AP Language Vocabulary Set One Flashcards

4771093456	Abstract	Concepts rather than concrete	0
4771094098	Ad Hominem	Attack on the person rather than their ideas	1
4771094708	Allegory	Extended narrative with a deeper meaning	2
4771094955	Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds	3
4771095431	Allusion	Reference to a well known noun from history/literature	4
4771096650	Analogy	Comparison of two similar but different things	5
4771099176	Anaphora	Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row	6
4771102886	Anecdote	Short, simple narrative (story; used for a humorous effect)	7
4771105095	Annotate	Explanatory, critical notes written on text	8
4771106185	Antithesis	Presentation of two contrasting images	9
4771107233	Aphorism	Short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life	10
4771108466	Apostrophe	Calling out to an absent person or to a inanimate object	11
4771110058	Argumentation	Attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments. (Persuasive writing)	12
4771111979	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants. (Neigh/fade)	13
4771113136	Asyndeton	Commas used with no conjunctions to separate a series of words (X, Y, Z)	14
4771114244	Cacophony	Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose	15
4771115222	Caricature	Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance or personality	16
4771117585	Coherence	Quality piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme, or organizing principles	17
4771122289	Colloquialism	Word or phrase used in everyday language that is not appropriate when writing a formal paper. (Slang)	18
4771123326	Concrete language	Language that describes a person's senses (I see, I hear, I touch)	19
4771124598	Plethora	Excess, in abundance	20
4771125365	Erudite	Well educated, scholarly, intellectual	21
4771125793	Prudent	Planning carefully, ahead of time, good judgment, sensible	22
4771126662	Placate	Soothe, pacify, appease	23
4771127153	Ameliorate	Make better, more tolerable	24
4771127906	Precocious	Skill, developed earlier than usual, occurring before natural time	25
4771132140	Affable	Gracious, courteous, pleasant, appreciative of others	26
4771133315	Vacillate	Waver, fluctuate, indecisive, hesitate	27
4771135050	Verisimilitude	Probable, credibility, plausibility	28