AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

9293130352	Generic Conventions	refers to traditions for each genre. Ex: essay, journalistic, autobiography	0
9293135712	Genre	Basic divisions of writing: prose, poetry (and drama). It has many subdivisions	1
9293144234	Style	Sum of the choices the author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. Could also refer to classification of writers to a group of similar authors. Ex: Romantic, transcendental, realist	2
9293161551	Theme	Central idea or message of a work	3
9293163369	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of a series of events. Can be fiction of nonfiction	4
9293168096	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre; anything that isn't poetry or drama	5
9293172080	Point of View	Perspective from which the story is told.	6
9293175699	Parody	Work that closely imitates the style or content of another to ridicule it. Distorts features of the original	7
9293182451	Satire	The use of humour, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticise people's stupidity or vices	8
9293188204	Homily	Literally a sermon but can be informal like a serious talk, speech, lecture, etc. Involves moral or spiritual advice	9
9293195972	Allegory	Using a character or story element to represent an abstraction in addition to its literal meaning. Usually deals with moral truth or generalisation about human existence	10
9293201555	Alliteration	Repetition of sounds (consonants) in neighbouring words	11
9293212506	Assonance	Repetition of sounds (vowels) in neighbouring words	12
9293214516	Allusion	Direct or indirect reference to a presumably commonly known work	13
9293218040	Ambiguity	Multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, orpassage	14
9293226882	Imagery	Sensory details used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstraction	15
9293232223	Personification	Concepts, animals, or inanimate objects described with human attributes and/or emotions	16
9293680962	Anthropomorphising	Type of personification where objects act like humans instead of just having some human qualities. Ex: Beauty and the Beast, Cars	17
9293237641	Onomatopoeia	Figure of speech where natural sounds are imitates in words	18
9293977636	Symbolism	Anything that represents something else	19
9293985238	Analogy	similarity or comparison of two different things. Ex: simile, metaphor, extended metaphor	20
9293996301	Conceit	Fanciful expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor; a very unusual comparison. Ex: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day"	21
9294014504	Apostrophe	Figure of speech addresses an absent or imaginary person, or an abstraction	22
9294025810	Atmosphere	Physical environment in a work	23
9294031252	Mood	Prevailing emotional aura; setting, tone, and events can influence it	24
9294041685	Oxymoron	Figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory terms are connected. Ex: act naturally, alone together	25
9294242487	Paradox	Statement that appears to be self-contradictory but actually has validity and truth. Ex: Nobody goes to the restaurant because it's too crowded	26
9294251141	Irony	When the opposite of what is expected occurs. Types: verbal, situational. dramatic	27
9294258082	Antecedent	word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun	28
9294267856	Clause	a grammatical unit with a subject and verb	29
9294271292	Loose Sentence	An independent clause followed by a dependent clause	30
9299648968	Periodic Sentence	Opposite of a loose sentence. The main clause comes after the dependent clause	31
9299654341	Subject Complement	A word, phrase, or clause that follows linking verbs and completes the subject of the sentence by renaming it or describing it	32
9299667405	Predicate Adjective	Adjective or adjective clause following linking verb; type of subject complement. Ex: Jon Hamm is tall, dark, and handsome	33
9299677636	Predicate nominative	Noun or group of nouns that renamed the subject; type of subject complement. Ex: Abraham Lincoln was a man of integrity	34
9299690571	Transition	Word or phrase that links different ideas	35
9299694923	Inference	To draw a reasonable conclusion from information provided	36
9299697493	Syllogism	Deductive reasoning of formal logic. Presents one major and one minor premise. Ex: All men are mortal (major). Socrates is a man (minor). Socrates is mortal (conclusion)	37
9299713607	Ad Hominem	Logical fallacy where speaker is attacked rather than the argument	38
9299717457	Rhetoric	Art of writing eloquently, effectively, and persuasively.	39
9299725379	Rhetorical Modes	Variety, conventions, and purposes of major kinds of writing. Ex: expository, narrative, argument, description	40
9299896423	Expository	Rhetorical mode whose purpose is to explain, inform, and analyse information	41
9299947350	Narrative	Rhetorical mode whose purpose is to tell a story	42
9300012007	Argument	Rhetorical mode whose purpose is to prove the validity of an idea or point of view	43
9300060224	Description	Rhetorical mode whose purpose is to recreate, invent, or present a person, action, or place	44
9300070351	Diction	Word choice	45
9300080780	Syntax	The arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses. Ex: sentence length, type, constructions	46
9300126305	Denotation	The actual, literal meaning of a word	47
9300139392	Connotation	The non-literal associative meaning of a word	48
9300144707	Figurative language	Speech without literal meaning . Ex: I flew into the class before the bell rang	49
9300150292	Thesis	Sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition in expository writing	50
9300157318	Hyperbole	Figure of speech using deliberate overstatement/exaggeration, often for comedic effect	51
9300168772	Understatement	The ironic minimalistic of fact. Presents something as less significant than it is	52
