AP Language and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

6764307107	Alliteration	The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables	0
6764307108	Allusion	An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event	1
6764307109	Analogy	An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things	2
6764309482	Anaphora	The repetition of words at beginning of successive clauses	3
6764309483	Anecdote	A short account of an interesting event	4
6764316249	Antecedent	The noun to which a later pronoun refers	5
6764319542	Antimetabole	The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast	6
6764319543	Antithesis	Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas	7
6764321308	Aphorism	A short, astute statement of a general truth	8
6764321309	Appositive	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun	9
6764323350	Assumption	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof	10
6764323351	Asyndeton	Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses	11
6764326159	Colloquial/ism	An informal or conversational use of language	12
6764329797	Complex Sentence	A sentence that includes one independent clause an and at least one dependent clause	13
6764329798	Concession	A reluctant acknowledgement or yielding	14
6764331535	Connotation	That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation)	15
6764331536	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	16
6764333220	Cumulative Sentence	An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail	17
6764333221	Declarative Sentence	A sentence that makes a statement	18
6764337030	Deduction/Deductive	Reasoning from general to specific	19
6764337031	Diction	word choice	20
6764337032	Elegiac	Mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone	21
6764338980	Epigram	A brief witty statement	22
6764338981	Ethos	A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos)	23
6764341009	Figurative Language	The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect	24
6764341010	Hortatory	Urging, or strongly encouraging	25
6764344786	Hyperbole	Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis	26
6764373128	Imagery	Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing)	27
6764373129	Imperative Sentence	A sentence that requests or commands	28
6764373130	Inversion	A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject	29
6764374562	Irony	A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result	30
6764374563	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things side by side for emphasis	31
6764374564	Logos	A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos)	32
6764374565	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	33
6764376646	Metonymy	Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole	34
6764376647	Modifier	A word, phrase, or clause that qualifies or describes another word, phrase, or clause	35
6764376648	Narration	Retelling an event or series of events	36
6764377990	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.	37
6764377991	Paradox	A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	38
6764377992	Parallelism	The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns	39
6764377993	Parody	A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule	40
6764379607	Pathos	A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos)	41
6764379608	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that builds toward and ends with the main clause.	42
6764379609	Personification	Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects	43
6764381781	Polysyndeton	The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions	44
6764381782	Refute	To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument	45
6764383403	Satire	An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it	46
6764383404	Simile	A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things	47
6764384715	Straw Man	A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position	48
6764384716	Subordinate Clause	Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause	49
6764384717	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major and minor)	50
6764387111	Syntax	Sentence structure	51
6764387112	Trope	Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech	52
6764387113	Understatement	Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect	53
6764387488	Zeugma	A construction in which one word (usually a verb) modifies or governs - often in different, sometimes in-congruent ways - two or more words in a sentence	54