AP Language Terms Flashcards

7454625231	rhetorical strategies	any tools used by the author to make his/her point more convincing. [Blank] help the author apeal to pathos and logos, or, in other words, to build more powerful emotional and logical appeals	0
7454625232	appeals to authority	using the endorsement, approval or voice of authority to make an argument seem more convincing.	1
7454625233	anecdote	the retelling of a brief incident that may illustrate or prove a point made in an argument	2
7454625234	dilemma	a conflict whose resolution requires one of two choices, both of which are unfavorable or disagreeable	3
7454625235	invective	an emotionally violent attack, using strong and critical language, on an individual or an institution	4
7454625236	rhetorical question	a question asked to make a point. The speaker/writer already knows the answer to the question, and he asked to remind his audience of this answer	5
7454625237	juxtaposition	a device by which a writer or speaker [blank] or places two items side by side to create an ironic contrast or effect	6
7454625238	paradox	a reconciliation of opposites; a true statement that seems contradictory	7
7454625239	oxymoron	a two-word expression of seeming contradiction	8
7455268559	parallel structure	two or more words, phrases, or clauses that are similar in length and grammatical form; using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance	9
7455280230	antithesis	the contrast of opposites within parallel clauses or phrases	10
7455287163	hyperbole (overstatement)	a deliberate exaggeration for effect	11
7455290694	litotes (understatement)	ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary	12
7455303774	tone	the author's attitude toward his/her audience. [Blank] shifts occur frequently in complex passages and are often clues to meaning.	13
7455344445	figurative language	language that asks us to imagine, or "see" one thing as something else	14
7455464627	metaphor	a direct comparison, sometimes implied	15
7455467699	simile	an indirect comparison using "like" or "as"	16
7455471642	analogy	a more developed simile	17
7455473969	personification	giving life to inanimate objects	18
7455479541	symbol	a figure that represents an abstract idea	19
7455483002	imagery	language that appeals to any of the five senses.	20
7456513849	connotation	words that have an emotional power or are strongly suggestive.	21
7456582467	concrete details	specific nouns, verbs and modifiers that allow the reader or listener to visualize exactly what the speaker/writer depicts	22
7456601152	allusions	indirect references to works, events, or figures that the author assumes the reader is familiar with.	23
7456611253	alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in order to emphasize these words or to create a particular mood	24
7456626233	onomatopoeia	words that sound like what they are. These words create energy in a written or spoken piece and emphasize a particular action or force of an incident	25
7456673236	diction	the word choices made by a writer	26
7456676362	syntax	the manner in which words are arranged into sentences	27
7456681629	anaphora	repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses	28
7456696405	jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary a particular group or profession	29
7456723473	parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work	30
7456728941	sarcasm	from the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," [blank] involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are [blank] (that is, intended to ridicule)	31
7456781776	satire	a work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule	32
7456795008	synecdoche	figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole	33
7456810655	metonymy	figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated	34
7456835040	apostrophe	figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity	35
7456864131	colloquial/colloquialism	the use of slang or informality in speech and writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writhing, [blank] give a work a conversational, familiar tone. Colloquial expressions in writing include local or regional dialects.	36