AP English Language Vocabulary Flashcards

7065109729	allegory	a work that functions on a symbolic level	0
7065113490	allusion	a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing	1
7065125275	diction	word choice intended to convey a certain effect	2
7065127384	dialect	a nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features	3
7065128713	didactic	describes writing whose purpose is to instruct or teach	4
7065131564	epigraph	a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme	5
7065133633	epitaph	an inscription on a tombstone or burial place	6
7065137018	epithet	a term used to point out a characteristic of a person	7
7065139462	eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	8
7065142391	exposition	part of a story which describes the background and setting and introduces the main character	9
7065145812	genre	terms use to classify literary and informational works	10
7065147918	hyperbole	deliberate, extravagant exaggeration	11
7065151736	imagery	descriptive words used to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas by appealing to the senses	12
7065154803	verbal irony	when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite	13
7065157028	situational irony	when a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect	14
7065158315	dramatic irony	when the audience has understanding or knowledge that the speaker does not	15
7065159652	motif	the repetition or variations of an image or ideas in a work used to develop theme or characters	16
7065161152	paradox	when elements of a statement contradict each other yet reveal a hidden truth	17
7065162974	paraphrase	the restatement of a text in different words	18
7065167722	pedantic	describes writing that borders on lecturing - overly scholastic	19
7065192977	theme	the central message of literary work	20
7065187668	synthesis	when the writer or speaker uses multiple sources to argue a point of view on a given issue	21
7065188879	symbol	any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and represents something larger than itself	22
7065186851	subjective	describes a personal perspective on a topic	23
7065181047	satire	a mode of writing based on ridicule that criticizes the foibles and follies of society without offering a solution	24
7065176452	rhetoric	the language of a written work and its style - using words in an intentional and artful way to persuade people (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)	25
7065180284	sarcasm	the use of verbal irony in which the speaker appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it	26
7065185679	understatement	irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is	27
7065174029	pun	a play on words that are identical or similar in sounds but have sharply diverse meanings	28
7065173377	primary source	the original source of resource information	29
7065170872	persona	the role or façade that a character assumes	30
7065207964	inverted	a sentence that is constructed so that the predicate comes before the subject ex: "In California grow the oranges."	31
7065122034	analogy	a comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship	32
7065206171	balanced	a sentence in which the clauses balance each other because of their likeness of structure ex: "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters."	33
7065205045	periodic	a sentence that makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached ex: "That morning after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, we reached Edmonton."	34
7065204300	cumulative	a sentence that makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending ex: "We reached Edmonton that morning after a turbulent flight and some exciting experiences, tired but exhilarated, full of stories to tell our friends and neighbors."	35
7065202694	compound-complex	a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses ex: "The singer bowed while the audience applauded, but she sang no encores."	36
7065190856	tone	the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience	37
7065201312	compound	a sentence that contains two independent causes joined by a coordinating junction or semicolon ex: "The singer bowed to the audience, but she sang no encores."	38
7065201943	complex	a sentence that contains and independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses ex: "Because the singer was tired, she went straight to bed after the concert."	39
7065198795	tragedy	a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle which ends in ruin or destruction	40