AP English Language: Style Vocab Flashcards

7168504853	simple sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clause.	0
7168506475	compound sentence	A sentence with two or more independent clauses.	1
7168507155	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.	2
7168508905	compound-complex sentence	A sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.	3
7168510312	loose sentence	A sentence that adds modifying elements after the subject, verb, and complement.	4
7168511519	periodic sentence	A sentence with modifying elements included before the verb and/or complement.	5
7168513136	synecdoche	A part of something used to refer to the whole—for example, "50 heads of cattle" referring to 50 complete animals.	6
7168517920	metonymy	An entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations—for example, "The admissions office claims applications have risen."	7
7168519857	parallelism	A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses that appears in a sentence or paragraph.	8
7168521832	diction	Word choice, which is viewed on scales of formality/informality, concreteness/abstraction, Latinate derivation/Anglo-Saxon derivation, and denotative value/connotative value.	9
7168573844	Latinate diction	Vocabulary characterized by the choice of elaborate, often complicated words derived from Latin roots.	10
7168575205	Anglo-Saxon diction	Word choice characterized by simple, often one- or two-syllable nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.	11
7168526383	slang	Informal language, often considered inappropriate for formal occasions and text.	12
7168530244	dialect	The describable patterns of language—grammar and vocabulary—used by a particular cultural or ethnic population.	13
7168531273	personification	The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects.	14
7168532515	periphrasis	The substitution of an attributive word or phrase for a proper name, or the use of a proper name to suggest a personality characteristic. For example, "Pete Rose—better known as 'Charlie Hustle'—admitted his gambling problem" or "That young pop singer thinks she's a real Madonna, doesn't she?"	15
7168545721	denotation	The dictionary definition of a word, in contrast to its connotation, or implied meaning.	16
7168548353	connotation	The implied meaning of a word, in contrast to its directly expressed "dictionary meaning."	17
7168551173	scheme	An artful variation from typical formation and arrangement of words or sentences.	18
7168553638	trope	An artful variation from expressed modes of expression of thoughts and ideas.	19
7168557075	parallelism of words	A set of similarly structured words that appears in a sentence or paragraph.	20
7168557681	parallelism of phrases	A set of similarly structured phrases that appears in a sentence or paragraph.	21
7168557996	pun	A play on words.	22
7168566921	anthimeria	One part of speech—for example, a noun—substituting for another—for example, a verb.	23
7168577167	parallelism of clauses	A set of similarly structured clauses that appears in a sentence or paragraph.	24
7168600320	antithesis	The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas, often in parallel structure—for example, "Place your virtues on a pedestal; put your vices under a rock."	25
7168602379	antithesis of words	A juxtaposition of contrasting words, often in parallel structure.	26
7168603147	antithesis of phrases	A juxtaposition of contrasting phrases, often in parallel structure.	27
7168603429	antithesis of clauses	A juxtaposition of contrasting clauses, often in parallel structure.	28
7168604412	antimetabole	The repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.	29
7168608820	onomatopoeia	A literary device in which the sound of a word is related to its meaning—for example, "buzz" and "moan".	30
7168610819	hyperbole	an exaggeration for effect.	31
7168611548	parenthesis	An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence.	32
7168613437	appositive	A noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately and defines or amplifies its meaning.	33
7168614863	ellipsis	The omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the overall context of the passage.	34
7168616512	asyndeton	The omission of conjunctions between related clauses—for example, "I came, I saw, I conquered."	35
7168619598	alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words.	36
7168621034	assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more adjacent words.	37
7168622821	litotes	Understatement—for example, "Her performance ran the gamut from A to B."	38
7168624753	Irony	Writing or speaking that implies the opposite the contrary of what is actually written or spoken.	39
7168626577	anaphora	The repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.	40
7168627981	epistrophe	The repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses—for example, "They saw no evil, they spoke no evil, and they heard no evil."	41
7168630556	anadiplosis	The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.	42
7168631604	climax	The arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing number or importance.	43
7168632528	simile	A type of comparison that uses the words like or as.	44
7168634707	metaphor	An implied comparison that does not use the words like or as—for example, "His voice was a cascade of emotion"; the most important of the tropes.	45
7168636747	oxymoron	Juxtaposed words with seemingly contradictory meanings—for example, "jumbo shrimp."	46
7168638026	rhetorical question	A question posed by a speaker or writer not to seek an answer but instead to affirm or deny a point simply by asking a question about it.	47