Ap English Language Vocab Flashcards

7210048655	Ambiguity	the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.	0
7210048656	Analogy	A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	1
7210048657	Antecedent	A literary device in which a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word.	2
7210048658	Aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner.	3
7210048659	Atmosphere	The feeling, emotion, or mood a writer conveys to a reader through the description of setting and objects.	4
7210048660	Antithesis	To put two contrasting ideas together to add interest to the writing.	5
7210048661	Anecdote	A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point or to make audience laugh.	6
7210048662	Argumentation	The action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory.	7
7210048663	Attitude	A perspective or tone that is built by the writer in a certain work.	8
7210048664	Audience	The person for whom a writer writes, or composer composes.	9
7210048665	Causal Analysis	The root cause; To find the causes that you can treat rather than treating the symptoms.	10
7210048666	Clause	A group of words that contain a subject and a predicate	11
7210048667	Cliché	An expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty	12
7210048668	Colloquial	The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing.	13
7210048669	Connotation	A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.	14
7210048670	Claim	A statement that asserts something to be true.	15
7210048671	Classification	A method of paragraph or essay development in which a writer arranges people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into classes or groups.	16
7210048672	Coherence	Something logical or consistent and something that makes sense as a whole	17
7210048673	Abstract	Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.	18
7210048674	Concrete	Existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract.	19
7210048675	Denotation	The literal or dictionary meanings of a word.	20
7210048676	Diction	Style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.	21
7210048677	Didactic	Type of work that often has morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics	22
7210048678	Details	Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea	23
7210048679	Dialect	The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people.	24
7210048680	Digression from topic	Temporary departure from topic	25
7210048681	Discourse	Speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with a certain subject.	26
7210048682	Dominant Impression	The principal effect the author wishes to create for the audience.	27
7210048683	Editorializing	Injecting personal interpretations or opinions into an otherwise factual account.	28
7210048684	Emotive Imagery	Images that secure an emotional response from the reader.	29
7210048685	Evidence	Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.	30
7210048686	Equivocation	When a key term or phrase in an argument is used with more than one meaning.	31
7210048687	Ethos	An appeal to ethics, and it means of convincing someone of character or credibility of the persuader.	32
7210048688	Ellipsis	A literary device that is used to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill in the gaps themselves.	33
7210048689	Epigraph	A phrase, quotation, or poem that is at the beginning of a document or component. Works to serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon.	34
7210048690	Generic conventions	Term that describes traditions for each genre; help to define each genre.	35
7210048691	Genre	A major category of literature which may be determined by technique, tone, content or even length.	36
7210048692	Homily	A sermon or speech that a religious person or priest delivers before a group of people to offer them moral correction.	37
7210048693	Hyperbole	A figure of speech which involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.	38
7210048694	Imagery	Yhe use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the five senses	39
7210048695	Inference	Logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true.	40
7210048696	Invective	Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution.	41
7210048697	Irony	Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.	42
7210048698	Jargon	Use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade; in order to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field.	43
7210048699	Juxtaposition	Technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.	44
7210048700	Language devices	A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing.	45
7210048701	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.	46
7210048702	Loose Sentence	Begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause.	47
7210048703	Logos	A statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.	48
7210048704	Metonymy	A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.	49