AP Language Terms Flashcards

6214814722	Carpe Diem	Latin for "seize the day"	0
6214817174	Connotation	Which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning	1
6214822544	Denotation	The literal meaning of a word	2
6214826966	Anachronism	The placement of something in a time where it does not belong	3
6214835029	Annotation	Explanatory or critical notes added to a text	4
6214845465	Antecedent	The noun to which a pronoun refers	5
6214850714	Complex Sentence	A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	6
6214859409	Cumulative Sentence	An independent clause followed by subordinate clauses or phrases that supply additional detail	7
6214871819	Periodic Sentence	A sentence that is not grammatically complete until the end. The independent clause comes after the dependent clause	8
6214879936	Didactic	Designed or intended to teach	9
6214884562	Digression	Insertion of material not closely related to the work or subject at hand	10
6214889671	Epiphany	A sudden understanding or realization	11
6214898547	Euphemism	The substitution of an acceptable term for an offensive one	12
6214919402	Invective	Insulting or abusive	13
6214925045	Kitsch	Something that appears to popular or low brow taste and is often of poor quality or tacky	14
6215005137	Pedantic	Bookish and scholarly in tone, often boring or dull	15
6215020337	Parody	A writing that imitates another serious piece and pokes fun at the original	16
6215034582	Satire	A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea or vice often for the purpose of inducing change	17
6215069587	Transcendental	Being beyond or ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief: supernatural	18
6215100689	Utopia	A visionary system of political or social perfection; an ideal place or state	19
6215108410	Dystopia	A society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding	20