AP English Language Vocab Flashcards

7182124640	Subject A Exam	college entrance writing exam for UC's	0
7182125657	EPT (English Placement Test)	college entrance exam for CSU's	1
7182126082	Diction	the word choice the author uses	2
7182127344	Denotation/Denotative diction/Denotative Language	to denote (to say it); what the author says	3
7182127952	Connotation/Connotative diction/Connotative Language	to connote (to imply/to suggest it); what the author says	4
7182129352	Register/Language Register	the level of formality of diction	5
7182129881	Colloquialism/colloquial diction/langauge	Slang/casual conversation	6
7182130371	Literary Device	Figurative language tool author uses to fancy up language	7
7182135176	Rhetorical Device	anything an author uses to manipulate the text to manipulate the audience	8
7182143127	Literal Language	Denotation	9
7182143288	Figurative Language	Connotation	10
7182143533	Color symbolism	In AP, every color has a significance	11
7184701450	Bullet thesis	1 sentence introductory paragraph	12
7184701594	Claim/argument	what the author believes	13
7184701816	Author's purpose	why the author wrote it (to inform, explain, etc)	14
7184703584	Rite of Passage (ROP)	Book or text that has a character shift or change (must include an epiphany)	15
7184704154	Autobiographical	text by and about the author	16
7184704324	Biographical	text about someone else	17
7184704745	Expository text	text that explains something	18
7184704950	Prose	any text that is NOT poetry or drama	19
7184705178	Narrative text	text with a narrator	20
7184705283	First Person	an "I" pov	21
7184705446	Third Person	a "he/she" pov	22
7184705626	perspective	point of view	23
7184705801	Charting a text	using a graphic organizer to annotate or take notes on a text	24
7184706176	Paraphrase	to put in your own words	25
7184706379	Prompt	The essay's question	26
7184706556	Extent of validity	How correct is it?	27
7196220789	imagery	a description that focuses on at least one of the five senses	28
7196221343	Christ imagery	when a character represents Jesus Christ (sacrifice/martyr, leader/protector, stigmata)	29
7196224820	Stigmata imagery	pain in head, hands, or feet to represent JC	30
7196225390	Symbolism	1 thing represents another	31
7196225858	Parallel incidents	repeated events	32
7196225859	Simile	a comparison using like or as	33
7196226266	Metaphor	a direct comparison without like or as	34
7196226622	Personification	giving human attributes to objects	35
7196227126	Overstatement	an over exaggeration	36
7196227800	Understatement	an under exaggeration	37
7196228673	Alliteration/Alliterative diction	words start with the same sound	38
7196229111	Oxymoron/oxymoronic diction	2 opposites side by side	39
7196230815	Onomatopoeia/onomatopoetic diction	word that means a sound	40
7196230816	Tone	author's emotion in a text	41
7196231567	Mood	atmosphere- the reader's emotion	42
7257693698	Pathetic Fallacy	(fig. dev.) when nature or the environment symbolizes the character's or author's emotion	43
7257694321	Assonance	(fig. dev.) (sound/auditory dev) repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or ends of words	44
7257694878	Consonance	(fig. dev.) (sound/auditory dev) repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or ends of words	45
7257695366	Repetition	(struc. dev.) repeating or restating the same content or form to achieve emphasis	46
7257696083	Euphony/euphonic diction	(fig. dev.) pleasant sounding words (L,S,D)	47
7257696666	Cacophony/cacophonous diction	(fig. dev.) harsh sounding words (K,X,T)	48
7257696967	Euphemism	(fig. dev.) sugarcoating	49
7257697482	Allusion/alluding/to allude	(fig. dev.) hinting at some other source	50
7257697581	Anthropomorphism	(fig. dev.) giving human qualities to animals	51
7257697887	Hyperbole/hyperbolic diction	(fig. dev.) overstatement	52
7257698443	Litote	(fig. dev.) understatement	53
7257702031	Paradox/paradoxical structure	(struc. dev.) contrast/contradiction	54
7257702364	Analogy/analogous structure	(struc. dev.) comparison/similarity	55
7257702724	Extended metaphor	(fig. dev.) metaphor that goes beyond a sentence	56
7257705191	Literary conceit	(fig. dev.) academic register for extended metaphor	57
7257705666	Omniscient	All knowing	58
7257705794	Omnipresent	Everywhere	59
7257705997	Omnipotent	All-Powerful	60
