AP Language & Composition #6 Flashcards

7928884400	Jargon	Diction used by a group that practices a similar profession	0
7928884401	Ellipsis	Deliberate omission of a word done for effect by the author	1
7928884402	Genre	The major category into which a literary work fits	2
7928884804	Juxtaposition	Placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison	3
7928884805	Motif	A recurring idea in a piece of literature	4
7928884806	Zuegma	When a single word governs or modifies two or more other words, and the meaning of the first word must change for each of the other words it governs or modifies	5
7928884807	Pun	When a word that has two or more meanings is used in a humorous way	6
7928884808	Sarcasm	A generally bitter comment that is ironically or satirically worded	7
7928884809	Syntax	Grouping of words	8
7928885178	Fallacy	An attractive but unreliable piece of reasoning	9
7928885179	Sound argument	Deductive argument whose line of reasoning from the premises to the conclusion is valid and its premises are true.	10
7928885180	Thesis	Sentence(s) that directly expresses the author's opinion	11
7928886918	Clause	A grammatical unit with a subject and a verb	12
7928886919	Persona	The fictional mask that tells a story	13
7928886920	Alter-ego	A character that is used by the author to speak the author's own thoughts	14
7928886921	Oxymoron	When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox	15
7928886922	Invective	An emotional and violent, attack using abusive language	16
7928887664	Allusion	An indirect reference to something that the reader is supposed to be familiar	17
7928887665	Irony	When the opposite of what you expect to happen does	18
7928887666	Foreshadow	When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story	19