AP Language Arts Vocabulary Flashcards

4857897129	ad hominem	Latin for "against the man". An argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason, feeling rather than intellect.	0
4857928548	allegory	A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning. hint: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe	1
4857955556	alliteration	The repetition of the same sound- usually the initial consonants of words.	2
4857982916	assonance	The repetition of identical sound vowels in syllables of neighboring words. hint: men sell wedding bells	3
4857986088	consonance	The repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowels are usually different. hint: Shelley sells shells by the seashore.	4
4858066627	allusion	An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work, the nature and relevance of which is not explained by the writer but relies on the reader's familiarity with what is thus mentioned.	5
4858109795	ambiguity	Multiple meanings either intentional, or unintentional of a word, sentence, or a passage. hint: Foreigners are hunting dogs	6
4858129920	analogy	Illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel to it in some significant features.	7
4858140216	anaphora	A rhetorical figure of repetition in which is repeated in (and usually at the beginning) successive lines, clauses or sentences. .	8
4858166513	epistrophe	a rhetorical figure of repetition in which is repeated at the end of successive sentences.	9
4858171530	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. hint: ... "while giving treats to children or friends offer them whatever they like." In these lines, children and friends are antecedents, while they is a pronoun, referring to friends and children.	10
4858190818	anti-hero	A central character in a dramatic or narrative work who lacks the qualities of nobility and magnanimity expected of traditional heroes and heroines in romances and epics.	11
4858214086	aphorism	a general principle expressed memorable by condensing wisdom into few words. hint: everything happens for a reason	12
4858225353	apology	In literary sense, the justification or defense of the writer's opinions or conduct, not usually implying any blame.	13
4860746644	apostrophe	The figure of speech in which a speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an inanimate object or an abstraction	14
4860851291	asyndeton	a form of verbal compression which consists of the omission of connecting words between clauses. The most common form is the omission of "and", leaving on a sequence linked by commas.	15
4860875572	colloquialism	The use of informal expressions appropriate to everyday speech rather than to the formality of writing.	16
4860887616	comic relief	The break of serious work by humor.	17
4860894372	connotation	The range of further associations that a word or phrase suggest in addition to its straight forward dictionary meaning. hint: Wall Street (straight forward meaning and additional)	18
4860919302	denotation	The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it. hint: dove ( dictionary term- type of pigeon, literary use- peace)	19
4860953463	diction	The choice of words used in written work.	20
4860967324	didactic	A term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.	21
4860972445	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration	22
4860979423	imagery	A rather vague critical term covering those uses of language in a work that evoke sense-impressions by literal or figurative reference to perceptible or "concrete"	23
4861001042	irony	A subtly humorous perception of inconsistency	24
4861003863	verbal irony	A discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant.	25
4861009140	situational irony	A discrepancy between what is thought to happen and what actually happens.	26
4861014700	dramatic irony	When the audience knows more about a characters situation that the character does, foreseeing an out come contrary to the characters expectations.	27
4861025414	logic	An implied comparison resulting when one thing is directly called another. To be logically acceptable, support must be appropriate to the claim, believable and consistent.	28
4861037158	metaphor	A comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".	29
4861296198	metonymy	A figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it.	30
4861301953	narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.	31
4861305617	onomatopeia	A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. hint: jumbo shrimp, cruel kindness	32
4861314272	parallelism	Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases sentences, paragraphs in order give structural similarity. hint: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.	33
4861329601	paradox	A seemingly contradictory statement which is actually true. This rhetorical device is often used for emphasis or simply to attract attention.	34
4861338916	parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule .	35
4861344128	pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	36
4861353951	point of view	The perspective in which the story is told.	37
4861361177	polysyndeton	A rhetorical device for the repeated use of conjunctions to link a succession of words, clauses, or consciousness.	38
4861364279	predicate adjective	An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb.	39
4861373969	predicate nominative	A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject.	40
4861381432	pun/double entendre	in rhetoric, dealing with one word that suggest two different meaning. Often used for humor.	41
4861457803	rhetoric	The deliberate exploitation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or in writing.	42
4861461550	rhetorical question	A question asked for the sake of persuasive effect rather than a genuine request for information.	43
4861467786	satire	A mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule and scorn.	44
4861476048	simile	A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".	45
4861483009	subordinate clause	This word group contains both as subject and a verb plus accompanying phrases or modifiers.	46
4861487716	syllogism	A form of logical argument that derives a conclusion from two propositions, sharing a common term. Usually in this form: x are y; z is x; therefore z is y.	47
4861498706	symbol	Anything that stands for or represents something else beyond it, usually an idea conventionally associated with it.	48
4861502534	natural symbol	Objects and occurrences from nature to represent ideas commonly associated with them.	49
4861506362	conventional symbol	Something that has been invested with meaning by a group. hint:religious symbols- Star of David, national symbol- flag or eagle	50
4861686127	syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.	51
4861688556	theme	The central idea of a work, revealed and developed in the course of a story or explored through argument.	52
4861692103	tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization o the sentence and global levels.	53
4861696105	wit	In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights.	54
4861699859	understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact. The effect can be frequently humorous and emphatic.	55
4861703516	litotes	A figure of speech by which an affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite, usually with an effect of understatement.	56
4861709254	meiosis	The Greek term for understatement or belting: a rhetorical figure by which something that is very impressive, is represented with simplicity. hint: When Mercurio calls his mortal wound a "scratch"	57
4861721147	zeugma	One words, usually a noun or the main verb, which governs two other words not related in meaning- he maintained a business and his innocence	58