AP Language Semester Vocab Flashcards

3612441798	Myth	a traditional story, usually involving supernatural beings or events, that explains how some of human nature or the natural world came to be	0
3612449645	Creation Myth	a specific kind of myth that typically- • Describes how the universe, the earth, and life began • Explains the workings of the natural world • Supports and validates social customs and values	1
3612451935	Folk Literature	includes folk tales, myths, fables, and legends passed orally from one generation to the next	2
3612453135	Trickster Tale	a type of folk tale that features an animal or human character who typically engages in deceit, violence, and magic	3
3612455605	Archetypal Character	character types that can be found in literary works from different cultures throughout the ages	4
3612458213	Memoir	a form of autobiographical writing that shares personal experiences as well as observations of significant historical events of people	5
3612459494	Historical Narrative	accounts of real-life historical experiences, written by either a person who experienced those events or someone who studied or observed them	6
3612461151	Primary Source	materials by people who were either participants in or observers of the events written about	7
3612463452	Secondary Source	records of events written by people who were not directly involved in the events	8
3612465976	Historical Context	The ideas and details from the author's time that influence their work	9
3612465988	Narrator	the voice that tells the story	10
3612467879	Syntax	word order	11
3612468965	Figurative Language	to create imagery and communicate ideas beyond the literal meaning of words	12
3612470492	Metaphor	a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using like or as	13
3612472128	Extended Metaphor	one that draws the comparison out and compares the two things at length and in many ways	14
3612473867	Personification	a figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics	15
3612475553	Hyperbole	a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis	16
3612478587	Allusions	a reference	17
3612479691	Archaic Language	words that were once in common use but are now considered old-fashioned or out-of-date	18
3612481031	Inverted Syntax	sentence structure in which the expected order of words is reversed	19
3612484034	Emotional Appeals	messages designed to persuade an audience by creating strong feelings	20
3612485354	Tragedy	recounts the downfall of a main character	21
3612486176	Comedy	light and humorous tone, usually ending happily	22
3612487336	Protagonist	the central character of the play	23
3612488948	Antagonist	often opposes the protagonist, giving rise to the central conflict of the play	24
3612496686	Foil	a minor character who provides a striking contrast to another character	25
3612497443	Monologue	a long speech spoken by a single character to an audience or another character	26
3612499226	Soliloquy	a reflective speech in which a character speaks his or her private thoughts aloud, unheard by other characters	27
3612499227	Aside	a short speech or comment that is delivered by a character to the audience but is not heard by other characters who are present	28
3612500392	Drama	literature in play form	29
3612501873	Logical Fallacy	a rhetorical flaw intended to inflame public emotions	30
3612503410	Either/or Fallacy	insists that only two choices exist in a complex situation	31
3612505575	Name-calling	were politicians point the finger of blame, accusing their opponents of moral failings or lack of patriotism	32
3612505576	False Cause	when a politician suggests that an opponent or an opponent's policies are to blame for what's wrong with the country	33
3612507578	Deductive	beginning with a generalization, or premise, and proceeding to examples and supporting facts	34
3612508716	Inductive	beginning with examples or facts and proceeding to a conclusion	35
3612510905	Logical Appeal	rely on reason and facts to support a claim	36
3612512150	Emotional Appeal	present ideas that elicit strong feelings	37
3612513068	Ethical Appeal	use values or moral standards to persuade an audience	38
3612514769	Rhetorical Question	does not require a reply but the answer is obvious	39
3612517909	Antithesis	occurs when contrasting ideas are expressed in a grammatically balanced statement	40
3612518817	Repetition	: the use of the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis	41
3612519922	Parallelism	a form or repetition in which a grammatical pattern is repeated	42
3612521104	Circular Reasoning	supporting a statement by repeating the statements using different words	43
3612524070	Hasty Generalization	a conclusion drawn from too little evidence or from evidence that is biased	44
3612526287	Non Sequitur	a conclusion that does not follow logically from the "proof" offered to support it	45
3612527316	Biblical Allusion	references to events, figures, or phrases from the Bible	46
3612528454	Arguement	expresses an opinion on an issue and supports it with reasons and evidence	47
3612530261	Rhetoric	use of language to persuade	48
3612531819	Appeals to Association	suggest that readers will gain acceptance or prestige by taking the writer's position	49
3612534195	Appeals to Authority	influences readers by citing experts or others who warrant respect	50
3612534974	Diction	a writer's choice or words, diction includes both vocabulary (words) and syntax (arrangement of words)	51
3612539797	Authobiography	the story of person's life, written by that person	52
3612543599	Satire	a literary device in which people, customs, or institutions are ridiculed with the purpose of improving society	53