7257706141	Internal Citation	In ¶5, the author states "blah blah."	61
7257706779	External Citation	The author states "blah blah" (¶5).	62
7257707531	To deconstruct/deconstruction	to take apart a text	63
7257707704	To annotate/annotation	to take notes DIRECTLY on a text	64
7257707980	dialect	using different words depending on where people are from	65
7257708185	Vernacular	"accent" based on race or where people are from	66
7257709406	Jargon	Language specific to a career	67
7257710460	Rhetorical question	a question with no answer	68
7257710628	Rogatio	a question followed by the answer	69
7257711608	Structure	organization in a sentence, ¶, or whole text	70
7257712110	Ellipses/Elliptical structure	omitted info	71
7310053503	Subject Verb Agreement	The subject and verb must match in a sentence Ex. Eudora Welty writes an essay.	72
7310062043	Parallelism/Parallel Structure	(struc. dev.) He went to the beach new the park on a Sunday.	73
7310114555	Elongated Sentence	(Struc. Dev) a sentence with more than or equal to 7 words in it	74
7310114556	Telegraphic Sentence	(Struc. Dev.) a sentence with les than or equal to 3 words in it	75
7310114557	Grounds	Concrete details-fact	76
7310114558	Warrants	Commentary-opinions	77
7310114559	Syntax	(Struc. Dev.) word order	78
7310114560	Loose Sentence/Paragraph	(Struc. Dev.) a sentence/paragraph with the subject at the BEGINNING Ex. The church is on the corner.	79
7310114561	Periodic Sentence	(Struc. Dev.) a sentence/paragraph with the subject at the END Ex. There is a church on the corner.	80
7310114562	Anaphora/anaphoric structure	(Struc. Dev.) 2+ sentences that start with the same word/phrase	81
7310114563	Epistrophe/epistrophic structure	(Struc. Dev.) 2+ sentences that end with the same word/phrase	82
7310114564	Sense of immediacy (SOI)	When the author puts the reader "in" the text by using devices	83
7310114565	Juxtaposition/to juxtapose	(Struc. Dev.) to contrast	84
7310114566	Personal/narrative anecdote	(Struc. Dev.) a story about a personal experience	85
7310114567	"Raison d' être"	Reason for being, purpose in life	86
7726875913	Philosophical Assumption	the author's claim about how/what people should think, believe, or behave	87
7726880820	Invective Tone/Diction	Verbally abusive	88
7726881845	Dogmatic tone/diction	focusing on a belief more than logic	89
7726884374	Homily	a sermon	90
7726887731	(not vocab) Homiletic tone/diction	biblical language	91
7726891773	Polysyndeton/Polysyndetic structure	this and this and this (connect phrases w/ conjugations and no punctuation)	92
7726899200	Asyndeton/Asyndetic structure	this, this, and this (connect phrases w/ punctuation and no conjugations)	93
7726904260	Predestination	God determines your destiny before you are born	94
7726906995	Existentialism	Man has FREE WILL to make choices that determine his destiny	95
7726909537	Didactic tone/diction	morally instructive	96
7726912329	Laconic tone/diction	straightforward and to the point	97
7726914244	Verbose tone/diction	wordy/overly descriptive	98
7726917859	Monosyllabic diction	word with one syllable	99
7726919490	Polysyllabic diction	multiple syllables	100
7726921320	Objective tone/diction	factual/non emotional	101
7726922934	Subjective tone/diction	emotional or opinion based	102
7798430995	Antithesis/antithetical diction	direct opposite/paradox ex. black and white, heaven and hell	103
7798437048	Staccato/staccatic structure	short and choppy ex. Toby is a dog. He's great. He's awesome.	104
7798448511	Concrete diction	things you can see and touch (opposite of abstract diction) ex. friends	105
7798456523	Abstract diction	an idea (opposite of concrete diction) ex. friendship	106
7798464656	Pedestrian diction	colloquial language (opposite of pedantic diction)	107
7798468666	Pedantic diction	intentionally using academic or intellectual diction to make yourself sound smart to make others sound dumb - arrogant (opposite of pedestrian diction)	108
7798478575	Chronological order	in sequence from first to last (opposite of cyclical structure)	109
7798485748	Cyclical structure	when a sentence, paragraph, or whole text starts the way it ends (opposite of chronological order)	110
7798498921	Situational irony	when the unexpected happens	111
7798501966	Verbal irony	puns, sarcasm, when you say one thing but mean something else	112
7798506111	Dramatic irony	when the audience knows something that the character doesn't	113
