AP Lang List 4 Flashcards

4810999167	Cosmic irony	the perception of fate or the universe being malicious or indifferent to human suffering, which creates a painful contrast between a character's purposeful activity and its ultimate meaningless	0
4810999168	Connotation	the association or implied meaning that a word carries along with its literal meaning	1
4810999169	Consequence	an inference or conclusion derived through logic, or the result following from a cause	2
4810999170	Deductive reasoning	reasoning in which one derives a specific conclusion from something generally or universally understood to be true	3
4810999171	Denotation	the explicit, literal meaning of a word	4
4810999172	Dramatic irony/Tragic irony	a technique in which the author lets the reader in on a character's situation while the character remains in the dark; thus the character's words and actions carry a significance that he or she is not aware of	5
4810999173	Dialectic	a form of reasoning that proceeds by juxtaposing contradictory ideas and synthesizing or finding areas of agreement between them	6
4810999174	Didactic	intended to instruct or to educate	7
4810999175	Desultory	1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation 2. digressing form or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark	8
4810999176	Dubious	of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable	9
4811002355	Fortitude	strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity	10
4811002356	Fraught	filled with or attended with	11