AP Language Terms Flashcards

6212468764	allegory	story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically a moral or political one	0
6212656966	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds	1
6212659861	allusion	indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance	2
6212667615	anidiplosis	repetition of the last word of a preceding clause	3
6212687607	analogy	comparison between two things typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation and clarification	4
6212697042	anaphora	repetition of a phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	5
6212699351	anastrophe	inversion of the usual order of words and clauses	6
6212700838	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	7
6212703080	antecedent	expression (word, phrase, clause) that gives meaning to a previous form	8
6212706445	anthimeria	using one part of speech in place of another	9
6212710875	antimetabole	a phrase or sentences is repeated, but in reverse order	10
6212713348	antithesis	opposite person or thing	11
6212715069	aphorism	statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise manner	12
6212716914	asyndeton	omission or absence of a conjunction	13
6212719026	appeals	method of persuasion by using authority, emotion, or logic	14
6212721187	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	15
6212726372	audience	intended reader of a piece of writing	16
6212728188	cacophony	use of words with harsh, rough, or unmelodious sounds to create a negative response or elicit negative emotions	17
6212731760	chiasmus	grammatical constructions or concepts are repeated in reverse order	18
6212737488	coherence	to be logical, or consistent and to make sense as a whole; helps the reader understand the text	19
6212741344	colloquialism	a saying that expresses something other than the literal meaning	20
6212743958	concrete terms	refer to objects or events that are available to the senses	21
6212746289	connotation	refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly; your own definition of a word	22
6212751203	deductive reasoning	logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true	23
6212757440	dialect	language used by the people of a specific area, class, or district or any other group of people	24
6212759948	denotation	literal or primary definition of a word regardless of feelings	25
6212762474	diction	choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	26
6212764812	didactic tone	inform or instruct reader in moral or political lessons	27
6212769775	epiplexis	a speaker reproaches the audience through a question in order to incite or convince them	28
6212774639	epistrophe	repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses	29
6212775961	erotema	type of rhetorical question	30
6212784562	ethos	appeal using credibility or authority	31
6212786314	euphemism	mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing	32
6212809025	euphony	quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words	33
6212835264	extended metaphor	refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem	34
6212846795	figurative language	language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation	35
6212855696	generalization	a broad statement or an idea that applies to a group of people or things	36
6212861185	genre	type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, content, and style	37
6212864267	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally	38
6212865912	hypophora	an author raises a question, but then immediately answers the question	39
6212868072	idiomatic expression	using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker	40
6212872359	imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work	41
6212876281	inductive reasoning	logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion	42
6212880823	inference	conclusion based on the basis of evidence and reasoning	43
6212893032	invective	insulting, abusive, or highly critical language	44
6212913847	irony	opposite of what you expect	45
6212915667	isocolon	involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length	46
6212919494	juxtaposition	ideas, characters, or places being seen or placed close together that show contrast or comparison	47
6212923760	litotes	employs an understatement by using double negatives	48
6212926513	logical fallacies	flawed argument or error in reasoning	49
6212937111	logos	used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by implying logic or reasoning	50
6212938827	malapropism	the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect	51
6212943878	metaphor	a literary tool used to compare two things without the use of like or as	52
6212948330	metonymy	substitute of name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant	53
6213008083	motif	can be seen as an image, sound, action, or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme	54
6213011581	onomatopoeia	formation of a word from a sound associated with what it names	55
6213014369	oxymoron	two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect	56
6213016273	pacing	The speed or tempo of an author's writing. It can be affected by sentence structure.	57
6213021429	paradox	contradictory situation which is actually true	58
6213025295	parallelism	using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter	59
6213031443	parenthetical expression	word or words added to a sentence without changing meaning or grammar of the original sentence and gives extra information that is not essential	60
6213035865	parody	imitation of the particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comedic effect	61
6213040696	pathos	appeal to emotions	62
6213040697	periphrasis	use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form	63
6213043423	polysyndeton	repetition of conjunctions in close succession	64
6213045696	satire	use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in politics or other topical issues	65
6213052050	simile	comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"	66
6213054002	syllogism	deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and minor premise and a conclusion	67
6214829450	travesty	a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.	68
6214829451	trope	a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.	69
6214829452	zeugma	a figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence	70