AP English Language vocab Flashcards

7293883331	allegory	a narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance. Universal symbol or personified abstraction like cupid portrayed as a chubby angel with a bow and arrows.	0
7293895500	alliteration	the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applies to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables ex. "she sells sea shells by the sea shore."	1
7293905771	allusion	a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference. ex. one might contrast the life and tribulations of Frederick Douglass to the trials of job.	2
7293930039	asyndeton	a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose: ex. "Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)	3
7294154630	euphemism	an indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information. ex. it is much nicer for a person who has just been given a pink slip to hear that she has been made redundant rather than she has been terminated	4
7294163284	genre	a type of class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography, or history.	5
7294164277	hyperbole	overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention. If you are hungry and say, "I'm starving," that is a hyperbole.	6
7294164278	inference	A conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data. It is through inference -looking at clues- that Sherlock Holmes was able to solve crimes.	7
7294165123	juxtaposition	the location of one thing adjacent to or juxtaposed with another to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose."	8
7294165124	loose sentence	a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases; ex. "The child ran, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, as if being chased by demons."	9
7294166956	mode of discourse	the way in which information is presented in written or spoken form. The Greeks believed there were only four modes of discourse: narration, description, exposition, and argumentation.	10
7294166957	parallel structure	the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts, ex. italicization	11
7294167708	periodic sentence	a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end ex. "Looking as if she were being chased by demons, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, ran," or "The child, who looked as if she were being chased by demons, frenzied and ignoring all hazards, ran."	12
7294167709	point of view	the relation in which an author stands to a subject of discourse.	13
7294248761	style	the manner in which a writer combines and arranges words, shapes ideas, and utilizes syntax and structure.	14