AP Language Terms Flashcards

7350415932	Ad Hominem	Attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument.	0
7350416935	Allegory	An underlying moral/lesson	1
7754318132	Allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance	2
7754320370	Alliteration	Characterized by a number of words, typically three or more, that have the same first consonant sound fall within the same sentence or phrase.	3
7754320371	Apostrophe	Speaking to someone who isn't present	4
7754322436	Aphorism	A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a short sentence.	5
7754322437	Analogy	A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.	6
7754324908	Anaphora	The first part of the sentence is repeated.	7
7754324909	Anecdote	A quote, a verse, or an event relevant to the topic.	8
7754324910	Antithesis	Two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect	9
7754328043	Asyndeton	Lack of conjunctions while keeping grammatical correctness	10
7754328044	Cacophony	The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants	11
7754328045	Chiasmus	Words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form	12
7754330810	Colloquialism	Use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing	13
7754330811	Conceit	Two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors	14
7754332640	Cumulative Sentence	Starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea, and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers	15
7754332641	Denotation	Literal or dictionary meanings of a word	16
7754335620	Didactic	Literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details	17
7754335621	Ellipsis	Used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out. Denoted by ...	18
7754335622	Epiphany	A character achieves realization, awareness or a feeling of knowledge after which events are seen through the prism of this new light in the story.	19
7754335623	Ethos	An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader	20
7754338244	Euphemism	Polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant	21
7754338245	Genre	Genre means the type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style. Four kinds are poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction	22
7754338246	Homily	A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction	23
7754338247	Hyperbole	Exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis	24
7754340197	Invective	Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution	25
7754342503	Irony	Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words	26