AP Literature Terms Flashcards

4059022801	ethos	Appeal to ethics, a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader	0
4059023476	logos	Appeal to logic	1
4059023477	pathos	Appeal to emotion	2
4059025473	refute	To disprove	3
4059026271	enumeration	listing items in order the listing or detailing of the parts of something. Ex. I love her eyes, her hair, her nose, her cheeks, her lips.	4
4059029702	metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is SUBSTITUTED for that of another closely associated with it. ex. The pen is mightier than the sword	5
4059031688	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (Suits to represent businessmen	6
4059034464	anaphora	A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.	7
4059036806	asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence. X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z."He eats, sleeps, drinks"	8
4059043033	epistrophe	Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best. - John F. Kennedy	9
4059046419	antithesis	Direct opposite	10
4059464742	Epanalepsis	repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause "Next time there won't be a next time"	11
4059471940	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. "He ran and jumped and laughed for joy"	12
4131022026	warrant	to justify	13
4131023124	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	14
4131023325	adage	A proverb, wise saying	15
4131023840	logical fallacy	Common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument	16
4131024757	evocative	tending to call to mind or produce a reaction	17
4131025768	process analysis	Presences a chronological sequence of steps that can explain how something is done, how something happens, or how readers can do something.	18