AP Language Set 1 Flashcards

7438523675	Onomatopoeia	The use of words whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning, such as hiss, snap, bark, or bang.	0
7438523676	Overstatement	Exaggeration in the service of truth for an effect.	1
7438523677	Rhetorical	Classically it refers to the art of using language to its best possible effect. However, during the 20th century it has become known as a style of Language more glittering and high flown that its substance warrants designed to deceive and confuse the reader.	2
7438523678	Metonomy	The use of a closely related idea for the idea itself. It is closely related to the figure of speech known as synecdoche.	3
7438523679	Rhetoric	In classical oratory it refers to the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience and the art of making persuasive speeches. It is the art of prose in general as opposed to verse.	4
7438523680	Imagery	The use of language that appeals to the senses and/ or paints a mental image for the reader.	5
7438523681	Hyperbole	The use of exaggeration to express strong emotion or comic effect. It is also known as overstatement.	6
7438523682	Denotation	The literal, dictionary definition of a word.	7
7438523683	Connotation	The suggested meanings, associations, emotions of a word that go beyond its denotation.	8
7438523684	Concrete Language	Words or phrases whose meanings are directly seen or experienced by the senses, such as split-level house and waddling penguin.	9
7438523685	Audience	Refers to the writers intended readers	10
7438523686	Assertion	Refers to the thesis of an argumentation-persuasion essay. The assertion or proposition is a point of view or opinion on a controversial issue or topic, it cannot merely a statement of a fact.	11
7438523687	Rhetorical Question	A question asked for an effect and not actually requiring an answer	12
7438523688	Abstract Language	Words and phrases that convey concepts, qualities, emotions, and ideas that we can think and talk about, but not actually see or experience directly such as conservatism, courage, joy and hatred	13
7438523689	Argumentation	Writing in which a writer uses objective reasoning, facts, and hard evidence to demonstrate the soundness of a position	14