AP Language Flashcards

3413022263	Insolent	Bodly rude or disrespectful; contemuously impertinent; insulting.	0
3413022264	Resilient	Recovering readilyfrom illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant.	1
3413022265	Pathos	A rhetorical appeal based on emotion.	2
3413022266	Logos	A rhetorical appeal based on logic or reasoning.	3
3413022267	Connotation	The association or the emotional suggestion.	4
3413022268	Archaic diction	Marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated.	5
3413022269	Chiasmus	Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.	6
3413022270	Euphemism	The deliberatr or polite use of a pleasent or neutral word/ expression to avoid the emotional implications of a plain term, to soften.	7
3413022271	Scheme	Artful syntax. A change in standard word order or pattern.	8
3413022272	Trope	Artful diction. The use of a word, phrase, or image in a way not intended by its normal signification.	9
3413022273	Syntax	The arrangement of words & phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	10
3413022274	Antithesis	Rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.	11
3413022275	Bookends	Conclusion that refers to the introduction.	12
3413022276	Juxtaposition	To hold up two items side by side for the purpose of comparison.	13
3413022277	Figurative language	Similarity between two objects is directly expressed. Usually uses "like" or "as".	14
3413022278	Incredulous	Unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; skeptical.	15
3413022279	Pretentious	Making claim to distinction or importance especially undeservedly.	16
3413022280	Elegiac	Expressing sorrow or lamentation; he delivered a funeral elegy.	17
3413022281	Cynical	Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contempuous, or pessimistic.	18
3413022282	Anaphora	Repetition at the beginning of phrases,or clauses.	19
3413022283	Analogy	A comparison between two things. "Boring similes"	20
3413022284	Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds.	21
3413022285	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds.	22
3413022286	Facetious	Meant to be humorous or funny; joking or jesting often inapropriately.	23
3413022287	Jovial	Characterized by a hearty, joyous humor; cheerful and friendly.	24
3413022288	Jargon	Specialized or technical language of trade, proffesion or similar group.	25
3413022289	Semantics	Study of the meaning in language.	26
3413022290	Denotation	The literal meaning. "The dictionary definition".	27
3413022291	Double speak	Language that prevents or conceals thought. Enhanced interrogation=torture	28
3413022292	Capricious	Impulsive, unpredictable.	29
3413022293	Staid	Fixed, settled, or permanent; of settled or sedate character; not capricious.	30
3413022294	Erudite	Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.	31
3413022295	Strident	Harsh, insistent, discordant.	32
3413022296	Insidious	Awaiting a chance to entrap; treacherous. Harmful but enticing.	33
3413022297	Hypophora	Consists of raising one or more questions and the proceeding to answer them often at some length.	34
3413022298	Rhetorical question	Answer is obvious and not stated, used for effect ( to build rapport), emphasis or provocation.	35
3413022299	Epistrophe	Repetition at the end of sentences, phrases, or clauses.	36
3413022300	Ethos	A sense the author or speaker gives as being competent, trustworthy, credible.	37
3413022301	Diction	Word choice.	38
3413022302	Etymology	"True sense of a word" + "the study of".	39
3413022303	Rhetoric	The artful use of the resources of language to create an effect.	40
3413022304	Lexicon	Your word cache. Vocabulary.	41
3413022305	Oxymoron	A trope that combines two normal contradictory terms. "Clever fool"	42
3413022306	Allusion	A brief usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event-- real or fictional, often to another literacy work.	43
3413022307	Tricolon	Three parallel elements occuring together in a series.	44
3413022308	Enumeration	Takes a simple statement and expands it breaking it down into parts and emphasizing the details.	45
3413022309	Simile	Comparison using like or as.	46
3413022310	Personification	Giving human (or living) traits to nonliving objects.	47
3413022311	Hyperbole	Extravagant exageration.	48
3413022312	Rapport	To build a relationship; establish positive feelings.	49
3413022313	Metaphor	Comparisons that bring an emotional reaction.	50
3413022314	Phoneme	The smallest units of sound "b" , "ch" , and "ph".	51
3413022315	Ellipsis	...	52
3413022316	Morose	Expressive of gloom; sullenly ill-humored.	53
3413022317	Acerbic	Sour or bitter; acidic, sharp, or biting.	54
3413022318	Scornful	Full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous.	55
3413022319	Contemplative	Lost in thought; meditative.	56
3413022320	Aesthetics	The study of such concepts as beauty, taste, etc.	57
3413022321	Allusive	Containing or characterized by indirect refrences.	58
3413022322	Caveat	A warning or caution; admonition.	59
3413022323	Flippant	Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking seriousness; lacking proper respect or seriousness.	60
3413022324	Ambivalent	Uncertain or unable to decide.	61
3413022325	Condescending	Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude; stooping to the level of one's inferiors.	62
3413022326	Sycophant	One who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.	63
3413022327	Petulant	Cranky, irritable; insolent or rude in speech or behavior.	64
3413022328	Lyrical	Having the form and musical quality of a song; expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way.	65
3413022329	Innate	Existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.	66
3413022330	Folk etymology	Invent a word (chocoholic)	67
3413022331	QFEARS	1) facts and statistics 2) anecdotes 3) examples 4) reasons 5) sensory details 6) quotes	68
3413022332	SOAP	1) speaker 2) occasion 3) audience 4) purpose	69
3413022333	Code	Words and sentences: writers language and how it's arranged.	70
3413022334	Refutation	To prove wrong by argument or evidence.	71
3413022335	Didactic	Designed or intended to teach.	72
3413022336	Conciliatory	To regain or try to regain friendship or goodwill by pleasent behavior; to appease.	73
3413022337	Allegory	A poem, play, picture, etc. in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.	74
3413022338	Terse	Brief and to the point; effectively concise: a terse one-word answer.	75
3413022339	Paradigm	A philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind; a belief system.	76
3413022340	Colloquial	Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation; informal.	77
3413022341	Pedantic	Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner. Ostentatiously learned.	78
3413686442	Expletive	A single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately next to the expletive. Ex: in fact, clearly, it seems, naturally, at least, to be sure, I suppose etc.	79
3413735610	Polysyndeton	The use of conjunctions between each word, phrase, or clause.	80
3413744238	Asyndeton	Omitting clause between words, phrases, or clauses.	81
3416703992	Oxford comma	Comma before the last item in a list is optional.	82
3416703993	Paragraph patterns	Block or alternating	83
3416703994	Order of ideas	Chronological order Spatial order Order of importance	84
3416703995	Coherence devices	For addition For contrast For result For time For summary For example and illustration For concession For comparison	85
3416703996	Adverb	Where or when	86
3416703997	Adjective	Which or which kind Come right after the noun they modify	87
3416703998	Connectices	Pronoun antecedent Repetition of key words Direct reference	88
3416703999	Methods of development	Quotes Facts and statistics Examples Anecdotes Reasons Sensory details	89
3416704000	Writing process	Understand Gather info Drafting Revising Editing Publishing	90
3416704001	Classical essay form	Intro Narration Thesis Confirmation Refutation Conclusion	91
3416704002	Be verbs	Am Is Are Was We're Be Being Been	92
3416704003	Outline	Intro Hook Background info Thesis Statement of points	93
3416704004	Methods of introduction	An anecdote A quote A definition And ideal to be refuted	94
3416704005	Conclusion	Summary of supporting info Conclusion reached Restatement of premise	95
3416704006	Paragraphing concepts	Support Theme Elaborating thoughts and commentary	96
3416704007	Coordinating conjunctions		97