AP Language Terms Flashcards

9958695828	ethos	a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader	0
9958703313	situational irony	a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected	1
9958707394	polysyndeton	the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could otherwise be omitted	2
9958714208	allusion	a reference, either directly or indirectly, to something historical, biblical, or to a work of art or literature	3
9958727983	anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	4
9958731622	parallelism	the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.	5
9958739725	parody	an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect	6
9958743584	analogy	a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification	7
9958750858	euphemism	a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing	8
9958757523	syntax	the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language; word order	9
9958782765	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration used to make a point; the opposite of understatement	10
9958786521	oxymoron	a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction	11
9958789989	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	12
9958794126	diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; word choice	13
9958799376	juxtaposition	two things are placed side by side, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts	14
9958804466	paradox	a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true	15
9958811422	connotation	the feelings and associations that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	16
9958811423	denotation	a word's literal or dictionary definition	17
9958835796	apostrophe	a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't present, such as an abstract concept like love, a person (dead or alive), a place, or even a thing, like the sun or the sea.	18
9958841184	epistrophe	the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses	19
9958856845	asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence	20
9958875939	logos	a means of convincing an audience by the use of logic or reason	21
9958878912	pathos	a means of convincing an audience by appealing to their emotions	22
9958903281	antithesis	a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with each other	23
9958910544	imagery	language that appeals to any of the five senses	24
9958918413	dramatic irony	a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character	25
9958922974	verbal irony	in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning	26
9958964590	detail	facts, observations, and incidents used to develop a topic and impart voice	27
9959000508	tone	the writer or narrator's implied attitude toward his or her subject and audience; sets the relationship between reader and writer; the hallmark of the writer's personality	28
9959054847	rhetoric	the use of spoken or written words (or a visual medium) to convey ideas and convince an audience	29