AP Language Terms Flashcards

4025913965	rhetorical triangle	speaker, audience, purpose	0
4025915791	rhetorical appeals	ethos, pathos, logos	1
4025918931	claim	statement that supports thesis: beginning of body paragraphs	2
4025966941	evidence	facts that support the claim	3
4025968644	interpretation	how the evidence relates back to the thesis	4
4025971430	concession	when you give the other side of the argument some credit (follows up with counterargument)	5
4025973078	qualification	to modify or limit an argument in some way	6
4026027430	refute	to prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false; disapprove	7
4026037024	defend	to write in favor; attempt to justify	8
4026044180	logical fallacies	unreasonable, weaknesses in an argument; does not supply logical evidence (banned wagon, card stacking)	9
4026056175	narration	a mode of discourse: tells a story; in rhetorical argument the exposition of the question they are clearly organized in time, make a central point, and contain specific details relevant to that point	10
4026072025	description	a mode of discourse: essay development that makes a statement, an account, picture with words that describes in great detail; physical description; imagery	11
4026078998	exemplification	to be a very good example of something	12
4026094122	process and analysis	a mode of discourse: a method of paragraph or essay development by which a writer explains step by step how something is done or how to do something	13
4026096933	comparison and contrast	writing showing how two subjects are similar and or different	14
4026096934	division	separates things into categories	15
4026098611	definition	a statement or direct meaning of a word	16
4026100150	cause and effect	when one thing happens so another thing will occure	17
4026100151	hyperbole	exaggerations not to be taken literally	18
4026101710	litotes	an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite	19
4026106624	apostrophe	speaking to someone not present, as if they were, speaking to a personified object or idea	20
4026109344	imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language	21
4026109345	irony	state of affairs that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result	22
4026109346	metaphor	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable	23
4026111074	simile	a figure of speech in a phrase that uses like or as to apply to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable	24
4026111075	analogy	a relational comparison or similarity between two objects/ideas	25
4026112755	metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant,	26
4026112756	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	27
4026114388	oxymoron	apparently contradicting terms appear in the conjunction	28
4026114389	paradox	creates a mental discontinuity that forces the reader to pause and seek clarity; truth that defies our institution	29
4026114399	juxtaposition	the fact of two things that are being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects	30
4026115987	personification	attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman	31
4026115988	alliteration	repetition of initial consonant sounds in word near each other	32
4026117763	onomatopoeia	formation of words that have a sound associated with the word	33
4026117764	allusion	a reference to something well-known	34
4026119342	rhetorical question	any question asked for a purpose	35
4026119343	tone	general character or attitude about the piece of writing	36
4026119344	mood	temporary state of mind or feeling that is associated with the piece of writing	37
4026121633	theme - thesis	a concise summary of the main points of the essay	38
4026121634	repetition	an act of repeating something that has already been said or written	39
4026121635	restatement	necessary when it is determined that a previous statement contains a material inaccuracy	40
4026125732	anecdote	a brief personal story that serves a persuasive purpose	41
4026127195	connotation	idea or feeling that a word invokes on its literal meaning	42
4026127196	colloquial	familiar conversation; not formal	43
4026128600	jargon	special words or expressions that are used by a specific group of people that are hard for other people to understand	44
4026128601	charged diction	capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy	45
4026130478	declarative	sentence that makes an assertion or basic sentence	46
4026132069	imperative	sentence that gives a command	47
4026133370	exclamatory	a forceful version of a declarative sentence	48
4026136044	interrogative	sentence that asks a question	49
4026137853	simple sentence	one independent clause	50
4026140006	compound sentence	two independent clauses	51
4026143125	complex sentence	one dependent and one independent clause	52
4026146628	compound complex sentence	at least two independent clauses and one dependent	53
4026151623	interrupted order	a group of words or phrase that interrupts the flow of the sentence	54
4026151624	inverted order	verb is placed before the subject	55
4026153153	listing order	a list that is in the essay	56
4026154816	cumulative sentence	independent clause followed by subordinate phrases and clauses	57
4026165867	periodic sentence	a long and involved sentence, suspended syntax, several dependent clauses that proceed an independent clause	58
4026179328	parallelism	the sentence structure is set up similarly	59
4026186470	antithesis	juxtaposing contrasting ideas/images in a parallel structure	60
4026186471	chiasmus	when concepts are repeated in reverse order	61
4026186472	ellipses	intentional omission of a word	62
4026188612	asyndeton	a lack of coordination conjunctions	63
4026191535	anadiplosis	repetition of the last word in a proceeding clause	64
