AP English Language Vocabulary: October, 2017 Flashcards

7811809126	Anastrophe	Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis	0
7811825775	Zeugma	verb or an adjective applies to more than one noun	1
7811855676	Anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	2
7811869007	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	3
7811888540	Allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly	4
7811898143	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	5
7811915493	Archaic Diction	The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language.	6
7811923446	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	7
7811933512	Antithesis	the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.	8
7811941282	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	9
7811949302	litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	10
7811982484	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	11
7811993223	irony	a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens	12
7812032163	paradox	a statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but is actually valid or true	13
7812055595	euphemism	use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one	14
7812082179	chiasmus	reversal of grammatical structures in successive parallel phrases or clauses. AB-BA rather than AB-AB	15
7812117150	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	16
7812151862	hypophora	Asking a question and immediately answering it	17
7812169871	epistrophe	Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses	18
7812179548	syntax	Sentence structure The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.	19
7812193716	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	20
7812211768	cumulative sentence	The main independent clause is elaborated by the addition of modifying clauses or phrases Sentence that places the main idea at the beginning, and then builds upon it	21
7812237376	hortative sentence	sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action	22
7812243303	imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands.	23
7812249624	loose sentence	Main idea comes at the beginning, followed by independent phrases/clauses	24
7812267665	asyndenton	Conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose	25
7812278724	polysyndenton	The use of many conjunctions to slow the pace	26
7812288118	epanalepsis	repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause	27
7812301791	antimetabole	The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast.	28
7812318033	inversion		29
7812322505	juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	30
7812333783	metaphor	figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as	31
7812347864	simile	A comparison of two things using like or as	32
7812356526	oxymoron	It is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.	33
7812372765	parallelism	the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures	34
7812382369	personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	35
7812399744	rhetorical question	a question that is asked without expecting an answer	36
7812435299	synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object	37
7812445545	meiosis	an understatement using euphemism to minimize or belittle the importance or size of someone or something.	38
7812662333	apostrophe	An address to a dead or absent person, or personification as if he or she were present	39
7812672433	colloquial diction	everyday usage that may contain terms accepted in a group but not universally acceptable used in ordinary, or familiar, conversation	40
7812682062	slang	Informal and unconventional words often understood only within a particular group	41
7812702690	jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession	42
7812709385	euphonic	language that is pleasant, harmonious, or musical	43
7812789356	cacophanous	a harsh or unpleasant sound	44
7812805462	concrete diction/language	words that emphasize things immediately perceivable by the senses (sour or yellow)	45
7812839535	abstract diction	words representing qualities that cannot be perceived with the five senses.(such as faithful, patriotic)	46
7812879743	cliche'	a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought	47
7812888173	idiom	A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally; ex: the test was a piece of cake	48