AP English Language Vocabulary Flashcards

5086757250	ad hominem	Latin -> To the man A logical fallacy (error) where instead of attacking the issue, you attack the person Example -> politicians	0
5086757251	allegory	A story where the characters and events symbolize bigger things Example -> The Tortise and The Hare	1
5086757252	alliteration	Repetitive consonant	2
5086757253	allusion	Reference to another work of art within another work of literature	3
5086757254	anachronism	Out of its own time; something that does not belong in the time period	4
5086757255	anecdote	A story with a purpose	5
5086757256	annotation	Formalized notes, usually by professors	6
5086757257	antithesis	A literary device in which a opposition or contrast of words are expressed	7
5086757258	aphorism	A short pithy saying of known authorship	8
5086757259	apostrophe	A speech addressing an inanimate object	9
5086757260	archetype	The best/original example	10
5086757261	assonance	A repetitive vowel sound	11
5086757262	bard	A storyteller	12
5086757263	The Bard	William Shakespeare	13
5086757264	bombast	Highly emotional amd dramatic	14
5086757265	cacophony	A harsh discordant mixture of sounds	15
5086757266	canon	Works of a particular author or artist recognized as genuine	16
5086757267	caricature	A picture describing someone with words, exaggaerating certain feature A comically exagerated representation of someone or something	17
5086757268	clause	A particular and separate article in a certain document	18
5086757269	climax	The most intense or important point of something	19
5086757270	comparison and contrast		20
5086757271	conceit	An ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor	21
5086757272	concrete detail		22
5086757273	connation	The abstract meaning of a	23
5086757274	consonance		24
5086757275	cynic		25
5086757276	deductive reasoning	From the general to the specific	26
5086757277	denotation	The literal meaning of a word	27
5086757278	denouement		28
5086757279	dues ex machina	The machine or God A contrived plot device in a play or novel	29
5086757280	diction		30
5086757281	didactic	Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	31
5086757282	digression	A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing	32
5086757283	Dionysian	Hedenistic (having a good time all the time)	33
5086757284	dramatic irony	Irony in situations that is understood by the audience but not the character	34
5086757285	elegy		35
5086757286	Ellipsis	A writing of words that can understood from contextual clues	36
5086757287	epithet	An adjective that goes with a name	37
5086757288	ethos	Appeal to the author's credibility	38
5086757289	euphemism		39
5086757290	euphony		40
5086757291	expose		41
5086757292	exposition		42
5086757293	extended metaphor		43
5086757294	fable		44
5086757295	fallacy		45
5086757296	farce	A parody A joke	46
5086757297	figurative language		47
5086757298	frame	A genre of stories A collection of stories	48
5086757299	genre	A large division in literature	49
5086757300	hubris	Pride that leads to downfall	50
5086757301	hyperbole		51
5086757302	inductive reasoning		52
5086757303	inference		53
5086757304	invective		54
5086757305	irony		55
5086757306	lampoon	To poke fun at something	56
5086757307	logos	Appeal to logic	57
5086757308	loose sentence	A sentence where the independent clause is at the beginning of the sentence.	58
5086757309	maxim		59
5086757310	metaphor		60
5086757311	metonymy		61
5086757312	mood		62
5086757313	narrative		63
5086757314	non sequitor	Does not follow A logical fallacy	64
5086757315	objective		65
5086757316	onomatopoeia		66
5086757317	oxymoron		67
5086757318	parable		68
5086757319	paradox		69
5086757320	parody	A farce To make fun of something	70
5086757321	pathos	Appeal to emotion	71
5086757322	pedantic	Overly scholarly	72
5086757323	periodic sentence	A sentence where the independent clause is towards the end of the sentence	73
5086757324	personification		74
5086757325	prose		75
5086757326	pseudonym	A fake name	76
5086757327	pun		77
5086757328	rebuttal		78
5086757329	repetition		79
5086757330	rhetoric		80
5086757331	rhetorical mode		81
5086757332	sarcasm		82
5086757333	satire		83
5086757334	simile		84
5086757335	subjective		85
5086757336	syllogism	A three-part logical proof	86
5086757337	synecdoche	A part of something made to represent a whole or vice versa	87
5086757338	syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language	88
5086757339	tone		89
5086757340	verbal irony	Saying the opposite of what you mean	90