AP Language 2016 Flashcards

4422721523	Pedantic	an adj. that describes words or phrases that is overly scholarly or academic	0
4422726921	Laudatory	expressing praise, commendation	1
4422729776	fervent	having / displaying a passionate intensity	2
4422734270	underscore	emphasis	3
4422735387	emphatic	showing or giving emphasis expressing forcibly or clearly	4
4422738396	repudiate	refuse to accept / be associated reject	5
4422740049	apposition	positioning of things or conditions of being side by side	6
4422742483	treatise	a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject	7
4422744826	acerbic	sharp, forthright, sarcastic ex: acerbic wit	8
4422747515	vituperative	bitter abusive	9
4422748684	polemic	a strong verbal or written attack on something or someone	10
4422750717	indignation	anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment	11
4422755469	inductive vs deductive reasoning	I: specific....broad D: broad......specific	12
4422758431	capricious	given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior	13
4422760809	virulent	extremely severe or harmful in its effects bitterly hostile	14
4422763529	heteroclite	abnormal or irregular	15
4422764974	obfuscate	render unclear, obsure muddle	16
4422766643	fastidious		17
4422768185	mundane	lacking interest or excitement dull	18
4422769653	pseudonym	false name used by writers	19
4422771851	pedantic	narrowly academic instead of broad and humane excessively petty and meticulous	20
4422777284	imperative mood	give commands	21
4422779487	subjunctive mood	used to express doubt or a conditional attitude	22
4422781028	indicative mood	used for statements of fact	23
4422782261	maxim	saying / proverb that express a common wisdom or truth	24
4422785177	hyperbol	a mild or less negative usage for a harsh term	25
4422786966	epigiam	concise witty saying	26
4422788256	ellipsis		27
4422790172	burlesque	a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject	28
4422792486	bombast	inflated language	29
4422794010	antecedent	every pronoun refers back to a previous noun	30
4422795591	elegy	work that expresses sorrow	31
4422798186	exposition	writing or speech that is organized to explain	32
4422799227	juxtaposition	when 2 contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison	33
4422806866	antithesis	presentation of 2 contrasting images	34
4422809553	paradox	statement or situation containing contradicting elements	35
4422812043	metonymy	a figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea	36
4422816205	euphony	opposite of cacophony	37
4422817748	epigram	witty or concise saying	38
4422819163	colloquial	the use of slang in writing	39
4422820238	didactic	intended to teach	40
4422821863	allegory	work that functions on a symbolic level	41
4422823460	syntax	grammatical structure or prose of poetry	42
4422825675	anecdote	story or brief episode told by author to make a point	43
4422828296	dactyl	stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed	44
4422830341	enjambment	run on line	45
4422834460	chiasmus	reversal in the order of words	46
4422835547	caesura	strong pause within a line	47
4422836866	axiom	self evident truth requiring no evidence all men are equal	48
4422839208	apostrophe	figure of speech where someone absent or dead or nonhuman is addressed as alive or present	49
4422842945	assonance	repetition of similar vowel sounds i rose and told her of my woe	50
4422845562	aphorism	terse concise saying embodying a general truth actions speak louder than words	51
4422849235	adage	saying that expresses a common experience or observation a penny saved is a penny earned	52
4422856676	denotation vs connotation	literal vs suggested	53