AP Language and Composition Vocav Flashcards

4752850737	Allegory	Reskinning of a story	0
4752850738	Allusion	Reference to something of history, literature, mythology	1
4752850739	Analogy	Comparison of two things similar in one way	2
4752850740	Anecdote	Short story of an event	3
4752850741	Antithesis	Statement where two opposing things are juxtaposed in parallel structure EX. "You are easy on the eyes but hard on the heart"	4
4752850742	Aphorism	Concise statement that expresses a general truth (philosophical statement)	5
4752850743	Assonance	Repetition of similar VOWEL sounds	6
4752850744	Climax/Auxesis	Arrangement of words that give importance	7
4756531331	Conceit	A fancy extended metaphor	8
4756531332	Connotation	Implied meaning	9
4756531333	Declarative sentence	Sentence in form of a statement	10
4756531334	Denotation	Literal dictionary meaning	11
4756531335	Diction	Word CHOICE	12
4756531336	Ellipsis	Purposely leaving out something that is implied	13
4756618977	Ethos	Credibility of speaker	14
4756618978	Exclamatory sentence	Sentence that expresses strong feeling	15
4756618979	Figurative language	Language employing one or more figures of speech	16
4756618980	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	17
4756618981	Idiom	Can't be understood from literal meaning "cut to the chase"	18
4756618982	Imagery	Use of figurative language to appeal to senses with vivid images	19
4756618983	Implication	A suggestion an author implies	20
4756618984	Inference	Educated conclusion	21
4756618985	Imperative sentence	A sentence that gives advice or instructions	22
4756618986	Interrogative sentence	A sentence that asks a question	23
4756618987	Irony	Words that create opposite meaning (situational/verbal/dramatic)	24
4756654779	Jargon	Specialized vocab of a group	25
4756654780	Juxtaposition	Placing two elements side by side to compare	26
4756654781	Logos	Appeal to logic	27
4756654782	Metaphor	Direct comparison of two different things	28
4756654783	Mood	Emotional atmosphere of a work	29
4756654784	Motif	Theme elements or dramatic situation that is recurring	30
4756654785	Oxymoron	The joining of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory	31
4756654786	Paradox	An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains truth	32
4756654787	Parallelism	Use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms (Parallel structure)	33
4756654788	Parody	Humorous imitation of a serious work	34
4756654789	Pathos	Appeal to emotions	35
4756654790	Personification	Forks dancinf	36
4756654791	Rhetoric	Art of presenting ideas in a clear persuasive manner	37
4756654792	Rhetorical devices	Literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression	38
4756654793	Rhetorical question	Not requiring an answer	39
4756654794	Schemes	Syntactical constructions	40
4756654795	Anaphora	Repetition of same word or phrase at BEGINNING of phrase	41
4756654796	Epistrophe	Repetition of a word at END of clauses or sentences	42
4756654797	Antimetabole	Phrase repeated EXACTLY in reverse order over two phrases EX. "Eat to live not live to eat"	43
4756654798	Chiasmus	Phrase RELATED in REVERSE order in a sentence "Forget what you want to remember and remember what you want to forget"	44
4756654799	Epanalepsis	Same words at beginning and end EX. "music I heard with you was more than music"	45
4756654800	Anadiplosis	Clause ends with word and next one picked up with same word EX. When I give, I give myself	46
4756669516	Simile	Comparison using like or as	47
4756669517	Stream of consciousness	continuous flow of unedited conscious experience of a character	48
4756669518	Structure	The arrangement or framework of a sentence	49
4756669519	Style	Choice the writer makes	50
4756669520	Syntax	The manner in which are arranged into sentences	51
4756669521	Theme	The message	52
4756669522	Thesis/claim	The argument	53
4756669523	Tone	Attitude of writwr	54
4756669524	Trope	Artful deviation from ordinary meaning of a word	55
5496613444	Ambiguity	Word, phrase statement with multiple meanings	56
5496613445	Double entendre	Two meanings	57
5496613446	Abstract	Reference to idea that doesn't physically exist (freedoms)	58
5496613447	Concrete	Tangible thing	59
5496613448	Dogression	Sudden interruption of story	60
5496613449	Periphrases	Circumlocutions but descriptive enough to get meaning	61
5496613450	Circumlocution	Talking about stuff too much, blurring the meaning	62
5496613451	Allegory	Characters representing abstractions	63
5496613452	Satire	Use of humor, irony, sarcasm to ridicule	64
5496613453	Incongruoty	To present things out of place	65
5496613454	Lampoon	Work that ridicules character of person or behavior	66
5496613455	Farce	Characters become involved in crazy situation with totally static characters	67
5496613456	Burlesque	Makes fun of something in exaggerated material	68
5496613457	Picaresqu	Dishonest but likable character who travels around and has lots of experiences	69
5496613458	Asyndeton	Not using conjunctions	70
5496613459	Polysyndeton	Repetition of conjunctions in sentence	71
5496613460	Active voice	Typical word order of sentence	72
5496613461	Passive voice	Noun is being acted upon "her heart was swayed"	73
5496613462	Persona	Character an author assumes when writing	74
5496613463	Pseudonym	Face name used by author	75
5496613464	Voice	Distinctive writing style that expresses authors feelings	76
5496613465	Objective	POV without bias	77
5496613466	Subjective	POV with bias	78
5496613467	Inversion	Reverse of normal order of word in sentence	79
5496613468	Anastrophe	Yoda talks	80
5496613469	Natural order	Way the words glow	81
5496613470	Apposition	Appositive (Mrs Carle, the teacher, is....)	82
5496613471	Slabg	Words and phrases that are informal or regional	83
5496613472	Dialect	Regional branch of language	84
5496613473	Colloquialism	Informal phrases understood by everyone	85
5496613474	Cliche	Overused or soon phrase, stereotypes	86
5496613475	Euphemism	Mild or indirect word used to express something serious or negative	87
5496613476	Understatement	Makes something seem less than it really is	88
5496613477	Litotes	Double negative (not bad)	89
5496613478	Metonymy	Replacement of word with something closely associated with it	90
5496613479	Subecdoche	Part represents a whole	91
5496613480	Epithet	Adjective with name (Catherine the Great, Star Crossed Lovers)	92
5496613481	Synesthesia	Ideas, characters, places that highlight more than one sense (I smell trouble)	93
5496613482	Onomotopeia	BANG	94
5496613483	Alliteration	He has Happy hands	95
5496613484	Consonance	Repetition of similar consonant spunds	96
5496613485	Assonance	Repetition of vowel spunds	97
5496613486	Euphony	Agreeable sounds in a sentence	98
5496613487	Cacophony	Word with sharp hostile sounds	99
5496613488	Deductive reasoning	THIS>THIS>THIS	100
5496613489	Inductive reasoning	THIS>THIS	101
5496613490	Anticlimax	Disappointing situation that is unexpected	102
5496613491	Dues Ex Machina	Impossible concept or character comes in and saves the day	103
5496613492	Sententia	Aphorism to make point	104
5496613493	Conduplicatio	Repetition where key word are said throughout paragraphs in work	105