AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcards

3555014089	Abstract Concept	Of the mind- vague "people should be good to one another"	0
3555020852	Alliteration	repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence "[l]et us go forth to lead the land we love"	1
3555026092	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictious, or to a work of art "let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah"	2
3555036372	Analogy	An extended comparison between 2 seemingly dissimilar things	3
3555040119	Antithesis	Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas	4
3555048156	Assertion	An emphatic statement; declaration An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument	5
3555053047	Attitude	the speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone	6
3555056643	Claim	An assertion, usually supported by evidence	7
3555059112	Colloquialism	An informal or conversational use of language	8
3555064917	Complex sentence	A sentence that includes 1 independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause	9
3555072533	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	10
3555074407	Cumulative sentence	An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail	11
3555080689	Ethos	A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's 3 rhetorical appeals	12
3555088711	Hyperbole	exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis	13
3555089972	imperatve sentence	a sentence that requests or commands	14
3555098099	logos	a Greek term that means 'word"; appeal to logos- Logical facts- One of Aristotles's 3 rhetorical appeals	15
3555109000	Metaphor	A figure of speech or trope through which 1 thing is spoken of as through it were something else, thus making an impact comparison	16
3555115540	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines 2 contradictory terms	17
3555121922	Pathos	A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's 3 rhetorical appeals	18
3555129883	Personification	Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects	19
3555133388	purpose	one's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing	20
3555136114	rhetorical modes	patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis and argumentation.	21
3555146936	rhetoric	The study of effective persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion"	22
3555155000	Satire	An ironic, sarcastic, or witty, composition that claims to argue for something but actually argues against it.	23
3555161913	Simile	A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare 2 things	24
3555168243	Thesis	The central idea in work to which all parts of the work refer	25
3555171742	Tone	The speaker's attitude toward the subject or auidence	26
3555175592	Refutation	addresses the counterargument	27
3555177787	Conclusion	brings the essay to a satisfying close	28
3555179921	Tone	general attitude of a piece of writing	29
3555182573	Onomatopoeia	a word representing a sound	30
3555185007	Qualification	The attribution of a quality of a word	31
3555188721	Apostrophe	An address or invocation to something that is inanimate -address to something/someone not there	32
3555195825	Either or Fallacy	Logical Fallacy that occurs when speaker limits the audience to 2 diametrically opposed choices, creating a false dilemma	33
3555202401	Cohesion	Linking difference parts of a text together	34
3555204663	Evidence	a verifiable fact -something that furnishes proof in a reasoned argument	35
3555258460	Expert Testimony	ex of evidence	36
3555260139	Humor	Anything that causes laughter or amusement	37
3555263857	Personal opinion/narrative	the telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama	38
3555269756	Qualifies	The author accepts a theory, or proposition, but only under certain conditions or w/ certain modifications	39
3555286253	Parallel syntax	repetition among agacent sentences -similar structures -could be w/in a sentence "to be happy, to be pure, to be free."	40
3555297400	Rebuttal	the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument	41