AP Language and Composition Exam Flashcards

9788325600	syntax	another way of talking about grammar and sentence structure	0
9788346442	oxymoron	two contradictory words (or sometimes brief phrases) are paired together	1
9788362456	paradox	two elements which cannot both be true at the same times (although usually each one could be true on its own)	2
9788379259	rhetorical questions	question whose answer is obvious; these types of questions do not need to be answered	3
9788386486	Bombast	language that is overly rhetorical	4
9788400254	metonymy	one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated	5
9788412615	synecdoche	form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole	6
9788427695	aphorism	concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth	7
9788434711	malapropism	unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning	8
9788444805	circumlocution	"talking around a subject"	9
9788458631	euphemism	word or words that are used to avoid employing an unpleasant or offensive term	10
9788478928	verbal irony	opposite of what is stated	11
9788493601	sarcasm	verbal irony used with the intent to injure	12
9788499675	situational irony	the opposite of what you think would happen	13
9788517498	satire	something is portrayed in a way that's deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect	14
9788534852	lampoon	sharp ridicule of the behavior or character of a person or institution	15
9788549837	caricature	a ludicrous exaggeration of the defects of persons or things	16