Ap English Language Vocab Flashcards

7039297647	Ambiguity	the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.	0
7039298024	Analogy	A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	1
7115475118	Antecedent	A literary device in which a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word.	2
7115480610	Aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner.	3
7115485797	Atmosphere	The feeling, emotion, or mood a writer conveys to a reader through the description of setting and objects.	4
7115488425	Antithesis	To put two contrasting ideas together to add interest to the writing.	5
7115495489	Anecdote	A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point or to make audience laugh.	6
7115499293	Argumentation	The action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory.	7
7115506335	Attitude	A perspective or tone that is built by the writer in a certain work.	8
7115509745	Audience	The person for whom a writer writes, or composer composes.	9
7115514157	Causal Analysis	The root cause; To find the causes that you can treat rather than treating the symptoms.	10
7115519395	Clause	A group of words that contain a subject and a predicate	11
7115524679	Cliché	An expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty	12
7115533042	Colloquial	The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing.	13
7115537254	Connotation	A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.	14
7115542533	Claim	A statement that asserts something to be true.	15
7115543391	Classification	A method of paragraph or essay development in which a writer arranges people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into classes or groups.	16
7115545155	Coherence	Something logical or consistent and something that makes sense as a whole	17
7115546562	Abstract	Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.	18
7115555882	Concrete	Existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract.	19
7117669625	Denotation	The literal or dictionary meanings of a word.	20
7117670631	Diction	Style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.	21
7117676304	Didactic	Type of work that often has morals to impart or are written to teach us something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics	22
7117679405	Details	Pieces of information that support or tell more about the main idea	23
7117681804	Dialect	The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people.	24
7117686044	Digression from topic	Temporary departure from topic	25
7117686561	Discourse	Speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with a certain subject.	26
7117691420	Dominant Impression	The principal effect the author wishes to create for the audience.	27
7117702190	Editorializing	Injecting personal interpretations or opinions into an otherwise factual account.	28
7117709952	Emotive Imagery	Images that secure an emotional response from the reader.	29
7153026884	Evidence	Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.	30
7153035200	Equivocation	When a key term or phrase in an argument is used with more than one meaning.	31
7153039790	Ethos	An appeal to ethics, and it means of convincing someone of character or credibility of the persuader.	32
7153043372	Ellipsis	A literary device that is used to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill in the gaps themselves.	33
7153047189	Epigraph	A phrase, quotation, or poem that is at the beginning of a document or component. Works to serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon.	34
7153051367	Generic conventions	Term that describes traditions for each genre; help to define each genre.	35
7153053502	Genre	A major category of literature which may be determined by technique, tone, content or even length.	36
7153055951	Homily	A sermon or speech that a religious person or priest delivers before a group of people to offer them moral correction.	37
7153056589	Hyperbole	A figure of speech which involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.	38
7153059265	Imagery	Yhe use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the five senses	39
7153064415	Inference	Logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true.	40
7153067404	Invective	Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution.	41
7153070832	Irony	Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.	42
7153072513	Jargon	Use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade; in order to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field.	43
7153075333	Juxtaposition	Technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.	44
7153077464	Language devices	A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing.	45
7153080110	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite.	46
7153084339	Loose Sentence	Begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause.	47
7153087519	Logos	A statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.	48
7153089282	Metonymy	A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.	49