AP Language Concept Vocab Flashcards

4683104188	connotation	An indirect implication or suggestion from a word, or string of words, beyond the literal meaning. Ex:the word "discipline" has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression	0
4683104189	Denotation	the minimal, strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary, disregarding any historical or emotional connotation. EX:beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power	1
4683104190	Diction	the choice and use of words in writing or speech. ex: Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction	2
4683104191	Syntax	The sentence arrangement of a language or standard word order. ex: People who text on their phone while watching a movie are very annoying.	3
4683104192	Tone	The mood of a text or part of a text. EX:trust her to lower the tone of the conversation	4
4683104193	Explicit	Precisely and clearly expressed, leaving nothing to implication; fully stated. ex:the speaker's intentions were not made explicit	5
4683104194	Implicit	Implied, rather than expressly stated. ex:comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies	6
4683104195	Infer	To derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence.	7
4683104196	Parallelism	The repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect. ex	8
4683104197	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense.	9
4683104198	Cumulative Sentence	An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea.	10
4683104199	Balanced Sentence	A sentence consisting of two or more clauses that are parallel in structure.	11
4683104200	Interrupted Sentence	A word group (a statement, question, or exclamation) that interrupts the flow of a sentence and is usually set off by commas, dashes, or parentheses.	12
4683104201	Antithesis	An argument set up in opposition to a thesis.	13
4683104202	Inversion	The reversal of a normal order of words.	14
4683104203	Analogy	A comparison made to show such a similarity	15
4683104204	Metaphor	A comparison, between two things not usually compared, that implies that one object is another one, figuratively speaking.	16
4683104205	Simile	A comparison of two things not usually paired, made by using the adverbs like or as.	17
4683104206	Logical Fallacy	An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.	18
4683104207	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding.	19
4683104208	Allusion	A casual reference to any aspect of another piece of literature, art, music, person or life in general.	20
4683104209	Hyperbole	The literary device of exaggeration or overstatement.	21
4683104210	Understatement	To state something less strongly than the situation would suggest.	22
4683104211	Qualification	the author accepts a theory or proposition, but only under certain conditions or with certain modifications.	23
4683104212	Paradox	Using contradiction in a way that oddly, and wittily, makes sense on a deeper level.	24
4683104213	Epithet	The use of an adjective, or adjectival phrase, to portray a specific trait of a person or object.	25
4683104214	Euphemism	Using a mild or gentle phrase instead of a blunt, embarrassing, or painful one.	26
4683104215	Conceit	An elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.	27
4683104216	Synecdoche	A figure of speech where an example becomes a symbol for a whole or larger classification.	28
4683104217	Metonymy	Using a physical object to embody a more general idea.	29
4683104218	Alliteration	The use of repeated consonants in neighboring words.	30
4683104219	Onomatopoeia	The application of sounds that are comparable to the noise they represent for an artistic effect.	31
4683104220	Subjective	placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.	32
4683104221	Objective	The narrator assumes the position of an observer, detached from the narrative.	33
4683104222	Cliché	A word or phrase that once had originality, but has now become exhausted through overuse.	34
4683104223	Satire	An attack on any idiocy or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards.	35
4683104224	Parody	A text that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect.	36
4683104225	Irony	Words or ideas which have an extra layer of meaning, distinctive to the literal one.	37
4683104226	Archetype	An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype.	38
4683104227	Antistrophe	the repetition of words in reversed order.	39
4683104228	Polysyndeton	The use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.	40
4683104229	Asyndeton	The omission of conjunctions	41
4683104230	Deduction	A process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented.	42
4683104231	Induction	Any form of reasoning in which the conclusion, though supported by the premises, does not follow from them necessarily.	43
4683104232	Anaphora	A rhetorical device where a word, or group of words, is repeated in consecutive clauses.	44
4683104233	Aphorism	a short, condensed, sometimes witty saying, close in meaning to maxim or proverb.	45
4683104234	Epigram	A short verse or motto appearing at the beginning of a longer poem or the title page of a novel.	46
4683104235	Analysis	The process of examining something meticulously. This often involves the separation of elements (structure, form, literary devices) into different parts, to facilitate understanding of a whole text.	47
4683104236	Argumentation	The process of forming reasons, justifying beliefs, and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others.	48
4683104237	Syllogism	a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	49
4683104238	Enthymeme	an incomplete syllogism, in which one or more premises are unexpressed as their truth is considered to be self-evident.	50
4683104239	Chiasmus	In rhetioric, this refers to a structure which is otherwise parallel, yet the word order in each part is reversed.	51
4683104240	Ellipsis	A rhetorical device where a word is omitted because it is implied by a previous clause.	52
4683104241	Anadiplosis	From the Greek for 'doubling'. Repetition used in rhetoric where a phrase or word from the proceeding sentence is used at the beginning of the next.	53
4683104242	Epanalepsis	A repetition of a word or a phrase with intervening words setting off the repetition, sometimes occurring with a phrase used both at the beginning and end of a sentence.	54
4683104243	Antimetabole	In rhetoric, a verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order.	55
4683104244	Allegory	Something which can be read with double or two meanings: with an obvious literal meaning, as well as a figurative, 'below the surface' meaning.	56
4683104245	Simple Sentence	A sentence having only one clause	57
4683104246	Compound Sentence	- A sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause.	58
4683104247	Complex Sentence	A sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause.	59
4683104248	Complex-Compound Sentence	A sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.	60
4683104249	Declarative	A sentence that is a simple statement or tells something.	61
4683104250	Exclamatory	A sentence that shows strong feeling and usually ends with an exclamation point.	62
4683104251	Interrogative	A sentence that asks a question	63
4683104252	Imperative	Finish your AP Spanish homework.	64
4683104253	Antecedent	A word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.	65
4683104254	Nostalgia	a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life	66
4683104255	Dichotomy	division into two parts or classifications, especially when they are sharply distinguished or opposed	67
4683104256	Paradigm Shift	a radical change in underlying beliefs or theory	68
4683104257	Enumerate	to mention separately or in order; name one by one	69