AP Language Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

4826242076	Alliteration	Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sentence	0
4826242077	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art	1
4826243343	Close reading	Analysis of a text; read closely and be able to reread the book and understand the text	2
4826244880	Colloquialism	Informal words or phrases; common in a conversation rather than in a formal speeh or writing	3
4826244881	Style	The way that an author writes, types of words, sentences, etc.	4
4826246561	Tone	The voice the writer or speaker tries to achieve; deciphered by analyzing diction, examples, syntax, and purpose	5
4826246562	Diction	Choice of words	6
4826246563	Syntax	Arrangement or organization of words in sentences	7
4826247513	Trope	Simply a figure of speech. (When using this literary device, you intend for the word or words to have a meaning that is different from the literal meaning. In other words, there is a shift from the literal meaning of a word or words to a non-literal meaning)	8
4826247514	Metaphor	A figure of speech that compares two things but does not use like or as	9
4826247515	Simile	A figure of speech that compares two things and uses "like" or "as" or "resembles"	10
4826249019	Personification	Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea	11
4826249020	Hyperbole	Exaggeration that is deliberate and obvious, used for effect	12
4826249021	Figures of speech	Where a word or words are used to create an effect, often where they do not have their original or literal meaning	13
4826249985	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	14
4826249986	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences	15
4826249987	Periodic sentence	Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end (ex; To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius.)	16
4826251937	Cumulative sentence	Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on	17
4826251938	Annotation	Reading with pen or pencil in hand and jotting notes or underlining	18
4826251939	Thesis	The main idea of an essay, report, speech, or research paper, sometimes written as a single declarative sentence (thesis statement). A thesis may be implied rather than stated directly	19
4826251940	Imagery	Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses. Sometimes also refers to figurative language, in particular metaphors and similes	20
4826254889	Oxymoron	Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another	21
4826255893	Dialectical journal	A double entry notebook used to perform a close reading of a text. Usually broken down by "Text says," "I say."	22
4826255894	Zeugma	Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings (ex; He took his hat and his leave)	23
4826255895	Graphic organizer	A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships	24
4826256960	Archaic diction	Antiquated, old, out of use, old fashioned words	25
4826256961	Complex sentences	Sentences that contain both a main clause, and one or more subordinate clauses	26
4826258175	Declarative sentence	A sentence that makes a statement	27
4826258799	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, lines (ex; not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need-not as a call to battle, though embattled we are)	28
4826261278	Hortative sentence	Sentence that calls to action	29
4826261279	Imperative sentence	Sentence used to command or teach or enjoin	30
4826262821	Antimetabole	The repetition of word in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order (ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country)	31
4826262822	Antithesis	Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction (ex; We shall support any friend, oppose any foes)	32
4826263823	Asyndeton	Omission of conjunctions between subordinate phrases, clauses or words (ex; We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, etc.)	33
4826263824	Inversion	Variation of the subject-verb-object order (ex; United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do)	34
4826264658	Rhetorical question	Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer	35
4826265732	Synecdoche	Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole (ex; In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success of failure of our course)	36