AP Language Review Flashcards

6734452033	allusion	reference to a famous work, person, place, or event	0
6734455740	argumentation	writer's attempt to convince his reader of something	1
6734460307	coherence	clarity and logical adherence to a topic that binds all parts together	2
6734466025	description	rhetorical mode used to develop an essay whose primary aim is to depict a scene, person, thing, or idea	3
6734474595	diction	word choice	4
6734477398	exposition	rhetorical mode used to develop an essay whose primary aim is to explain	5
6734483662	figurative language	Saying something in a non literal way using various language techniques	6
6734491408	hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration	7
6734494130	imagery	words that give reader a mental picture	8
6734497199	verbal irony	literally states the opposite of writer's true meaning; a form of spoken sarcasm	9
6734503623	situational irony	turns out to be the opposite of what both the characters and the readers expected; surprises everyone	10
6734510706	dramatic irony	facts or events are revealed to the reader but not to certain characters	11
6734517321	metaphor	compares without using like, as, or than	12
6734520735	simile	compares using like, as, or than	13
6734522796	mood	the pervading impression made upon the feelings of the reader	14
6734529369	narration	an account of events as they happen; firsthand; uses personal pronouns	15
6734534452	oxymoron	pointedly foolish; "jumbo shrimp" or "biggie smalls"	16
6734540306	pacing	the speed at which a piece of writing moves	17
6734544651	paradox	a seemingly untrue statement that is true	18
6734552486	parallelism or balance	uses same grammatical structure and endings	19
6734556167	parody	a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comedy or ridicule	20
6734563893	personification	attributing human qualities to inanimate objects	21
6734568959	point of view	who is telling the story	22
6734571737	rhetoric	the art of persuasive language (speaking and writing)	23
6734577984	rhetorical modes	the ways in which writers write (argumentative, descriptive, narrative, etc.)	24
6734582948	ad hominem	an argument that attacks the integrity of a character	25
6734592662	analogy	a comparison (metaphor or simile)	26
6734595214	anecdote	a story within a story	27
6734597972	ethos	"Michael Jordan has used these shoes to play and won numerous games; therefore, you should choose these shoes."	28
6734610016	pathos	"There are more than one million starving dogs and cats in your community who will die this year without your support."	29
6734621772	logos	"Statistically, there is no way to prove Mr. Doe committed the crime due to insufficient data collected from the DNA testing."	30
6734643300	colloquialism	"y'all" is used more in the South, whereas, "you guys" is used more in the North	31
6734650152	conclusion	the final paragraph or paragraphs that sum up an essay and bring it to a close	32
6734655669	connotation	the emotional implication of a word that defines it in context for a person	33
6734659420	euphemism	a nice or polite way to say something; "He passed away" or "ethnic cleansing"	34
6734665455	exemplar	examples of something	35
6734668511	generalization or logical fallacy	"All blondes are dumb" or "All Asians are smart in Math"	36
6734678054	red herring	a side issue is used to distract from main argument; "We need more revenue to support our programs, or the government will eliminate them. Children are our future; support the children."	37
6734713561	sarcasm	bitter language that is meant to hurt, ridicule, or poke fun at something or someone	38
6734719771	satire	a work that uses bitter language to hurt, ridicule, or poke fun at something or someone	39
6734731589	tone	the writer's attitude about something	40
6734735412	understatement	deliberately saying something as less than it is in order to stress its importance	41
6734744558	allegory	the device of using characters and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to a literal meaning	42
6734755137	anaphora	the repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses	43
6734760736	aphorism	a statement that reveals a general truth or a moral principle	44
6734767870	apostrophe	directly addresses an absent or imaginary personified abstraction; talking to death or love	45
6734774593	cliche	a stale, trite, or overly used expression; "Lovely as a rose"	46
6734781600	complex sentence	a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses	47
6734790101	metonymy	substituting a whole for a whole; "The 'big wigs' from the central office are coming today."	48
6734799221	synecdoche	substituting a part for a whole; "We took our 'wheels' and left."	49
6734805246	periodic sentence	a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end; "Ecstatic with my AP scores, I let out a loud shout of joy!"	50
6734816910	rhetorical question	a question posed with no expectation of an answer	51
6734820535	syntax	the order or grammatical structure of words in a sentence	52
6734828130	chiasmus	reversal of syntax in a sentence; "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country"	53
6734834125	antithesis	deliberately placing opposites together in a sentence or paragraph for emphasis	54
6734842144	compound sentence	a sentence with two or more independent clauses	55
6734846136	compound/complex sentence	a sentence with multiple independent and dependent clauses	56
6734850183	simple sentence	one independent clause	57
6734852139	zeugma	a figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of the sentence in different ways; "The thief stole my wallet and my heart."	58
6734873236	onomatopoeia	sound words	59