AP Language Summer Assignment Vocab Flashcards

7269633857	Imagery	the use of figurative language to paint vivid scenes that appeal to one of the senses	0
7269633858	Rhetorical/Rhetoric	the art of presenting ideas (usually in a persuasive manner)	1
7269635236	Allusion	a reference to something literal, mythological, or historical, that the author assumes the reader knows	2
7269635237	Repetition	mentioning an idea or phrase many times in a text to emphasize something	3
7269637088	Paradox	an obviously contradictory statement that contains some truth	4
7269637089	Tone	the attitude of the author towards the subject or audience	5
7269638035	Dialogue	a conversation between two or more people	6
7269638036	Simile	a comparison of two things using "like" "as" or other comparative words	7
7269639627	Dramatic Monologue	poems that have a theatrical quality and meant for an audience. One person performs the appointment	8
7269640875	Ambiguity	deliberate vague-ness in text	9
7269642512	Irony	incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs	10
7269642513	Antecedent	word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers to	11
7269642514	Didactic	text that has the primarily wants to teach or instruct	12
7269643916	Satire	the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions	13
7269643917	Homily	a sermon, or moralistic lecture	14
7269643918	Euphemism	an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant or taboo	15
7269645391	Loose sentence	a sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by a phrase/clause that modify the main clause. The phrase/clause also adds info to the main or independent clause.	16
7269645392	Onomatopoeia	a word formed in the imitation of a natural sound	17
7269648031	Periodic Sentence		18
7269648032	Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which on directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction	19
7269649037	Mood	the emotional atmosphere of a word	20
7269649038	Antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced in parallel structure.	21
7269650428	Pedantic	characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship	22
7269650429	Allegory	a library work in which characters, object, or actions represent abstractions (an extended metaphor)	23
7269652158	Denotation and Connotation	the literal meaning of a word//the implied or associative meaning of a word	24
7269654195	Anecdote	a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event	25
7269655647	Understatement	a deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a under-emphasis	26
7269655648	Logos	logical appeal to emotions	27
7269656854	Pathos	emotional appeal	28
7269656855	Ethos	ethical appeal or a trusting person trying to appeal	29
7269657910	Anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	30
7269657911	Assonance	the repetition vowels (or the sounds) in nearby words	31
7269659430	Consonance	repetition of a consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems. occurs at the beginning, within, or at the end of words	32
7269659431	Anastrophe	the switching of a noun and adjective	33