AP Language Vocabulary List #2 Flashcards
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| 5402393877 | ad hominem | switches argument from issue being discussed to the character of the other speaker | 0 | |
| 5402406066 | ad populum | evidence boils down to everybody's doing it(bandwagon) | 1 | |
| 5402410242 | allegory | characters, settings, and events stand for other people or abstract ideas or qualities | 2 | |
| 5402415708 | allusion | reference to a person, event or place | 3 | |
| 5402428772 | analogy | a comparison made between two disimmilar things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar of two subjects | 4 | |
| 5411487248 | begging the question | claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt | 5 | |
| 5411487249 | colloquial language | an informal conversational use of language | 6 | |
| 5411487250 | didactic | teaching; having moral instruction | 7 | |
| 5411487251 | equivocation | two or more meanings in attempt to misrepresent or decieve | 8 | |
| 5411509764 | euphemism | mild or indirect word that substitutes one considered too harsh | 9 | |
| 5411514263 | irony | contrast between what is states explicitly and what is really meant | 10 | |
| 5411518018 | Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by particular profession or group | 11 | |
| 5411520890 | Metonymy | figure of speech which something is represented by another that is closely related to it | 12 | |
| 5411526825 | mood | feel or atmosphere created by text | 13 | |
| 5411528844 | oxymoron | author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest paradox | 14 | |
| 5411531321 | parody | work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of criticism | 15 | |
| 5411535309 | pedantic | overly concerned with minute details | 16 | |
| 5411538894 | personification | attribution to lifelike quality to inanimate object or idea | 17 | |
| 5411546102 | prose | form of language that has no formal metrical structure; natural form of speech | 18 | |
| 5411551351 | sarcasm | device that is meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks | 19 | |
| 5411553041 | satire | use of irony to highlight an individual's foolishness | 20 | |
| 5411559861 | syllogism | logical structure that uses major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion | 21 | |
| 5411562179 | synecdoche | uses a part to represent the whole | 22 | |
| 5411565202 | synesthesia | woreds that intend to draw out a response from readers stimulating multiple senses | 23 |