ap language, set 2 Flashcards

7215332150	aporia	a device writers use to express doubt about an idea	0
7215332151	apostrophe	addressing or speaking to an abstract quality or some non-human entity	1
7215332152	appositive	a noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it	2
7215332153	archetype	the original pattern or model of which all things are similar ex: the jock, the nerd, etc.	3
7215332154	argument	a spoken, written, or visual text that expresses a point of view with use of evidence, to discover a form of truth	4
7215332155	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	5
7215332156	begging the question	form of logical fallacy where an argument is assumed to be true without any evidence	6
7215332157	caricature	an exaggerated portrayal of one's features	7
7215332158	chiasmus	a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases	8
7215332159	circumlocution	talking around a subject	9
7215332160	clause	a grammatical unit that contains a subject and a verb	10
7215332161	colloquiallism	an expression used in informal talk, but not appropriate in formal talk ex: "hey y'all"	11
7215332162	comma splice	two sentences joined incorrectly by a comma instead of a conjunction, period, or semicolon	12
7215332163	complex sentence	a sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause	13
7215332164	compound sentence	a sentence with two or more independent clauses	14
7215332165	conceit	an extended metaphor	15
7215332166	concession	when a writer admits a point given by the opposition may be true	16
7215332167	concrete	real or solid, not abstract	17
7215332168	conjunctive adverb	a type of adverb that joins together two clauses ex: accordingly, finally, however, indeed, etc.	18
7215332169	connotation	the implied or suggested meaning connected with a word	19