AP Language Flashcards

5418700996	Antithesis/ Duality	Opposition/contrast of ideas in a parallel construction "We shall support any friend, oppose any foe." "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"	0
5418700997	Ellipsis	The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. "He said I love you... not sure."	1
5418701541	Conntation	Meanings or associations that readers have with a word that go beyond its dictionary definition, or detonation. Connotations are often positive or negative depending on the author's tone. "That cat is plump" vs "That cat is fat"	2
5418701542	Ethos	Character, Credibility, Trustworthy appeal	3
5418701543	Pathos	Greek: Suffering or Experience Emotion appeal	4
5418702269	Denotation	The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.	5
5418702270	Exposition	A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.	6
5418703128	Extended Metaphor	a comparison between two things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.	7
5418703129	Juxaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences	8
5418703130	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictions) or to a work of art	9
5418704016	Satiric	The use of irony or sarcasm to critique society or an individual	10
5418704017	Diction	A speaker's choice of words and their meaning for the choices.	11
5418704611	Synthesis	Combining two or more ideas in order to create something more complex in order to support an idea Summary from multiple sources	12
5418704612	Tone	A speaker's attitude toward the subject conveyed by the speaker's style and rhetoric	13
5418704613	Voice	The individual writing style of an author, a combination of idiotypical usage of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text (or across several works).	14
5418705274	Symbolism	The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Generally, it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.	15
5418705275	Rhetoric	"The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion." The art of persuading an audience	16
5418705298	Personification	Attribution of lifelike quality to an intimate object or an idea	17
5418706280	Imagery	A description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds. May use literal or figurative language to appeal to the senses	18
5418707271	Logos	Greek: embodied thought Reason, logic appeal	19