7798512085	Cliché	overly used expression	114
7798525710	A motif	a reoccurring symbol	115
7798527971	Archetype/archetypical characters	cliché kinds of characters	116
7798541128	Personal/narrative aside	when the author/character gives additional info or speaks directly to the reader (breaking the 4th wall)	117
7890428572	Invocation/ to invoke	to summon, request, call upon	118
7890430516	Monotheism	belief in one god	119
7890433208	Polytheism	belief in multiple gods	120
7890436908	Theology	study of religion	121
7890436910	Rationalism	the belief in logic over faith	122
7890440193	Pantheism	belief that god exists in all things, especially in nature	123
7890446089	Transcendentalism	belief in individual thought + belief in what goes beyond reality (Emerson and Thoreau)	124
7890454635	Romanticism	belief in positive thought, all will end well	125
7890456478	Dark romanticism	belief in negative thought, all will end poorly	126
7890461745	Gothic	dark romanticism	127
7890464527	Realism	describing the world exactly as it is	128
7890466275	Dirty realism	describing blue collar (working class) life exactly as it is	129
7890469672	Materialism	philosophy that puts value in what you own over what you know	130
7890473987	Altruism	philosophy that people should do things for others without expecting anything in return	131
7890480345	Classicism	philosophy that values Greek & Roman thought	132
7913903111	Naturalism	scientific observation of nature	133
7913910065	Sophism	intentionally using logic to one's own advantage, usually to deceive	134
7913923523	Humanism	study of what makes us human	135
7913926532	Internalization	the idea that people believe what they believe based on how they were raised	136
7913931418	Platonic theory	Plato's phil ass	137
7913933495	Consensus	agreement	138
7913939501	Belletrism/Belletristic language	euphonic/ pretty sounding language	139
7913946247	Purple prose	text that use belletrism	140
7913948662	Primer prose	text that is simple, laconic, basic	141
7913952584	Emulation/to emulate	to mirror the style of something/someone	142
7913956301	Verisimilitude	very similar to reality	143
7913958569	Vraisemblance	French version of verisimilitude	144
7913966132	Epitome/to epitomize	the perfect example of something (ex. Toby is the epitome of perfection.)	145
7913970380	Allegory	story that represents something else	146
7913977564	Interrupted sentence	sentence that is interrupted	147
8706968081	Erudite tone/diction	intellectual	148
8706973104	Wit or witty term/diction	intellectually funny, sarcastic, comebacks	149
8706976347	Repartee	comeback	150
8706979465	Rodomontade	genre of literature- arrogant speech	151
8706983095	Bellicose tone/diction	argumentative	152
8706985927	Laudatory tone/diction	praising/admiring someone else	153
8706994030	Frivolous tone/diction	silly, humorous, trivial	154
8706999562	Nonchalant tone/diction	uncaring, apathetic	155
8707002272	Avarice	greed	156
8707006921	Impudent tone/diction	arrogant, cocky, cheeky	157
8707009860	Cognizant	Aware	158
8707009863	Op ed	opinion editorial	159
8707013348	Snide remark	mean/cruel comeback	160
8707019924	Brazen tone/diction	(female) bold, empowering, unexpected	161
8707022971	Audacious tone/diction	the nerve, being bold	162
9166976549	Logical fallacy	an error in logic	163
9166979864	Either or reasoning	when an author gives you 2 opposing options without considering circumstances ex. You're either with us or against us	164
9166996994	Casual relationship	cause and effect	165
9166999211	Faulty relationship	when the effect is not logical based on the cause ex.If we legalize weed, more people will smoke.	166
9167008699	Equivocation	misleading use of a word (malapropism) ex. Should women fear man-eating sharks?	167
9167017932	Negative positive statement	sentence that begins negatively, ends positively, but the contradiction makes the whole sentence untrue ex. Everyone will fail but he will pass.	168
9167024944	Misnomer	malapropism/equivocation	169
9167027620	Syllogism	if A=C & B=C, then A=B ex. If all dogs have 4 legs, and a shih tzu has 4 legs, then a shih tzu is a dog.	170
9167038137	Faulty syllogism	syllogistic reasoning that doesn't make sense ex. If she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood (bc she can float), therefore she's a witch.	171
