AP Language List Huck Finn Flashcards

8870692132	Aesthetic	French movement calling for 'art for art's sake', or that art needs no purpose other than to be beautiful and contemplated as an end.	0
8870692133	Allegory	A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one. Example: Animal Farm by George Orwell: "All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others."; This quote is an allegory to represent Russian classes in the Soviet Union.	1
8870692134	Anadiplosis	A type of repetition in which the last words of a sentence are used to begin the next sentence. Example:	2
8870692135	Anaphora	The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.	3
8870692136	Apostrophe	A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, usually absent.	4
8870692137	Asyndeton	A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words or phrases.	5
8870692138	Begging the question	A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true.	6
8870692139	Carpe diem	A motif in lyric poetry stressing that life is short and time is fleeting.	7
8870692140	Catharsis	A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).	8
8870692141	Chiasmus	A literal inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.	9
8870692142	Connotation	A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning.	10
8870692143	Consonance	The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.	11
8870692144	Denotation	The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol, as opposed to connotation.	12
8870692145	Dystopia	Works of fiction that represent a vision of a future that is a corrupted version of a utopian society, with a poor standard of living.	13
8870692146	Elegy	A poem written in alternating hexameter and pentameter lines oftentimes written about change and loss.	14
8870692147	Epigraph	A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.	15
8870692148	Epiphany	A sudden flare into revelation of an ordinary object or scene common in poetry and prose fiction.	16
8870692149	Ethos	A person's overall disposition and character.	17
8870692150	Euphemism	A word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.	18
8870692151	Expletive	A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.	19
8870692152	Explication	The interpretation or analysis of a text.	20
8870692153	Farce	A type of comedy with stereotyped characters in ridiculous situations meant to simply make the audience laugh heartily.	21
8870692154	Invective	The denunciation of a person by the use of derogatory epithets.	22
8870692155	Metacognition	The act of thinking about thinking.	23
8870692156	Metonymy	The act of substituting a term for another which is closely associated because of a recurrent relationship in common experience.	24
8870692157	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	25
8870692158	Parody	A work which imitates another's style and manner in a ridiculous manner.	26
8870692159	Propaganda	A type of literature meant to make the reader assume a specific attitude towards a specific political, social, or religious issue of the time.	27
8870692160	Satire	The literary art of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking towards it attitudes of amusement, contempt, scorn, or indignation.	28
8870692161	Syllogism	A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them.	29
8870692162	Synechdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent a whole.	30
8870692163	Syntax	The study of the way that sequences of words are ordered into phrases, clauses, and sentences.	31
8870692164	Utopia	A genre of fictional writings that represent an ideal but nonexistent political and social way of life.	32
8870692165	Voice	The distinctive style or manner of expression of the writer.	33
8870692166	Zeugma	An expression in which a single word is used twice in different meanings.	34
8870692167	Double Entendre	A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is literal, the other ironic.	35
8870692168	Antithesis	A contrast or opposition in the meanings of contiguous phrases or clauses that manifest parallelism.	36
8870692169	Aphorism	A pithy and pointed statement of a serious maxim, opinion, or general truth.	37
8870692170	Synaesthesia	The use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another.	38
8870692171	Irony	The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.	39
8870692172	Mixed Metaphor	A combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect.	40
8870692173	Sibilant	A hissing sound.	41
8870692174	Hyperbole	An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.	42
8870692175	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.	43
8870692176	Unscrupulous	Contemptuous of what is right and honorable.	44
8870692177	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	45
8870692178	Introspective	Looking inward.	46
8870692179	Idiom	A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.	47
8870692180	Ellipsis	The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.	48
8870692181	Personification	The attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea.	49
8870692182	Understatement	A deliberate underrepresentation, the opposite of a hyperbole.	50
8870692183	Ode	A long, formal, elaborate lyric poem with a serious theme.	51
8870692184	Inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.	52
8870692185	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.	53
8870692186	Tone	The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject.	54
8870692187	Lecherous	Lustful, synonym of lascivious	55
8870692188	Vehement	Showing strong feeling.	56
8870692189	Doggerel	Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.	57
8870692190	Furtive	Secretive	58
8870692191	Adamantine	Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.	59
8870692192	Decorum	Conformity to accepted standards of conduct.	60
8870692193	Ambivalence	The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.	61
8870692194	Idiosyncratic	Peculiar	62
8870692195	Erudite	Scholarly	63
8870692196	Paradox	A statement that contradicts itself but is true.	64
8870692197	Copious	Abundant	65
8870692198	Disingenuous	Insincere	66
8870692199	Querulous	Full of complaints	67
8870692200	Cumulative sentence	A sentence that completes its main clause/thought at the beginning and then adds to it.	68
8870692201	Doleful	Sad	69
8870692202	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.	70
8870692203	Emulation	Effort to equal or surpass another by imitation.	71
8870692204	Shrewd	Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.	72
8870692205	Lewd	Vulgar	73
8870692206	Lascivious	Lustful, synonym of lecherous	74
8870692207	Reproach	Blame	75
8870692208	Nonchalant	Showing little or no concern	76
8870692209	Polysyndeton	The use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural.	77
8870692210	Ad hominem	A logical fallacy where an argument is directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason.	78
8870692211	Anthropomorphism	Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object	79
8870692212	Conjecture	A guess, one that is often based on inadequate or faulty evidence	80
8870692213	Parenthetical Remark	Writing that uses or contains additional comments or notes added as parentheses	81
8870692214	Anaphone	a sound or melody that represents something, such as motion or romance.	82
8870692215	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	83
8870692216	apophasis	mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned	84
8870692217	Aporia	Talking about not being able to talk about something	85
8870692218	Litote	A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement	86
8870692219	Parenthesis	An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence.	87
8870692220	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	88
8870692221	Semantics	Meaning of words and sentences	89
8870692222	Enthymeme	Logical reasoning with one premise left unstated but implied	90
8870692223	Diacope	Repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase	91
8870692224	Antimetabole	The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast.	92
8870692225	Antiphrasis	the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)	93
8870692226	Epizeuxis	repetition of the same word for emphasis	94
8870692227	Enumeration	a list of words, phrases or clauses, sometimes numbered or bulleted	95
8870692228	Antanagoge	Making negative things seem not as bad so the reader doesn't feel as strongly about them.	96
8870692229	Exemplar	An example or model, especially an ideal one	97
8870692230	Dirimens Copulatio	Providing an opposing fact to balance an otherwise one-sided or unqualified argument	98