AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcards

6726862083	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning	0
6726862084	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	1
6726862085	Allusion	A reference to something that is commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art	2
6726862087	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things; using something well known to help explain something not as well known	3
6726862088	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	4
6726862089	Aphorism	A statement of a general truth or moral principle expressed in a concise manner	5
6726862095	Connotation	The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning	6
6726862097	Diction	Related to style, refers to the writer's word choice	7
6726862099	Euphemism	A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts	8
6726862106	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis	9
6726862107	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe; uses terms related to the five senses	10
6726862110	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what actually is true	11
6726862114	Loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first; makes work often seem informal, relaxed, and conversational	12
6726862115	Metaphor	comparison not using like or as	13
6726862116	Metonymy	A figure of speech which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it (bread=money)	14
6726862122	Onomatopoeia	"sound words"	15
6726862123	Oxymoron	the author groups contradictory terms together (Jumbo Shrimp)	16
6726862124	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity	17
6726862128	Periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end	18
6726862143	Satire	the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity	19
6726862144	Style	An author's sum of choices that he or she makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices	20
6726862146	Subordinate clause	Contains a subject and a verb but can not stand alone; gives information to an independent clause	21
6726862147	Syllogism	logic that presents two premises, first major and second minor; connection of two true ideas Major premise: All men are mortal. Minor premise: Socrates is a man. Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.	22
6726862152	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences	23
6726862155	Tone	Describes the author's attitude toward his or her material or the audience	24
6726862157	Understatement	presenting something as less significant than it actually is. Makes a work humorous and emphatic	25
6726862173	Litotes	Emphasizes a point by using a word opposite to the condition.	26
6726862174	Antithesis	A structure that places contrasting ideas next to each other.	27
6726862176	Rhetorical Question	A question that is asked to create an effect, not really to be answered.	28
6726862179	Simile	A figure of speech using "like" or "as" to compare two things	29
6726862185	Parallelism	Structuring multiple sentences, generally the same way, to link them all.	30
6726862186	Chiasmus	The structure of two lines are crisscrossed. The beginning of the first is at the end of the second and vice versa.	31
6726862187	Anadiplosis	Repeating the last word of a phrase or sentence near the beginning of the next.	32
6726862193	Epithet	Adding a descriptive adjective to a noun to evoke an idea or emotion.	33
6726862194	Asyndeton	Leaving out conjunctions in lists or between phrases, words, or clauses.	34
6726862195	Polysyndeton	use of a lot of conjunctions.	35
6726862197	Synecdoche	Using part of something to refer to another thing as a larger whole.	36
6726862200	Anaphora	The use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of each phrase or sentence.	37
6726862204	Personification	Giving human-like traits to something not human.	38
6726862249	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	39
6726862260	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	40
6726862261	Logos	Appeal to logic; facts	41
6726862262	Ethos	Appeal to ethics; credibility	42
6726862264	Pun	Play on words; achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings	43
6726862294	anecdote	a short narrative	44
6727282457	appositive	a word or phrase is followed by a phrase that renames or identifies it (my teacher, Ms.Huber,...)	45
6727298429	speaker's tone	the authors tone	46
6727303776	double entendre	a word or phrase open to two interpretations	47
6727317800	realism	a literary movement from fantasy; everyday life	48
6727332010	ellipses	a symbol for the omission of words (...)	49
6727346865	independent clause	a clause that can stand alone as a sentence	50
6727348282	expletive	a sentence that starts with "it, here, there..." (idk what this means)	51