9167051977	Appeal to false authority	source is not credible ex. using a 7 year old kid as testimony	172
9167057760	Begging the question	when you have info that "begs the question"/ makes you wonder/assume a consequence ex. SUHi has the most AP exams. That begs the question, do we have a higher pass rate?	173
9167067138	Circular reasoning	circumlocution or periphrasis	174
9167070221	Bandwagon effect	following the crowd	175
9167075570	A bias/ biased perspective	one sided prejudice, not based on fact	176
9167077718	Non-sequitur	"It does not follow" ex. I went to Disney. I love puppies.	177
9613981559	Pun	play on words	178
9613981560	Horatian satire	form of satire that mocks society (haha funny)	179
9613989635	Juvenalian Satire	form of satire that attacks society	180
9613993446	Burlesque	grotesque exaggeration that satirizes society	181
9614012419	Travesty	makes fun of a serious subject with frivolous tone	182
9614015758	Double entendre	something that has 2 meanings, 1 sexual	183
9614092101	nonce word	coming up with a new word	184
9614093058	invective diction	language that attacks people	185
9614093823	malapropism	incorrect use of a word for comic purposes	186
9614095278	mock epic	parody of an epic poem using a stupid subject	187
9614097106	sarcasm	saying one thing but meaning another	188
9614097964	parody	comic imitation of text	189
9614098940	neologism	nonce word	190
9614098949	bathos	makes fun of a trivial subject using elevated diction	191
9614100690	sardonic diction	sarcasm with cruel intent	192
9614101855	temporal shift	change in time	193
9614102908	pastoral shift	dealing with nature and animals	194
9614103939	demotic tone	conversational, colloquial, pedestrian	195
9614105050	ambivalent tone	indecisive	196
9614105913	content	happy, satisfied	197
9614106792	contemptuous tone	hateful, despising	198
9614106793	apathetic tone	without emotion	199
9614109400	empathetic tone	shared feelings with someone because you've experienced this	200
9614110850	sympathetic tone	to care, feel sorry for, emotion	201
9614112182	indignant tone	hostile, upset, pissed off	202
9614113368	exhorative tone	offering advice	203
9614114952	reverential tone	with great respect and admiration	204
9614116626	candid tone	honest, straight forward, truthful	205
9614118063	monochromatic atmosphere	1 color	206
9614118877	synthesia	when the author blends 2 or more of the senses (ex. I feel blue)	207
9614161437	hedonism/hedonistic atmosphere	doing things because they feel good	208
9614163772	anadiplosis	God said "Let there be light." Light there shall be.	209
9614165855	Periphrasis	circumlocution	210
9614167830	ipso facto	it is fact that	211
9614168828	apostrophe	directly speaking to an abstraction (ex. Oh Liberty, give me death.)	212
9614170701	epigram	witty one liner (verbal irony)	213
9614171547	epigraph	a sentence/quote that is separate & comes before a text to hint at the theme/topic	214
9614173546	Epitaph	tombstone inscription	215
9614175304	epistle	elevated, belletristic, high class letter	216
9614176818	balanced sentence	parallel sentence	217
9614177445	ethos	ethical appeal to morality	218
9614178467	pathos	emotional appeal	219
9614179158	logos	logical appeal	220
9614180067	tricolon	3 independent clauses connected by punctuation	221
9614180867	freight train	3 independent clauses connected by conjunctions	222
9614183150	hasty generalization	jumping to conclusions	223
9614183867	post hoc ergo propter hoc	assume that because something happened, it will cause something else to happen	224
9614190808	slippery slope	when event x happens, you assume event y will happen	225
9614191437	premise/supposition	a belief or something assumed or supposed	226
9614193182	faulty premise	belief known to be false	227
9614194244	ad hominem	attack the person, not his ideas	228
9614195508	enthymeme	a syllogism missing one premise	229
9614196861	deductive reasoning	general to specific	230
9614197591	inductive reasoning	specific to general	231
9614198147	birdwalking	digression	232
9614198976	red herring	the distraction	233
9614198977	strawman	when someone is arguing a point that their opponent never made	234
9614200452	footnote	added info @ bottom of text	235
9614201725	et al	and others	236
9614201726	sic	when the author intentionally spells a word wrong and uses "sic" to tell the reader he knows he spelled it wrong	237