AP Language and Composition Tool Box Words Flashcards

3596006611	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction	0
3596006612	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause, referred to by a pronoun	1
3596006613	Oxymoron	Figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox	2
3596006614	Didactic	Literally means "teaching"	3
3596006615	Mood	The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work	4
3596006616	Extended Metaphor	A metaphor developed to great length, occurring frequently in or through out a work	5
3596006617	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions	6
3596006618	Polysyndeton	The use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted	7
3596006619	Colloquial	The use of slang or in-formalities in speech or writing	8
3596006620	Generic conventions	This term describes traditions in each genre	9
3596006621	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	10
3596006622	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	11
3596006623	Homily	Literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk , speech or lecture with it	12
3596006624	Figurative Language	Writing or Speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.	13
3596006625	Parallelism	Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	14
3596006626	irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.	15
3596006627	Allegory	The device of using character and?or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning	16
3596006628	Conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or a surprisingly analogy seemingly dissimilar objects	17
3596006629	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal enunciation or attack using strong abusive language	18
3596006630	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude or color.	19
3596006631	Figure of Speech	A device used to produce figurative language	20
3596006632	Isocolon	A succession of clauses of approximately equal length and corresponding structure	21
3596006633	Diction	Refers to the writer's choice	22
3596006634	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	23
3596006635	Verbal irony	Intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that words appear to express	24
3596006636	Situational Irony	Involves an incongruity between what is expected ot intended and what actually occurs	25
3596006637	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	26
3596006638	Euphorism	From the Greek word for "good speech," a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept	27
3596006639	Clause	Contains subject and verb	28
3596006640	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.	29
3596006641	Aphorism	Terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal	30
3596006642	Connotation	The non-literal associative meaning of a word; the implies, suggested meaning	31
3596006643	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	32
3596006644	Dramatic Irony	The audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story	33
3596006645	genre	The major category into which a literary work fits	34
3596006646	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference something which is presumably commonly known	35
3596006647	Asyndeton	Lack of conjunction	36
3596006648	Anaphora	The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences	37
3596006649	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	38
3596006650	Sarcasm	Involves bitter, caustic language that is mean to hurt or ridicule someone or something	39
3596006651	Point of View	In literature, the perspective from which a story is told	40
3596006652	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to function and non-fiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line.	41
3596006653	Rhetoric	From the Greek word for "orator," this term describes the principals governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	42
3596006654	Epistrophe	The opposite of anaphora, repetition at the end of successive clauses.	43
3596006655	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Is though provoking and insightful about the human conditions	44
3596006656	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.	45
3596006657	Syllogism	From the Greek word for "reckoning together," a syllogism is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major: and the second "minor:) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion	46
3596006658	Trope	An artful variation form expected modes of expression of though and ideas, use of the word in a sense other that its proper or literal one.	47
3596006659	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is.	48
3596006660	Antithesis	the opposition or contrast ideas; the direct opposite	49
3596006661	Caricature	A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics	50
3596006662	Litote (Little Tree)	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite. Litote is the opposite of Hyperbole	51
3596006663	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part.	52
3596006664	Synesthesia	When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another.	53
3596006665	Wit	In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. A witty statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks	54
3596006666	Pun	A play on words that often has a comic effect. Associated with wit and cleverness. The multiple meanings , either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage.	55
3596006667	Bathos	Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to invoke pity	56
3596006668	Chiasmus	A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed.	57
3596006669	Epithet	A term used to point out a characteristic of a person. Can be abusive, or offensive, but are not so by definition.	58
3596006670	Zeugma	The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way.	59