AP Language Terms #3 Flashcards

4921847418	pathos	Appeals to the emotions of the audience	0
4921849862	polysyndeton	A syntactical structure that places a conjunction (and, or) after every term in the list (except, of course, the last).	1
4921851438	prose	The ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry	2
4921855812	realism	Attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail	3
4921922644	rebuttal	An argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered	4
4921870166	rhetorical question	A question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect and is not expected to be answered	5
4921900594	satire	A literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure	6
4921900595	semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another	7
4921900596	syllogism	A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second, "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.	8
4921900597	synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part signifies a whole	9
4921900598	syntax	The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. Basically, sentence structure.	10
4921905286	tone	The attitude the narrator/author has toward the subject and theme. Based on particular stylistic devices employed by the author.	11
4921907744	trope	An artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas., a figure of speech involving a "turn" or change of sense—a use of the word in a sense other than its proper or literal one.	12
4921910940	undertone	An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece	13
4921912803	voice	The acknowledged or unacknowledged source of the words of the story; the speaker's or narrator's particular "take" on an idea based on a particular passage and how all the elements of the style of the piece come together to express his/her feelings	14