AP Language Flashcards

5731053653	Characterization	the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character	0
5731053654	Ethos	the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.	1
5731053655	Pathos	a quality that evokes pity or sadness	2
5731053656	Logos	statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.	3
5731053657	Antithesis	a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other	4
5731053658	Analogy	a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	5
5731053659	Appeal to authority	a common type of argument which can be fallacious	6
5731053660	Paradox	a statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion	7
5731053661	Antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.	8
5731053662	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.	9
5731053663	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	10
5731053664	Overstatement	the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration.	11
5731053665	Tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, e	12
5731053666	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.	13
5731053667	Parallel structure	repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence	14
5731053668	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words	15
5731053669	Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named	16
5731053670	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	17
5731053671	Underscore	line drawn under a word or phrase for emphasis.	18
5731053672	Juxtaposition	the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect	19
5731053673	Rhetorical strategy	use of words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade.	20
5731053674	Cite/ citations	a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work	21
5731053675	Digression	a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.	22