumption built into it so that it can't be answered without appearing guilty.	20
6478295919	black-or-white	Where two alternative states are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.	21
6478306933	ad hominem	Attacking your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.	22
6478317486	appeal to authority	Saying that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true	23
6478330477	burden of proof	the fallacy that because an argument cannot be proven wrong, it is correct	24
6478343778	nomilization	turning a verb into a noun	25
6478352395	oxymoron	peaceful revolution	26
6478372708	polemic	hostile argument establishment of authority over all through argument	27
6478410833	propaganda	the spread of information to further propose or promote a cause	28
6478416902	qualifier	usually, maybe, in most cases, most likely, to lessen the absolute of a claim	29
6478432995	satire	ironically/sarcastically critiquing society	30
6478441264	second-hand evidence	research gained evidence	31
6478446962	stance	a speakers attitude towards the audience	32
6478460183	straw man	over simplifying an argument - if liz says jump of the bridge will you do it	33
6478475797	synecdoche	part for whole	34
6478482623	metonymy	attribute for whole	35
6478510719	understatement	presenting something for less than it is	36
6478529992	connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word	37
6478533887	didactic	Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing	38
6478577135	euphemism	used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement	39
6478587891	homily	serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	40
6478597858	invective	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language	41
6478603726	loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.	42
6478610395	onomatopoeia	buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, and murmur	43
6478614789	parallelism	refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	44
6478617279	parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	45
6478621303	periodic sentence	a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end	46
6478631145	semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words	47
6478637392	wit	A witty statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks.	48
6478647408	hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	49
6478650922	extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work	50
6497386492	Antithesis		51
6497386493	Totalitarian		52
6497389085	Peratatation		53
6497392169	Antimatabole		54
6497392170	Polysydeton		55