AP Language Terminology Flashcards

3547982680	Alliteration	repetition of the initial sound	0
3547987689	Allusion	reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.	1
3547992955	Anadiplosis	the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.	2
3547996982	Anaphora	repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses	3
3548001566	Anastrophe	the use of inverted or unusual word order for emphasis	4
3548007475	Anthimeria	the substitution of one part of speech for another for emphasis	5
3548011201	Antithesis	juxtaposition of balanced contrasting ideas for rhetorical effectiveness; sometimes written in a "not X, but Y" format	6
3548021254	Asyndeton	a deliberate lack of conjunctions between parallel clauses	7
3548027960	Caesura	a break in the flow, often signaled by a dash or parentheses, used for effect (which may include a tone shift)	8
3548036865	Chiasmus	a type of antithesis in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the same words in a different order.	9
3548044956	Colloquialism	a term identifying the diction of common, ordinary folks, especially in specific regions; not accepted as proper usage in formal speech or writing; local or regional dialect; slang	10
3548055527	Connotation	the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase, as distinguished from denotation	11
3548061096	Denotation	the dictionary definition(s) of a word	12
3548064960	Diction	word choice used for stylistic effect; repeated words may be especially important; (always look for shifts)	13
3548072338	Epistrophe	the repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses	14
3548076252	Euphemism	the substitution of an inoffensive expression for one the may offend	15
3548081178	Hyperbole	a deliberate and often outrageous exaggeration, used for serious or comic effect	16
3548085993	Idiom	a grammatical construction or expression peculiar to a given language; doesn't translate easily	17
3548090947	Imagery	language that appeals to all of the senses	18
3548092941	Verbal Irony	is the result of a statement saying one thing while meaning the opposite. Its purpose is usually to criticize.	19
3548108140	Situational Irony	occurs when a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect, though often the twist is oddly appropriate	20
3548116157	Dramatic Irony	occurs when facts or situations are known to the reader or audience but not to characters.	21
3548120725	Juxtaposition	placing unassociated ideas, words, or phrases next to each other for rhetorical effect, usually employing antithesis	22
3548134562	Metaphor	a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as	23
3548139256	Metonymy	an entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations	24
3548146056	Oxymoron	a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression	25
3548150333	Paradox	a statement that contradicts itself and may seem almost absurd, but it turns out to have a coherent meaning and reveals a truth that is normally hidden	26
3548157627	Parallelism	structural arrangement of parts of a sentence, sentences, paragraphs, and larger units of composition by which elements of equal importance are similarly phrased; creates balance between parts, grammatically and rhetorically	27
3548174363	Parody	a composition imitating another usually serious work, in order to ridicule or criticize	28
3548180095	Persona	the character that a writer or speaker conveys to an audience	29
3548187017	Personification	gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics	30
3548191643	Point of View	the mode or perspective established by an author	31
3548196506	Polysyndeton	sentence with multiple conjunctions used for effect, often adding to the weight of meaning	32
3548202821	Prose	the ordinary form of written language, without metrical structure, in contrast to poetry	33
3548208920	Pun	a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings	34
3548212965	Rhetoric	the art of persuasion; the art of analyzing the many choices involving language that makes a text clear, meaningful, convincing, and effective	35
3548223279	Rhetorical Question	posed for its rhetorical effect; not intending a reply	36
3548228776	Sarcasm	the use of mockery or bitter irony in which apparent praise is actually critical.	37
3548235007	Satire	a literary work that holds up human feelings to ridicule and censure	38
3548238879	Decarative Sentence	makes a statement	39
3548246450	Imperative Sentence	gives a command	40
3548249215	Interrogative Sentence	asks a question	41
3548251160	Exclamatory Sentence	makes an exclamation	42
3548256477	Conditional Sentence	poses a dilemma	43
3548260201	Loose Sentence	contains details added immediately at the end of the basic sentence	44
3548262803	Periodic Sentence	contains details placed wither before the basic sentence elements or in the middle of them	45
3548269504	Simile	a comparison of unlike things using like or as	46
3548271156	Style	this encompasses everything pertaining to the way in which one writes; the choice and arrangement of words in a manner which at once best expresses the individuality of the author and the idea and interests in her mind; encompasses diction, syntax, figurative language, tone and structure	47
3548292217	Symbol	something which is itself and yet stands for something else	48
3548296458	Synaesthesia	concurrent response of two or more of the senses	49
3548300729	Syntax	the way words are strung together for effect; the use of grammatical elements such as punctuation, clauses, phrase or the use of syntactical constructions such as parallelism, antithesis, anaphora, anadiplosis, chiasmus...	50
3548323778	Tone	the implied attitude of the author; you must use clear, descriptive adjectives to describe tone	51
3548331126	Tricolon	three parallel elements of the same length occurring together in a series	52
3548336320	Understatement	the opposite of hyperbole; a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is	53
3548346160	Zeugma	technique of using one word to yoke two or more others for ironic or amusing effect	54