AP Language and Composition Flashcards

6521319506	Idiom	a common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.	0
6521331461	Invective	a long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language	1
6521338411	Appositive	word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning.	2
6521346568	Clause	grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	3
6521350942	balanced sentence	a sentence in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.	4
6521362084	Compound sentence	contains at least two independent clauses but no dependent clauses	5
6521365171	Complex sentence	contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	6
6521372729	Sentence	group of words that expresses a complete thought	7
6521379349	Simple sentence	contains only one independent clause	8
6521393816	Declarative sentence	states an idea. It does not give a command or request, nor does it ask a question.	9
6521398590	Interrogative Sentence	sentences incorporating interrogative pronouns.	10
6521407657	Argument	piece of reasoning with one or more premises and a conclusion	11
6521420811	Concession	accepting at least part or all of an opposing viewpoint. Often used to make one's own argument stronger by demonstrating taht one is willing to accept what is obviously true and reasonable.	12
6521436484	Contradictions	occurs when one asserts two mutually exclusive propositions	13
6521440555	Fallacy	attractive but unreliable piece of reasoning	14
6521482962	Ad hominem	personally attacking your opponents instead of their arguments.	15
6521488478	Appeal to authority	claim that because someone is famous supports an idea, the idea must be right.	16
6521506034	Appeal to the bandwagon	claim, evidence for an idea, that many people believe it, or used to believe it, or do it.	17
6521513678	Appeal to emotion	attempt to replace a logical argument with an appeal to the audience's emotions.	18
6521519881	Bad analogy	claiming that two situations are highly similar, when they aren't	19
6521526879	Cliche thinking	using evidence a well-known saying, as if it is proven, or as if it has no exceptions.	20
6521534782	False cause	assuming that two things happened, the first one caused the second one	21
6521538329	Hasty generalization	generalization based on too little or unrepresentative data.	22
6521550860	Non-Sequitur	conclusion that does not follow from its premises; an invalid argument	23
6521556791	Slippery slope	assumption that once started, a situation will continue to its most extreme.	24