3612544547	Blank Verse	unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter	54
3612546146	Iambic Pentameter	each line has five iambic feet or beats, a pattern consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.	55
3612547357	Enjambment	when one lines ends without a pause and continues into the next line for the actually meaning	56
3612548351	Stanza	a group of lines sometimes characterized by a repeated pattern of rhyme and number or lines	57
3612548988	Rhyme Scheme	the pattern of end rhyme unit in a line of poetry	58
3612551595	Meter	the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry	59
3612552657	Foot	one stressed syllable indicated by an accent mark and either one or two unstressed syllables	60
3612553524	Lamb	an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable	61
3612554310	Mood	the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	62
3612555623	Paraphrase	restate the ideas in simpler words	63
3612556937	Transcendentalism	an intellectual movement that emphasized the dignity of the individual and advocated a simple, mindful life	64
3612558651	Essay	a work of nonfiction, often loosely structured, expressing the writer's personal views on a single subject	65
3612559675	Anecdote	short accounts of personal incidents	66
3612562810	Author's Perspective	refers to the distinct combination of opinions. Values, and beliefs that influence the way a writer looks at a topic	67
3612563929	Rhetorical Technique	the methods an author employs to influence readers and convey ideas	68
3612564706	Suspense	the combination of excitement and anxiety that readers feel about coming events in a plot	69
3612566862	Symbol	something concrete- a person, a place, an object, or an action- used to stand for an abstract idea or feeling.	70
3612567614	Plot	the structure of the story	71
3612569478	Poetic Structure	the way words are arranged in lines, lines are arranged in stanzas, and units of sound are organized to achieve rhythm and rhyme	72
3612570595	Free Verse	an organic form that lacks regular meter and rhyme	73
3612571861	Cataloging	frequent lists of people, things, and attributes	74
3612573367	Repetition	repeated words or phrases at the beginning of two or more lines	75
3612574131	Parallelism	related ideas phrased in similar ways	76
3612575186	Quatrain	four-line stanzas	77
3612576532	Slant Rhyme	words that do not exactly rhyme	78
3612579308	Internal Conflict	a struggle within a character	79
3612581111	External Conflict	a struggle between a character and an outside force	80
3612582778	Suspense	excitement and tension	81
4094307985	dialect	distinctive forms of language spoken in particular areas or by particular groups of people	82
4094309030	situational irony	a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens	83
4094309031	dramatic irony	when readers know more about a situation or character than the characters do	84
4094309480	verbal irony	a contrast between what is stated and what is meant	85
4094310120	overstatement	an exaggeration for emphasis or for humorous effect	86
4094310859	epigram	short, clever, and sometimes paradoxical statements	87
4094311173	voice	a writer's unique use of language	88
4094311658	understatement	the downplaying of the importance of things/the technique of downplaying the significance of the outlandish, often ironic or humorous effect.	89
4094312383	tall tale	a distinctively American form of storytelling featuring outlandish characters and events, often with a comic effect	90
4094312384	hyperbole	a figure of speech exaggerating or overstating a claim or point	91
4094314185	local color	writing that brings a region alive by portraying its dress, mannerisms, customs, character types, and speech	92
4094314989	regionalism	a literary movement of the 19th century that focused on the speech, habits, history, and beliefs of people in a specific geographical area	93
4094315429	character types	characters with a similar set of traits that their creations continue to show up in literature, in movies, and in television shows today	94
4094316290	naturalism	an offshoot of realism, the 19th century literary movement that examines the effect of natural and social forces on the individual	95
4094316891	imagery	descriptive words that create sensory experiences	96
4094317267	tone	a writer's attitude toward the subject	97
4094317268	mood	the feeling the writer creates for the reader	98
4094318051	first-person narrator	a character in the story	99
4094318897	social context	social condition that inspired or influenced the author	100
4094320158	speaker	the speaker of a poem, like the narrator of a story, is the voice that talks to the reader	101
4094320159	refrain	one or more repeated lines of poetry that function like the chorus of a song	102
4094320724	sonnet	a 14 line lyric poem with specific patterns of rhythm and rhyme	103
4094321476	explicit	directly stated	104
4094322220	implicit	suggested or hinted at	105
4094323572	Narrative poetry	tells a story using elements of plot, character, and setting	106
4094324097	dicition	word choice	107
4094324607	stream of consciousness	a narrative in first-person point of view that presents the jumbled flow of a character's thoughts and sensations	108
4094325380	imagists	influenced by Japanese haiku as well as ancient Greek lyric and French symbolist poetry, wrote according to strict principles	109
4094325381	form	the arrangement of words on the page and to the use of rhyme and meter, but also to the standard conventions of written language	110
4504282236	Universal Theme	a message that can be found throughout literature of all times and places	111
4504284819	multiple narrators	taking the point of view of several characters in a single novel	112