AP Language - List Six Terms Flashcards

8295612477	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	0
8295612478	Appositive	A noun or noun substitute placed next to (in apposition to) another noun to be described or defined by the appositive. It can be placed before or after the noun.	1
8295612479	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	2
8295612480	Cleft Sentence	A sentence formed by a main clause and a subordinate clause, which together express a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence.	3
8295612481	Compound Sentence	Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction or by a semicolon.	4
8295612482	Compound-Complex Sentence	Contains two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.	5
8295612483	Complex Sentence	Contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses.	6
8295612484	Cumulative/Loose/Non-Periodic Sentence	Begins with the independent clause and then finishes with a flurry of modifying constructions.	7
8295612485	Declarative/Assertive Sentence	A sentence that makes a statement.	8
8295612486	Epistrophe	The repetition of the same word or words say the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.	9
8295612487	Exclamatory Sentence	Makes an announcement or states something with power.	10
8295612488	Imperative Sentence	A sentence that gives a command.	11
8295612489	Interrogative Sentence	A question.	12
8295612490	Inverted Sentence	Reversing the customary order of elements in a sentence.	13
8295612491	Parenthesis	Consists of a word, phrase, or whole sentence inserted as an aside in the middle of another sentence. It is used to address the reader momentarily.	14
8295612492	Prepositional Phrase	Begins with a prepositional and ends with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause.	15
8295612493	Sentence Structure	The grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence.	16
8295612494	Simple Sentence	Contains one subject and one verb.	17
8295612495	Subordinate Clause	Like all clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike the independent clause, this cannot stand alone. It does not express a complete thought.	18
8295612496	Syntactic Fluency	The ability to create a variety of sentence structures, appropriately complex and/or simple and varied in length.	19
8295612497	Syntactic Permutation	Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved; Often difficult for a reader to follow.	20
8295612498	Transition	A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.	21
8295612499	Tricolon	A sentence consisting of three parts of equal important and length, usually three independent clauses.	22
8295612500	Abstract Language	Refers to the language that describes concepts rather than concrete images.	23
8295612501	Ambiguity	Vagueness or haziness; Sometimes used in poetry or prose to create an aura or atmosphere, or to hint at an idea for dramatic effect.	24
8295612502	Archaic Diction	Phrasing that is no longer used; Idioms and discarded vernacular or colloquialisms.	25
8295612503	Atmosphere	The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.	26
8295612504	Topic Sentence	Usually the first sentence of a paragraph that gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about.	27
8295612505	Amplification	Involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it.	28
8295612506	Arrangement	The organization of a piece of writing.	29