AP language & composition vocabulary Flashcards

6521658366	abstract	refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images	0
6521662545	ad hominem	in an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponents ideas. it comes from the Latin meaning '' against the man''	1
6521692660	ad populum	in an argument, appeal ''to the crowd'' - popular stance	2
6521699137	adage	a familiar proverb or wise saying	3
6521702948	allegory	a work that functions on a symbolic level	4
6521707031	alliteration	the repetition of the same sound, usually consonant, at the beginning of two or more words of a sentence or line of poetry	5
6524220602	alliterative sentences	repeating the same initial sound in two or more words of a sentence or line of poetry	6
6524225612	allusion	reference to a mythological, literary, or, historical person, place, or thing	7
6524233047	ambiguous language	misleading words, lacks clarify	8
6524237503	analogy	this is a comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship ; comparison between two different items.	9
6524248466	analysis	separation of a whole into its parts for individual study	10
6524254006	analytical essay	examines, interprets, and explains the meaning and structure of a prose passage	11
6526156731	analyze	to compare in order to rank items by importance or to provide reasons	12
6526161980	anecdote	a story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point	13
6526166491	antagonist	character or force in conflict with the main character or protagonist	14
6526170883	antithesis	a direct juxtapostition of structurally parallel words, phrases, or clauses for the purpose of contrast	15
6526185447	antonyms	words that mean the opposite	16
6526187783	aphorism	a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance	17
6526223566	apostrophe	form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate	18
6526238622	archetype	a detail, image, or character types that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	19
6526245982	argument	a single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer	20
6526250232	assonance	the repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sereies of words	21
6526256980	assumptions	statements or thoughts taken to be true without proof	22
6526263618	attitude	the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience	23
6526268953	audience	those people who read or hear what a writer has written	24
6526272583	authors craft	stylistic choices the author makes regarding such components as plot, characterization, structure, scenes, and dialogue to produce a desired effect	25
6526282690	authors perspective	a way of looking at a subject at a work of literature; can be influenced by background knowledge and experiences	26
6526336390	authors purpose	the reason why an author writes.	27
6526339954	authors style	the authors manner of helping the reader understand his/her written work	28
6526343175	autobiography	an authors account of his or her own life	29