AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

3565933177	Antithesis	a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.	0
3565949435	Bombast	high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.	1
3565958576	Anaphora	The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect	2
3565967555	Authority	arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience are said to rest on authoritative backing or authority.	3
3565975948	Claim	to state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof	4
3565996311	Epigraph	an inscrpition that can in a quotation or saying at the beginning or a book or chapter	5
3566002610	Genre	a category of an artistic composition, as in music or literature that can be characterized by it's form, style, or subject of matter	6
3566010800	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	7
3566017545	Backing	body of experience and evidence that supports the warrant	8
3566034652	Aphorism	an observation that contains the general truth.	9
3566046082	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes a literal meaning	10
3566054138	Ad Populum	a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it	11
3566063804	Archetype	a stereotypical or reoccurring character type	12
3566077893	Claim of Policy	a claim asserting that specific courses of action should be instituted as solutions to problems	13
3566096004	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	14
3566105114	Concrete Language	Words which appeal to the five sences	15
3566112125	Irony	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite	16
3566116266	Caricature	device used in descriptive writing and visual arts where particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated to create a silly or comic effect.	17
3566121363	Anti-climax	a rhetorical device which can be defined as a disappointing situation or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a ludicrous or trivial one	18
3566129472	Allusion	An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	19
3566134357	Deductive	A method of reasoning from the general to the specific.	20
3566144746	Ambiguity	uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language	21
3566150576	Colloquialism	informal word or phrase that is used in familiar or ordinary conversation.	22
3566158506	Euphemism	a mild or indirect word substituted for one that is considered to be too harsh when referring to something unpleasant.	23
3566166219	Invective	highly critical or insulting language	24
3566177016	Personification	a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas	25
3566184734	Expository	type of writing that the author's purpose is to explain, define, and describe the subject to their readers.	26
3566193533	Clause	a group of related words containing a subject that tells readers what the sentence is about, and a verb that tells readers what the subject is doing	27
3566199936	Didacticism	a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions along with pleasure and entertainment.	28
3566207360	Antecedent	a pronoun refers back to its antecedent	29
3566218418	Device	something used in writing to add a special effect	30
3566223497	Excerpt	a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like	31
3566231956	Point of View	the position from which something or someone is observed, or in fictional writing, the narrator's position in relation to the story being told.	32
3566238776	Style	a literary element that describes how an author uses words.	33
3566244447	Prosaic	a style that lacks abstract ideas or another word for common, simple.	34
3566252856	Dichotomy	a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.	35
3566262182	Oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	36
3566268971	Discourse	the presentation of language in its entirety while performing an intellectual inquiry in a particular area or field	37
3566278044	Ethos	an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved. It is a means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader.	38
3566290649	Rebuttal	a statement that contradicts something previously stated	39
3566303442	Narrative	provides details of what has happened	40
3566316625	Credibility	a trustworthy, reliable source.	41
3566326154	Stance	How a writer already feels about a topic.	42
3566331138	Syllogism	a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions, each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion	43
3566334963	Prose	a form of language that has no formal metrical structure.	44
3566340797	Juxtaposition	a literary 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.	45
3566349943	Cliches	phrases or opinions that are overused and show that there is a lack of original thought on the matter	46
3566355173	Elegiac	"mournful" or "sad"	47
3566359141	Parody	an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with an exaggeration for comic effect.	48
3566363016	Dogma	when an opinion is settled by an authority.	49
3566373396	Hypothetical Example	a fictional example that can be used when a speaker is explaining a complicated topic that makes the most sense when it is put into more realistic or relatable terms.	50
3566381499	Refute	to prove a person, argument, or statement to be false	51
3566393754	Authority of the Subject	claiming something should be followed even though the advice wasn't given by an expert on the subject	52
3566420848	In media res	practice of beginning an epic or other fictional form by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events; the situation is an extension of previous events and will be developed in later action.	53
3566427980	Imagery	use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.	54
3566433939	Conceit	a figure of speech in which two different objects are compared with the help of similes or metaphors.	55
3566437691	Hyperbole	an over-exaggeration in order to create emphaisis	56
3566443113	Contemplation	Thoughtful observation or study	57