4026193493	anaphora	deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of poetic lines, prose sentences, clauses, or paragraphs	65
4026199208	epistrophe	ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word	66
4026205379	polysyndeton	the use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when unneccessary	67
4026210678	enumeration	listing, cataloging (even steps to complete something)	68
4026213674	antimetable	repetition of words in successive clauses	69
4026215201	parenthetical aside	a break in a sentence where there is an aside in parenthesises	70
4026215202	dashes	- - - -	71
4026215203	colon	, , , ,	72
4026217793	semi-colon	; ; ; ;	73
4026220701	impassioned	filled with intense feeling	74
4026222061	detached	unattached, unbiased	75
4026223392	allusive	characterized by allusions	76
4026224893	allegorical	symbolic narrative, figurative	77
4026227680	condescending	patronizing; talking down to	78
4026229595	flippant	lacking seriousness, frivolously disrespectful	79
4026232950	facetious	not meant to be taken literally or seriously	80
4026235437	derisive	contemptuous; scornful; mocking	81
4026237332	zealous	ardently devoted; passionate	82
4026244474	classification	classifying something with shared qualities or characterisitcs	83
4026244475	indignation	anger or annoyance that is perceived by unfair treatment	84
4026244476	admonition	authoritative counsel or warning	85
4026246312	incredulity	inability or unwillingness to believe; skeptical	86
4026246313	bewilderment	a confused, bewildered state; puzzled	87
4026246314	critical	judge with severity; skillful judgement of truth or merit; pertaining to critics or criticism	88
4026247927	irreverent	disrespectful	89
4026247928	sarcastic	harsh, bitter, snearing, ironic	90
4026249855	solicitude	care or concern for someone or something	91
4026249856	melancholy	feeling of sadness with no obvious cause	92
4026250919	barren	too poor to produce much	93
4026250920	specious	superficially plausible but usually wrong	94
4026250921	homage	special honor or respect showed publically	95
4026252898	frivolous	not having serious purpose or value	96
4026252899	mahometanism	muslism	97
4026255150	abrogate	repeal or to do away with	98
4026257160	prerogative	a privilege to a specific class	99
4026257161	disparate	essentially different in kind	100
4026297233	argument	a course of reasoning at demonstrating truth or falsehood; a traditional mode of discourse	101
4026339976	thoughtful	absorbing in or involving thought	102
4026341190	jocular	fond of or characterized by joking	103
4026341191	irate	feeling or characterized by great anger	104
4026341192	poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	105
4026342174	contentious	likely to cause an argument	106
4026342175	moralistic	expressive or concerning of morality	107
4026342176	restrained	characterized by reserve or moderation	108
4026344258	sentimental	emotional, especially tender emotions or feelings	109
4026347447	introspective	self-reflective	110
4026348744	compassionate	sympathetic; desire to alleviate suffering	111
4026351705	tranquil	peaceful, quiet, calm, serene	112
4026354471	fervent	intense spirit, enthusiasm; ardent; hot, burning with intensity	113
4026362197	viands	item of food; a delicacy	114
4026363322	vitiated	to spoil; weaken the quality of; debase	115
4026363323	concoction	a combination of ingredients	116
4026363324	tractates	to treatise; essay; a piece of writing	117
4026364557	temperance	moderation; self-control	118
4026364558	manna	divine, spiritual food (allusion)	119
4026365763	promiscuous	indiscriminant; casual	120
4026365764	defile	to make foul; violate; sully	121
4026365765	prescription	a written direction	122
4026366763	poor law	law relating to the poor	123
4026366764	solomon	king of Israel (allusion0	124
4026368266	psyche	Greek mythological reference (allusion0	125
4026368267	syriac	a form of Aramaic (allusion)	126
4026368268	sallies	a sudden rush forth or of activity	127
4026369663	garland	a wreath; flower ornament	128
4026369664	mammon	riches; wealth	129
4026369665	liberal	favorable to max individual freedoms; generous	130
4026371467	conservative	disposed to preserve existing conditions and traditions	131
4026371468	tory	American colonist that sided with Britain during the American Revolution	132
4026371469	cynical	bitter, distrustful, pessimistic	133
4026374241	fanciful	whimsical, imaginary	134
4026374242	humorous	funny	135
4026374243	objective	unbiased	136
4026375839	laudatory	praising	137
4026375840	evocative	bringing strong images	138
4026377084	repugnant	extremely distasteful, unacceptable	139
4026377085	rapt	completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing; enthralled	140
4026378521	didactic	instructive; lecture; moral lesson	141
4026378522	reverent	deeply respectful	142
4026378523	perplexed	puzzling, bewildered	143
4026381003	complex	composed of many parts	144
4026381004	terse	concise, abrupt, short	145
4026381005	somber	gloomily dark; depressing; serious; grave	146
4026382744	scornful	feeling or expressing contempt	147
4026382745	inconsistent	not staying the same throughout	148
4026384846	provocative	causing annoyance or anger	149
4026386389	incompatible	unable to live together harmoniously	150
4026386390	offensive	causing displeasure; irritating; angering; disagreeable	151
4026386391	hostile	pertaining to an enemy; opposed in feeling or character; not friendly	152
4026387846	disjointed	lacking coherent sequence or connection	153
4026391403	unbiased	showing no prejudice for or against something	154
4026603354	denotions	the literal meaning of a word	155
4026606358	formal	done with accordance with rules of convention or etiquette	156