AP Language & Composition Flashcards

5076090405	Narration	The act, process, or an instance of narrating.	0
5076098073	Description	The act, process, or technique of describing.	1
5076103982	Argument	A discussion in which the parties involved, expresses disagreement with one another.	2
5076109855	Exposition	A setting forth of meaning or intent. The beginning of the story where the characters and setting are introduced is called the exposition.	3
5076128626	Alliteration	Repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words.	4
5076131422	Qualify	To describe by specifying the characteristics or qualities of; characterize.	5
5076174685	Onomatopoeia	The formation or use of words that initiate the sounds associated with the object/action.	6
5076187255	Antithesis	Direct contrast; opposition.	7
5076192727	Personification	Giving an inanimate object a human characteristic.	8
5076207267	Paradox	A statement which contradicts itself but is in fact true.	9
5076210487	Analogy	Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.	10
5076216225	Paralellism	The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases. Example: 1. Like father, like son. 2. Whether in class, at work or at home, Shasta was always busy.	11
5076240106	Parallel Structure	Using the same pattern of words to show that 2 or more ideas have the same level of importance. Example: 1. Joe likes singing, walking and diving. This is correct and uses parallel structure. An incorrect version of this sentence would read: Joe likes singing, walking and to dive.	12
5076274891	Allegory	Representation of abstract ideas by characters, figures, or events in dramatic or pictoral form.	13
5076286115	Apostrophe	Referencing /talking to something that can't speak.	14
5076289649	Subordinate/dependent clause	A clause that cannot stand alone as a full sentence and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence.	15
5076306158	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Example: 1. All love is wonder. 2. She is wonderful.	16
5076333350	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated with.	17
5076338930	Appeals to Authority	By using an authority, the argument is relying upon testimony, not facts. A testimony is not an argument, and it is not a fact.	18