AP Language Terms Flashcards

8292101039	Rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively; uses speech, writing, and compositional methods	0
8292101040	Visual Rhetoric	uses images to establish tone and mood; appeals to emotions OPTIC	1
8292101041	Diction	word choice	2
8292101042	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	3
8292101043	Details	information the author includes, or does not include	4
8292101044	Language	the entire body of words/style; formal, informal, or slang	5
8292101045	Tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	6
8292101046	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	7
8292101047	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	8
8292101048	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	9
8292101049	Syntax: Sentence Length	Staccato: 1-2 abrupt words (Emphatic) Telegraphic: <5 words Short: 5-12 words Medium: 13-20 words Long: >20 words	10
8292101050	Syntax: Word Order	Loose: main point at beginning Periodic: main point at end Interrupted: subordinate clause in middle for anticipation and emphasis	11
8292101051	Syntax: Sentence Type	declarative, interrogative (rhetorical or hypophora), imperative (demand or horative), exclamatory	12
8292101052	Hypophora	A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question.	13
8292101053	Horative	meant to express strong encouragement	14
8292101054	Tropes	the use of a word in a way not intended by its normal signification	15
8292101055	Schemes	A change in standard word order or pattern.	16
8292101056	Parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	17
8292101057	Isocolon	Use of parallel elements similar not only in structure, but in length	18
8292101058	Tricolon	3 parallel clauses, phrases, or words used in quick succession without interruption	19
8292101059	Ellipsis	deliberate omission of a word or words	20
8292101060	Asyndeton	Deliberate omission of conjunctions	21
8292101061	Polysyndeton	deliberate use of many conjunctions	22
8292101062	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	23
8292101063	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	24
8292101064	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines	25
8292101065	Epistrophe	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences	26
8292101066	Epanalepsis	repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause	27
8292101067	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	28
8292101068	Climax	the arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of increasing importance	29
8292101069	Antimetabole	repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order	30
8292101070	Chiasmus	reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses	31
8292101071	Metaphor	an implied comparison between two unlike things that have something in common	32
8292101072	Simile	An explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature that have something in common, using "like" or "as"	33
8292101073	Synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object	34
8292101074	Metonymy	substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant	35
8292101075	Zeugma	using a word, typically a verb, in two different ways in one sentence	36