AP Language Flashcards

4785968891	Alliteration	The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables	0
4785968892	Allusion	And indirect reference off into another text or an historic event	1
4785968893	Analogy	And extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things	2
4785968894	Anaphora	The repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses	3
4785968895	Anecdote	A short account of an interesting event	4
4785968896	Annotation	Explanatory or clinical notes added to a text	5
4785968897	Antecedent	The noun which a later pronoun refers	6
4785968898	Antimetabole	The repetition of words in an Inverted order (to sharpen a contrast)	7
4785968899	Antithesis	Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas	8
4785968900	Aphorism	A short, astute statement of a general truth	9
4785968901	Appositive	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun	10
4785968902	Archaic diction	The use of words common to an earlier time period. Antiquated language	11
4785968903	Argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence	12
4785968905	Assertion	And empathetic statement; declaration.	13
4785968906	Assumption	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof	14
4785968907	Asyndeton	Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses	15
4785968908	Attitude	The speakers position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone	16
4785968909	Audience	One's listener or readership those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed	17
4785968910	Authority	A reliable respected source someone with knowledge	18
4785968911	Bias	Prejudiced or predisposition forward one side of a subject or issue	19
4785968912	Cite	Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derive from a source	20
4785968913	Claim	An assertion usually supported by evidence	21
4785968914	Close reading	A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text	22
4785968915	Colloquial	And informal or conversational use of language	23
4785968916	Common ground	Shared beliefs, values, or positions	24
4785968917	Complex sentence	A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	25
4785968918	Concession	A reluctant acknowledge	26
4785968919	Connotation	That which is implied by a word as opposed to the words literal meaning	27
4785968920	Coordination	Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence	28
4785968921	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	29
4785968922	Declarative sentence	A sentence that makes a statement	30
4785968923	Deduction	Reasoning from general to specific	31
4785968924	Denotation	The literal meaning of a word; it's dictionary definition	32
4785968925	Documentation	Bibliographic information about the sources used in a piece of writing	33
4785968926	Diction	Word choice	34
4785968927	Elegiac	Mournful over what has passed or been lost	35
4785968928	Epigram	A brief, witty statement	36
4785968929	Ethos	A Greek term referring to the character of a person	37
4785968930	Figurative Language	The use of tropes or figures of speech	38
4785968931	Figure of speech	An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning	39
4785968932	Hyperbole	Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis	40
4785968933	Imagery	Vivid use of language that invokes a reader senses	41
4785968934	Imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands	42
4785968935	Induction	Reasoning from specific to General	43
4785968936	Inversion	A sentence in which the verb proceeds the subject	44
4785968937	Irony	A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity to what is said and what is meant	45
4785968938	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things side by side for emphasis	46
4785968939	Logos	A Greek term that means word; and appeal to logic	47
4785968940	Metaphor	A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison	48
4785968941	Metonymy	Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole	49
4785968942	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms	50
4785968943	Paradox	A statement that seems contradictory but it's actually true	51
4785968944	Parallelism	The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns	52
4785968945	Parody	A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule	53
4785968946	Pathos	A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with moderate appeals to emotion	54
4785968947	Persona	The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing	55
4785968948	Personification	Assigning life like characteristics to inanimate objects	56
4785968949	Polemic	An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion	57
4785968950	Polysyndeton	The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions	58
4785968951	Premise	Two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes it's predicate from the major premise and it subject from the minor premise	59
4785968952	Propaganda	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information	60
4785968953	Purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing	61
4785968954	Refute	To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument	62
4785968955	Rhetoric	The art of speaking or writing effectively	63
4785968956	Rhetorical modes	Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose (modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison contrast, cause-and-effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation)	64
4786140399	Rhetorical question	A question asked more to produce an effect that to summon an answer	65
4786140400	Rhetorical triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience	66
4786140401	Satire	And ironic, sarcastic, or witty comparison that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it	67
4786140402	Sentence patterns	The arrangement of independent and dependent clauses into known sentence constructions (such as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex)	68
4786140403	Sentence variety	Using variety of sentence patterns to create a desired effect	69
4786140404	Simile	A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things	70
4786140405	Simple sentence	A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause	71
4786140406	Source	A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information	72
4786140407	Speaker	A term used for the author, speaker, or the person who's perspective (real or imagined) is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing	73
4786140408	Strawman	A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position	74
4786140409	Style	The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech	75
4786140410	Subordinate clause	A clause that modifies an independent clause, created by a subordinating conjunction	76
4786140411	Subordination	The dependence of one syntactical Element on another in a sentence	77
4786140412	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning In which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise	78
4786140413	Syntax	Sentence structure	79
4786140414	Synthesize	Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex	80
4786140415	Thesis	The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer	81
4786140416	Thesis statement	A statement of the central idea and they work, may be explicit or implicit	82
4786140417	Tone	The speakers attitude towards the subject or audience	83
4786140418	Topic sentence	A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraphs idea and often unites it with the works thesis	84
4786140419	Trope	Artful diction; the use of language in a non-literal way; also called a figure of speech	85
4786140420	Understatement	Lack of emphasis in a statement or point	86
4786140421	Voice	In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice)	87
4786140422	Zeugma	The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate	88