AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

9922011164	allegory	extending a metapor so objects, persons, and actions in a text are equated with meanings that lie outside the test	0
9922014197	alliteration	repetition of an initial consonant sound	1
9922016986	allusion	a brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event	2
9922019617	ambiguity	presence of 2 or more possible meanings in any passage	3
9922022734	analogy	reasoning or explaining from parallel cases	4
9922024835	antithesis	juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases	5
9922031503	assonance	similarity in sound between words or phrases	6
9922037314	colloquial	characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal language as distinct from formal/literary language	7
9922044927	connotation	the emotional implications and associations that a word may carry	8
9922047788	diction	choice and use of words in speech or writing	9
9922052079	didactic	intended or inclined to teach or instruct, often excessively	10
9922055430	ethos	persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the speaker or narrator	11
9922057894	fallacy	error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid	12
9922060116	hyperbole	when exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect	13
9922063276	irony	use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, a statement/situation where the meaning is directly contradicted by the appearance/presentation of the idea	14
9922066835	metaphor	when an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common	15
9922071670	onomatopoeia	formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to	16
9922074486	oxymoron	when contradictory terms appear side by side	17
9922075566	paradox	a statement that appears to contradict itself	18
9922077875	parallelism	similarity in structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	19
9922081048	pathos	means of persuasion that appeals to the audience's emotions	20
9922085294	simile	when two fundamentally unlike things are compared, like or as	21
9959145338	imagery	visually descriptive or figurative language	22
9959151325	personification	giving human characteristics to non-human things	23
9959154753	tone	general character/attitude of a piece of writing	24
9959158650	foreshadowing	a warning or indication of a future event	25
9959267927	narrative	a written account of connected events	26
9959274935	symbolism	the use of symbols to represent ideas	27