AP Language Terms Flashcards

10380390330	Allegory	The device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	0
10380390331	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	1
10380390332	Antithesis	The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.	2
10380390333	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.	3
10380390334	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses and absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction.	4
10380390335	Bathos	Insincere or overdone sentimentality	5
10380390336	Bombast	Inflated, pretentious language.	6
10380390337	Circumlocution	speech that avoids direct reference to the subject.	7
10380390338	Clause	a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. and independent or main clause expresses a complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent or subordinate clause cannot stand alone and must be accompanied by an independent clause.	8
10380390339	Colloquial	the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.	9
10380390340	Conceit	a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor	10
10380390341	Deductive Reasoning	a method of reasoning by which specific conclusions are drawn from a general principle.	11
10380390342	Didactic	Using words that have the primary aim of teaching or instructing.	12
10380390343	Digression	The portion of discourse that departs from the main subject.	13
10380390344	Eliptical Construction	Omitting a word or phrase from a sentence for effect.	14
10380390345	Epigram	A witty saying	15
10380390346	Epithet	a repeated word or phrase to describe a person	16
10380390347	Euphemism	A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept	17
10380390348	Harangue	a forceful sermon or lecture	18
10380390349	Homily	a sermon on a moral theme	19
10380390350	Inductive Reasoning	A method in which specific facts and examples are used to make a generalization	20
10380390351	Invective	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language.	21
10380390352	Litotes	understatement which uses a negative to affirm a positive.	22
10380390353	Loose Sentence	a sentence where the main idea is presented first, subordinate ideas follow.	23
10380390354	Malapropism	A confused use of words in which the appropriate word is replaced by one that sounds the same, but means different.	24
10380390355	Metonymy	When the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.	25
10380390356	Motif	A unifying phrase, idea or event presented throughout an entire work. Often used to convey theme.	26
10380390357	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.	27
10380390358	Anaphora	a sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines.	28
10380390359	Isocolon	using a series of clauses of the same lenght	29
10380390360	Chiasmus	Using 2 clauses related by a reversal of structure.	30
10380390361	Pastoral	a work of literature dealing with rural life	31
10380390362	Pedantic	an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	32
10380390363	Periodic Sentence	a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	33
10380390364	Polysyndeton	using many coordination conjunctions in a sentence or passage	34
10380390365	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which the part is used to represent the whole.	35
10380390366	Repetition	Tied to parallelism, this is the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language such as sound word, phrase, clause, sentence or grammatical pattern.	36
10380390367	Rhetorical Modes	Purpose of writing and speaking (exposition, persuasion, description, narration)	37
10380390368	Trope	generic name for figures of speech	38