AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

4924579835	Ethos	Ethical appeal. When a writer tries to persuade the audience.	0
4924728621	Pathos	Emotional appeal.	1
4924790168	Logos	Logical appeal. When a writer uses facts, figures and statistics to support their claims.	2
4924837842	Diction	Word choice, an element of style.	3
4924880745	Concrete Language	Language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities.	4
4924900769	Voice	Refers to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive voice). The second refers to the total sound of a writer's style.	5
4924919762	Objective	A third person narrator who only reports what would be visible to a camera; thoughts and feelings are only revealed if a character speaks of them.	6
4924984679	Rhetoric	The art of effective communication	7
4925170190	Animosity (noun)	Bitter dislike towards someone or something.	8
4925188395	Disparage (verb)	To speak or write negatively of.	9
4925203357	Gamut (noun)	The full range or extent.	10
4925236303	Incognito (adjective)	Hidden or unknown.	11
4925256538	Lurid (adjective)	Gruesome or sensationalistic.	12
4925262351	Emulate (verb)	To strive to match or by better means of imitation.	13
4925287313	Adulation (noun)	Extreme praise, admiration, or flattery, especially of a servile nature.	14
4985540045	Syntax	The grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence.	15
4985561677	Transition	A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.	16
4985763345	Tone	The characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience (anger, sarcastic, loving, didactic, emotional, etc.)	17
4985766598	Style	An author's characteristic manner of expression, his or her diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content.	18
4985780797	Point of View	The perspective from which a story is presented.	19
4985847971	First Person Narrator	A narrator, referred to as "I," who is a character in the story and relates the actions through his or her own prospective, also revealing his or her own thoughts.	20
4985852630	Stream of Consciousness	Making the reader privy to the continuous, chaotic flow of disconnected, half-formed thoughts and impressions in the character's mind.	21
4985886318	Omniscient	Third person narrator, referred to as "he," "she," or "they," who is able to see into each character's mind and understand all actions.	22
4985893198	Limited Omniscient	A third person narrator who reports the thoughts of only one character and generally only what one character sees.	23
4985897000	Mood	the primary emotional attitude of a work.	24
4985898924	Coherence	Quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the idea, theme, or organizing principle.	25
4985904352	Jargon	The special language of a profession or group.	26
4985907853	Corroborate	To confirm or increase in certainty.	27
4985914856	Enunciate	To articulate or pronounce.	28
4985961067	Malleable	Easily shaped or reformed.	29
5050400234	Allegory	An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story.	30
5050450587	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, etc.	31
5050454184	Analogy	A point by point comparison of two similar but different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship.	32
5050458651	Aphorism	A short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life.	33
5050464874	Figurative Language	Language that contains figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal.	34
5050470574	Parallelism	The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form.	35
5050497750	Imagery	Words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture.	36
5050500868	Satire	A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way.	37
5050511126	Penurious	Lacking money- very poor; or careful with money- stingy	38
5050519536	Prosaic	Commonplace or dull. Unromantic or matter-of-fact.	39
5050539633	Capitulate	To give in to a demand for surrender.	40
5050549582	Morose	Frightening or gloomy. Melancholy or sullen in spirit	41
5050554066	Skittish	Nervous and lacking confidence. Someone who is uneasy about approaching a task.	42
5050590805	Verbose	Wordy. That which uses unnecessary language.	43
5050613140	Aplomb	Assurance, poise, finesse, self-confidence	44
5172352323	Logical Fallacy	A mistake in reasoning.	45
5172353731	Red Herring	When a writer raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue.	46
5172355400	Reductio ad Absurdum	Latin for "to reduce to the absurd." Reduces an argument to an either/or choice.	47
5172359969	Straw Man	When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak.	48
5172362572	Non-sequitur	Latin for "it does not follow." When one statement isn't logically connected to another.	49
5172388577	Oversimplification	When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issues in an argument.	50
5172390514	Freight-Train	Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions.	51
5172392567	False Analogy	When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lend readers to accept a claim or connection between them.	52
5172393517	Faux pas	A social error or social blunder. A false step in correctness.	53
5172395167	Gratuitous	Unnecessary. Something that is excessive.	54
5172396745	Reticent	Reserved. Someone who prefers silence to conversation in social settings.	55
