AP Language key terms Flashcards

7260100374	Allegory	a narrative in which the characters, behavior, etc. demonstrate symbolism on many levels	0
7260100375	Alliteration	the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound	1
7260100376	Allusion	a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference	2
7260100377	Anaphora	the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases	3
7260100378	Antithesis	The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases, words, grammatical, structure or ideas	4
7260100379	Aphorism	A concise statement of a truth or principle	5
7260100380	Apostrophe	An address or invocation to something inanimate	6
7260100381	Appeals to authority, emotion or logic	Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in field. Ex. Ethos, logos and pathos	7
7260100382	Assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds	8
7260100383	Asyndeton	A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose	9
7260100384	Attitude	The sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing, the authors feeling towards their subject, characters l, events or theme.	10
7260100385	Begging the question	An argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question.	11
7260100386	Cannon	That which has been accepted as authentic, such as in cannon law, or the "cannon according to the theories of Einstein"	12
7260100387	Chiasmus	a figure of speech containing two phrases that are parallel but inverted to each other	13
7260100388	Claim	A figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second.	14
7260100389	Colloquial	A term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area. Example: southerns using the colloquial expression "y'all"	15
7260100390	compare and contrast	Shows how two or more things are alike and how they are different	16
7260100391	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	17
7260100392	Conceit	Comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem.	18
7260100393	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	19
7260100394	Convention	An accepted manner, model or tradition.	20
7260100395	Critque	An assessment or analysis of something, such as a passage of writing, for the purpose of the determining what it is, what its limitation are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre	21
7260100396	deductive reasoning	The process of using logic to draw conclusions	22
7260100397	Dialect	a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Example: southerners using y'all	23
7260100398	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.	24
7260100399	Didactic	(Greek: "good teaching") writing or speech is didactic when it has an instructive purpose or a lesson.	25
7260100400	Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.	26
7260100401	Epistrophe	Repetition of the same words or phrases at the ends of successive sentences	27
7260100402	epitaph	Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone	28
7260100403	Ethos	Credibility.	29
7260100404	Euphemism	Indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant info.	30
7260100405	Exposition	the interpretation or analysis of a text	31
7260100406	eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	32
7260100407	extended metaphor	A series of comparisons within a piece of writing	33
7260100408	Figurative language	Figurative language has levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as personification, metaphor hyperbole, irony, oxymoron, and others	34
7260100409	Flashback	An earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration	35
7260100410	Genre	A type or class literature such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography history	36
7260100411	Homily	A sermon but more contemporary uses include a serious talk speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual life	37
7260100412	Hyperbole	extreme exaggeration	38
7260100413	Imagery	Broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work; more narrowly the use of figurative speech to evoke feeling, call to find an idea, or to describe an object. basically involves any or all of the five senses	39
7260100414	Inductive reasoning	The method of reasoning or argument and which general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles	40
7260100415	Inference	I conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data	41
7260100416	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly what is really meant Verbal irony: what the author/error says is actually the opposite of what is meant. Situational irony: when events end up the opposite of what is expected Dramatic irony: and drama and fiction, fax or situations are going to the audience but not the characters	42
7260100417	Isocolon	Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only to grammatical structure but also in length	43
7260100418	Jargon	Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession or similar group	44
7260100419	Juxtaposition	the location of one thing as being adjacent or juxtaposed with another to create an effect, reveal an attitude or accomplish some other purpose	45
7260100420	Litote	A figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement	46
7260100421	Loose sentence	A long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases.	47
7260100422	Metaphor	One thing pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or an analogy. Metaphor is an implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another without the use of a verbal signal such as like or as	48
7260100423	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something	49
7260100424	Mode of discourse	The way in which information is presented in written or spoken form.	50
7260100425	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	51
7260100426	Narrative	Amount of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected if that's, usually presented in a straightforward chronological framework	52
7260100427	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	53
7260100428	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	54
7260100429	Paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true	55
7260100430	parallel structure	The use of similar forms a writing nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts,	56
7260100431	Pathos	appeal to emotion	57
7260100432	periodic sentence	A long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end	58
7260100433	Personification	Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features of qualities	59
7260100434	Point of view	The relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse	60
7260100435	Prose	The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry.	61
7260100436	Realism	Attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail	62
7260100437	rebuttal/refutation	An argument technique where in opposing arguments are anticipated and countered	63
7260100438	Rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	64
7260100439	Rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.	65
7260100440	Sarcasm	A form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical	66
7260100441	Satire	A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness	67
7260100442	Similes	A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection	68
7260100443	Style	The manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure. It is a distinctive manner of expression that represents the authors typical writing style	69
7260100444	Symbolism	Use of a person, place, thing, events, or pattern that figuratively represents or stands for something else	70
7260100445	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa example: fifty masts = fifty ships	71
7260100446	Syntax	The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Syntax is sentence structure and how it influences the way the reader receives a particular piece of writing	72
7260100447	Theme	The central of dominant idea or focus of a work	73
7260100448	Tone	an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience	74
7260100449	Voice	The acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story; the speakers or narrators particular take an idea based on particular passage and how all the elements of the style of the piece come together to express his or her feelings	75
7260100450	Zeugma	A grammatically correct construction it which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated	76