AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

7294389976	Ad Hominem Argument	Latin for "to or against the person," this fallacy involves switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker	0
7294389977	Ad Populum (bandwagon appeal)	This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do."	1
7294389979	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something that is commonly known. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, or mythical.	2
7294389981	Analogy	A similarity or relationship between two things. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with something more familiar.	3
7294389985	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction.	4
7294389988	Attitude	A writer's position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing.	5
7294389991	Connotations	Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition. Connotations are positive or negative.	6
7294390004	denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word.	7
7294390005	diction	related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices. Examples of diction include, formal or informal, ornate or plain.	8
7294390007	ethos	A speaker's expertise, knowledge, experience, sincerity, and common purpose with the audience are examples of how a speaker demonstrates they are credible and trustworthy.	9
7294390009	extended metaphor	a metaphor developed at great length	10
7294390011	hyperbole	a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	11
7294390012	imagery	the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions	12
7294390014	irony	the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.	13
7294390017	metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of unlike things. Metaphorical language makes writing more vivid, imaginative, thought-provoking, and meaningful.	14
7294390023	parallelism/parallel construction/parallel structure	the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity	15
7294390025	pathos	a speaker's intent to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience	16
7294390026	personification	a figure of speech in which the author endows an inanimate object with human qualities or characteristics	17
7294390030	repetition	The duplication of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, sentence, or grammatical pattern.	18
7294390031	rhetoric	Greek for "orator" describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively	19
7294390032	logos	employs logical reasoning, combining a clear idea with well-thought-out and appropriate examples and details	20
7294390043	metonymy	a figure of speech in which something is represented by another thing that is related to it or emblematic of it.	21
7294390048	simile	an explicit comparison, using "like" or "as"	22
7294390052	syntax	the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences	23
7294390055	tone	tone describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both.	24
7294390060	Either/Or (false dilemma)	In this fallacy, the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices.	25
7294390062	Hasty generalization	A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate information. Ex. Smoking isn't bad for you; my aunt smoked a pack a day and lived to be 90.	26
7294405164	post hoc ergo propter(post helicopter to proper helicopter)	reasoning that because one event follows another the previous event must have caused the later event	27
7294408732	anaphora	repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of phrases,clauses, sentences, or verses	28
7294412024	aphorism	a concise statement of a principle	29
7294413115	apostrophe	a punctuation mark used to indicate possession or the omission of letters or numbers	30
7294425025	paradox	a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement that could be true	31
7294427685	pun	a joke exploitiong the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings	32
7294432638	understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is	33