3566451118	Subordinate Clause	a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause	58
3566455915	Claim of Value	making a judgement on a subject that either can be approving or disapproving, or also be attempting to prove a certain thing right or wrong.	59
3566466144	Dissonance	the use of harsh sounding words that is used to create a disturbing effect.	60
3566470584	Imperative Mood	giving a command or request to do something in a sentence	61
3566485040	Treatise	a formal, written article or book that deals with the facts, evidence and conclusions on one subject	62
3566488440	Enumerate	to list or count off one by one	63
3566492408	Enunciate	to express in clear or defined terms	64
3566496014	Parallelism	the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.	65
3566500508	Sarcasm	a literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously.	66
3566503896	Homily	a tedious moralizing talk	67
3566507827	Inversion	a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter.	68
3566512069	Mood	a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions	69
3566518705	Qualifier	a word that qualifies the meaning of another, as an adjective or adverb	70
3566522464	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	71
3566529319	Theme	the subject of a piece of writing	72
3566536757	Genre	a specific type of music, film, or writing	73
3566542093	Climax	the peak/turning point of the plot in a story	74
3566551208	Epilogue	a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.	75
3566553420	Solecism	A grammatical mistake in speech or writing.	76
3566557576	Periodic Sentence	A sentence in which the main clause or its predicate is withheld until the end	77
3566559463	Regionalism	The theory or practice of emphasizing the regional characteristics of locale or setting, as by stressing local speech.	78
3566564098	Post Hoc	A fallacy in which one event is said to be the cause of a later event simply because it occurred earlier.	79
3566567781	Semantics	one of the important branches of linguistics that deals with interpretation and meaning of the words, sentence structure and symbols, while determining the reading comprehension of the readers how they understand others and their interpretations.	80
3566572534	Jargon	technical or specialized words that are only understood by those who are of the same group or profession.	81
3566575940	Ellipsis	A series of dots (usually three "...") that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without changing its original meaning.	82
3566579506	Malapropism	The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one.	83
3566583697	Transition	words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences and paragraphs.	84
3566587250	Annotation	a comment or explanation attached to text, image, or other data.	85
3566591321	Begging the Question	a fallacy in which the premises include the claim that the conclusion is true.	86
3566602933	Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.	87
3566607256	Cynicism	an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.	88
3566610361	Figure of Speech	Word or phrase used in a non-literal sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage	89
3566633231	Synactic Fluency	Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length.	90
3566636407	Abstract Language	Refer to ideas or concepts that have no physical reference	91
3566639970	Explication	Process of making something clear	92
3566647886	Diatribe	forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something	93
3566651972	Lyrical	expressing the writers emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way	94
3566655340	Slippery Slope	an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong or disastrous	95
3566659189	Motif	recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story	96
3566662872	Voice	the individual writing style of an author that deals with syntax, diction, punctuation, development of a character, etc...	97
3566667282	Sign Warrant	a general rule indicating the relevance of a claim.	98
3566670992	Non Sequitur	conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement	99
3566674610	Pun	joke exploiting different possible meanings of a word or words that sound the alike but dont mean the same	100
3566677762	Metonymy	substitution of a name or attribute for what thing is meant for	101
3566680485	Symbol	thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract	102
3566684276	Anachronism	thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuosly old fashioned	103
3566687293	Coherence	Quality of being logical and consistent	104
3566696247	Convey	make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone	105
3566701083	Faulty Emotional Appeals	basing an argument on feelings, especially pity or fear, often to draw attention away from the real issue.	106
3566703870	Pacing	the speed of a story's action, dialogue or narration	107
3566707816	Stipulative Definition	proposes that the language shall be used in a certain way	108
3566712881	Allegory	uses symbols to narrate, using characters and events to stand for ideas or events	109
3566721156	Parable	a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	110
3566726996	Extended Metaphor	longer comparisions that are used to make the comparision more clear in the reader's mind	111
3566726997	Onomatopoeia	a word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.	112
3566730730	Digression	when there is an interruption in the main plot line in a narrative.	113
3566733992	Wit	generally intellectually based, but it is used in a quick fashion and is generally humorous.	114
3566737583	Euphony	pleasing sounding words	115
3566745762	Pathos	Appeal to Emotion	116
3566748703	Repetiton	The repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis	117
3566750822	Mode	An unspecific critical term usually identifying a broad, but identifiable literary method, mood, or manner, that is not tied exclusively to a particular form or genre.	118