AP lit terms 1 Flashcards

4848394126	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.	0
4848394127	Diction	The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing	1
4848402933	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	2
4848404744	Ethos	One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. Ethos is basically an appeal to credibility. The writer is seeking to convince you that he or she has the background, history, skills, and/or expertise to speak on the issue. Whenever you encounter an ethos argument, always ask yourself is the credibility is substantiated and valid. An essay advocating policy changes on drug rehabilitation programs is more powerful is the person is a former addict or customer in a current rehab program.	3
4848416854	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	4
4848416855	Tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	5
4848416856	Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	6
4848419593	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	7
4848424456	Antithesis	A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses.	8
4848601126	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	9
4848607063	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	10
4848608803	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	11
4848608804	Anaphora	A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. MLK used anaphora in his famous "I Have a Dream" speech (1963).	12
4848610453	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	13
4848610454	Logos	Appeal to logic	14
4848613743	Euphemism	A polite or vague word or phrase used to replace another word or phrase that is thought of as too direct or rude.	15
4848615189	Narrative structure	a textual organization based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward, chronological framework	16
4848616467	Understatement	A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration.	17
4848620043	Repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	18
4848656794	Rhetorical structure	how a passage is constructed; organization and how author combines images, details or arguments to serve his or her purpose	19