5172399961	Sumptuous	Extravagant, lavish, luxurious.	56
5172401493	Pontificate	To issue an authoritative decree.	57
5172407661	Ad hoc	For a specific purpose or end; formed for immediate or present need.	58
5172409380	Degenerate	Having regressed or descended to a lower state.	59
5211336818	Syntactic Fluency	Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied length.	60
5211342563	Syntactic Permutation	Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. They are often difficult for a reader to follow.	61
5211345973	Ad Hominem	In argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man."	62
5211357397	Discourse	Spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion.	63
5211364830	Generalization	When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable.	64
5211367173	Euphemism	A more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable.	65
5211370364	Inversion	Reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then complement) of elements in a sentence or phrase.	66
5211373424	Induction	The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization.	67
5211376424	Impervious	Impenetrable. Impossible to alter or affect.	68
5211381529	Consecrate	To proclaim as sacred; to set aside or declare to be holy.	69
5211401629	Implicit	Implied or understood, though not expressed directly.	70
5211404641	Ludicrous	Absurd to the point of being laughable.	71
5211408022	Reprehensible	Abhorrent. That which is morally inexcusable is reprehensible.	72
5211412550	Surrealistic	Unreal.	73
5211415205	Debilitate	To enfeeble or weaken.	74
5295309824	Asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunctions) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted	75
5295313794	Deduction	The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example.	76
5295317420	Invective	Verbally abusive attack.	77
5295346376	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis.	78
5295350778	Parody	A work that ridicules the style of another by imitating and exaggerating its elements.	79
5295358723	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole	80
5295386286	Rhetorical Question	One that does not expect an explicit answer. It is used to pose an idea to be considered by the speaker or audience	81
5295390568	Polysyndeton	Sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series.	82
5295393956	Heterogeneous	Different. Consisting of utterly dissimilar parts or styles.	83
5295395212	Tenable	Capable of being maintained.	84
5295400406	Conciliatory	Reconciling, soothing.	85
5295404546	Gregarious	Extremely outgoing, sociable.	86
5295408889	Incongruous	Not fitting in with the rest of the whole.	87
5295412652	Meticulous	Excessively careful. Describes one who is concerned with the details of something.	88
5295416055	Precarious	Uncertain; risky.	89
5411271835	Sarcasm	Harsh, caustic personal remarks to or about someone; less subtle than irony.	90
5411273544	Antanagoge	A way of ordering points to downplay the negative points so the reader feels less strongly about them.	91
5411275211	Syllogism	A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them.	92
5411276634	Symbolism	The use of symbols or anything that is meant to be taken both literally and as a representative of a higher and more complex significance.	93
5411278503	Paradox	A statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have rational meaning.	94
5411280563	Irony	A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.	95
5411281916	Extended Metaphor	A sustained comparison, often referred to as a conceit.	96
5411283386	Epistrophe	Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect.	97
5411286127	Repudiate	Disown; disavow or refuse any connection of oneself to something or someone.	98
5411287377	Succinct	Brief, compact; to the point.	99
5411288827	Placate	To pacify; to appease; to calm someone or something down.	100
5411290375	Vilify	to slander; to berate; to degrade.	101
5411291683	Solemnity	seriousness; ritualistic dignity; ceremoniousness.	102
5411293523	Eccentric	not conventional; a little kooky; irregular	103
5411294904	Fortuitous	accidental; occurring by chance	104
5471445411	Epigraph	The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme.	105
5471451331	Colloquialism	A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing.	106
5471455390	Cacophony	Harsh, awkward or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony.	107
5471459691	Euphony	A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony.	108
5471468946	Antithesis	The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by a word, phrase, clause or paragraphs.	109
5471473773	Anaphora	Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.	110
5471487852	Connotation	Implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind.	111
5471491085	Impetuous	implusive; rash or sudden action.	112
5471493123	Inane	lacking sense, silly.	113
5471500524	Ambivalence	uncertainty or indecisiveness.	114
5471502672	Amorous	strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love.	115
5471513443	Taciturn	Habitually untalkative, inclined to silence.	116
5471521689	Despondent	feeling dejected, disheartened, hopeless.	117
5471527825	Euphoria	A feeling of great happiness or well-being.	118
5471531463	Indifferent	apathetic, having no marked feeling for or against.	119