AP Terms Flashcards

7632883194	Cumulative Sentence (strung-along)	phrases and clauses extend the sentence BEFORE or AFTER the S&V	0
7632883195	Periodic Sentence	phrases & clauses interrupt the S&V	1
7632883196	Parallelism	repeating a grammatical structure	2
7632883197	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	3
7632883198	Epistrophe	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences	4
7632883199	Chiasmus	reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses	5
7632883200	Abstract Language	Language describing ideas and qualities, not concrete things	6
7632883201	Concrete Language	describes specific, observable things rather than ideas or qualities	7
7632883202	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	8
7632883203	Metaphor	comparison not using like or as	9
7632883204	Extended Metaphor	A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing	10
7632883205	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	11
7632883206	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	12
7632883207	Pronoun	A word that takes the place of a noun	13
7632883208	understatement	deliberately representing something as much less than it really is	14
7632883209	syllogism	a form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion	15
7632883210	Ad hominem argument	attacking the character of the arguer rather than the argument itself	16
7632883211	inverted syntax	sentence structure that places the verb before the subject	17
7632883212	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.	18
7632883213	appeal to authority	calling on an expert to give validity to an argument	19
7632883214	paradox	A statement that seems true but at the same time seems to also have an opposite truth	20
7632883215	digression	a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing	21
7632883216	ellipsis	omission of essential words (replaced by ... or by a comma)	22
7632883217	subordinate clause	dependent clause (usually begins with when, while, before, after, if, as, because, since, although, until and contains an S&V)	23
7632883220	Effusive	Overflowing with words or feelings; gushing	24
7632883221	allusive	suggestive, hinting OR contains lots of allusions	25
7632883222	disjointed	not connected; having no flow in thinking	26
7632883223	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning or knowledge	27
7632883224	terse	brief and to the point	28
7632883225	transient	temporary, fleeting	29
7632883226	discerning	Having keen insight	30
7632883227	idealism	pursuit of noble goals	31