9300174711	Euphemism	More agreeable or less unpleasant substitute for generally unpleasant things	53
9300212358	Metonymy	Figure of speech where the name of an object is substituted for a closely related object. Ex: The White House declared it (The president declared it)	54
9300221772	Synecdoche	Figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa. Ex: asking for someone's hand in marriage	55
9300232660	Aphorism	Statement which offers a general truth or moral principles. Ex: three may keep a secret if two of them are dead	56
9300246613	Colloquialism	Use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Used in realism and regionalism	57
9300257198	Invective	Emotionally violent verbal denunciation or attack	58
9300277744	Sarcasm	Involves bitter, harsh language meant to hurt or ridicule; may use irony but not all irony is sarcasm. Ex: I would call for a battle of the wits but you appear to be unarmed	59
9301108735	Wit	Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights; very humorous and often suggests intellectual prowess	60
9301112330	Parallelism	Framing of words, phrases and paragraphs etc. to give similar structure often used to draw emphasis to a point being made	61
9301116375	Repetition	Duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language (Can be sound, word, clause, grammatical pattern, etc.)	62
9301119903	Exposition/Setting	Narrative element that provides background; informs of the plot, character, setting, etc.	63
9301123958	Epic	A long story centered on a heroic character who embodies their society's values and faces exceptional circumstances	64
9301127635	Parable	A simple story that illustrates a moral or spiritual lesson (Different from a fable, which uses animals)	65
9301131003	Roman a clef	A novel where real people or events are being depicted under invented names. French for 'novel with a key'	66
9301135567	Anachronism	An element inconsistent with the time period portrayed; usually an accident	67
9301142071	Analepsis	Use of flashbacks to tell a story	68
9301143502	Prolepsis	Anticipating and answering possible objections in rhetorical speech	69
9301145279	Persona	An adopted role or character	70
9301146739	Pseudonym	A fictitious name usually used by authors (Aka pen name)	71
9301150075	Subplot	Secondary plots or side stories	72
9301151899	Aporia	When the speaker expresses fake doubt and rhetorically questions the audience. Ex: "What evil should I do today?"	73
9301158775	Aposiopesis	A figure of speech that's intentionally broken off. Ex: Why you little	74
9301162612	Ellipses	A series of dots signifying the omission of a passage without changing its meaning	75
9301165803	Caesura	A break or pause within a line, usually found in poetry,that adds emphasis	76
9301176571	Canon	The body of a book, music, or art that scholars generally accept as the most important and influential in shaping western culture	77
9301182073	Novella	A fictional narrative prose longer than a short story but shorter than a novel	78
9301183562	Catharsis	The purification and purgation of emotions through art	79
9301185263	Autotelic	Having a purpose in itself; creating something just for the sake of creating it, not for publishing or showing	80
9301188599	Epithet	An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality of the person mentioned. Ex: Grey-eyed Athena	81
9301192194	Frame story	A story within a story	82
9301193142	Verisimilitude	The appearance of being true or real. Ex: Lord of the Rings has entire made up languages that make it realistic	83
9301198391	Epistolary Novel	A novel written as a series of documents (letters, diary entries, etc)	84
9301201370	Epigram	A brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. Ex: It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.	85
9301207472	Epigraph	A phrase, quotation, or poem set at the beginning of a piece of writing that sets the tone	86
9301209356	Epiphany	A moment of sudden revelation or insight	87
9301210487	Lampoon/Parody	Public criticism using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm	88
9301212663	Anadiplosis	Repetition of the last word of the preceding clause. Ex: Fear leads to anger...anger leads to hate...hate leads to suffering.	89
9301215788	Anaphora	Repetition of a sequence of words at the start of neighbouring clauses. Ex: I have a dream	90
9301221615	Asyndeton	A figure of speech in which one or several conjunctions are omitted from a series of related clauses. Ex: I came. I saw. I conquered.	91
9301224399	Chiasmus	A figure of speech where two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structure. Ex: To the world you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world	92
9301228704	Bathos	The effect of an anti-climax created by an (unintentional) lapse in mood from sublime to trivial or ridiculous. Ex: The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't	93
9301233590	Cliche	An expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused and lost its meaning	94
9301235576	Epizeuxis	Repetition of words or phrases in immediate succession for vehemence or emphasis	95
9301240156	Periphrasis/Circumlocution	The use of many words where fewer would do to be vague or evasive	96
9301243214	Jargon	Special words or expressions used by a particular group that are hard for outsiders to understand	97
9301246366	Inversion	The reversal of the normal order of words. Ex: everything Yoda says	98
9301248555	Appositive	Grammatical construction where two elements (usually noun phrases) are placed side by side with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. Ex: My friend, James, is in love with John Proctor	99
9301257806	Objectivity	Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices	100
9302330865	Subjectivity	based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinion	101