AP English Language Useful Terms Flashcards

5031604601	Apostrophe	Speaking to someone or something that cannot answer back, which includes a dead person.	0
5031607656	Antithesis	When two things are put in opposition against each other (arguments, words, paragraphs).	1
5031607657	Euphemism	A word that represents another word in a nicer or softer way to lessen the blow.	2
5031634324	Oxymoron	An adjective and a noun that seem opposite, but together have a distinct meaning.	3
5031651663	Juxtaposition	Putting two different things together to compare them. They do not necessarily have to be opposites though.	4
5031729886	Idiosyncrasy	A quirk. In its adjective form, it can describe something that is quirky.	5
5071021074	Discourse	A Discussion/Opinion Held.	6
5071022051	Dominant Discourse	The most widely held opinion, either by the most people, or the people with the most influence.	7
5071028766	Subversive Discourse	The opinion that is less popular and challenges the dominant discourse.	8
5071032995	Marginalized Discourse	The opinion which is not publicized and is powerless.	9
5071036758	Construct(s)	Anything that humans create that wouldn't exist without humans. Ex: Ideas.	10
5071042116	Power	There is a constant _______________ struggle with every relationship.	11
5071044019	Pharmakos	The scapegoat. The one friend which all of the negativity gets poured on to to relieve the negativity.	12
5071053299	Grain	Reading With The __________ involves going where the author wants you to go, and not challenge what is happening.	13
5071058579	Verisimilitude	How close something is to being true/reality.	14
5071060983	Appropriation of Voice	When you speak for somebody else.	15
5071062701	Ethos	An argument based on authority.	16
5071062702	Pathos	An argument based on emotion.	17
5071064817	Logos	An argument based on logic.	18
5071064818	Mithos	An argument based on nationalism.	19
5071067426	Exigence	Why the author decided to write the work.	20
5071068932	Purpose	What the author wants to accomplish with their work.	21
5071071225	Bildungsroman	Coming of Age	22
5071072986	False Dichotemy	A statement that implies that there are only two options, when there are actually multiple.	23
5071088375	Insolent	Adj: Acts deliberately in a way that breaks the rules, and like a bratty kid.	24
5071093736	Audacious	Adj: Standing up, not doing what would be expected in that situation.	25
5071097735	Patronizing	Adj: Challenging to one's intelligence - saying a terrible drawing by a kid is good.	26
5071101865	Want	Lack of	27
5071104354	For Want	For Lack of	28
5071111232	Rhetorical	Of or pertaining to language.	29
5298878200	Anticlimax	A Big build up, but no payoff.	30
5298880838	Decry	To cry out against.	31
5298880890	Gainsay	To deny.	32
5298882973	Petulant	To act like a bratty kid.	33
5106593291	Polysyndeton	A sequence of many descriptors each connected with a coordinating conjunction.	34
5106595416	Periodic Sentence(s)	A sentence that has the subject and verb at the end, with many dependent clauses before.	35
5298561648	Ad Hominem	Attacking the person not the argument. I.e. 2016 Presidential Election.	36
5298568487	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row deliberately. I.e. MLK: I Have a Dream, I have a dream, etc. Better used in speeches.	37
5298579570	Asyndeton	Commas used with no conjuction to separeate a series of words. This is typically used in	38
5298586677	Polysendeton	Sentence which uses and or another conjuction with no commas to separate the items in a series.	39
5298594243	Begging the Question	Basing the conclusion on a typically general and flawed argument at the beginning.	40