AP Language Flashcards

7407802945	Polysyndeton	Intentional overuse of conjuctions	0
7407804842	Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds with an emphasis	1
7407810802	Zuegma	When one word governs two	2
7407812437	Litotes	Double negation to achieve affirmation	3
7407818841	Asyndeton	Omission of conjunctions	4
7407820867	Anadiplosis	Repeating a word at the end and beginning of successive clauses	5
7407830788	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	6
7407841740	Sarcasm	Has an intent to hurt, and has a target	7
7407852455	Hyperbole	Intentional exaggeration	8
7407857387	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	9
7407859310	Consonance	Repetition of consonant sounds	10
7407866141	Onomaetopoeia	Words that mimic the sounds they are representing	11
7407872231	Parody	A humorous imitation of a serious work	12
7407873673	Syllogism	3 part deductive reasoning	13
7407876015	Enthylmeme	Syllogism with one part missing	14
7407898285	Diction	Word choice	15
7407904994	Syntax	Word placement	16
7407906123	Ad Hominem	Against the man	17
7407936614	Post hoc ergo propter hoc	Fallacy by causality	18
7407938490	Straw man	Construct for opponent, then burn it down	19
7407940823	Logos	Appeals to fact based info/logic	20
7407950409	Analogy	Something easy to understand to describe something more difficult	21
7407954841	Ethos	Appeals to ethics	22
7407963062	Hasty Generalization	Making a statement without individual examples	23
7407969350	Process Analysis	Step by step process	24
7407970633	Anecdote	Short story with a moral	25
7407979778	Synecdoche	Replacing the part with a whole or a whole with a part	26
7407986849	Euphemism	Replacing words with ones easier to accept. More offensive terms with less offensive terms	27
7407999283	Narration	1,2,3 person narration. A type of writing- story with a plot	28
7408004386	Description	Use sensory terms to describe a picture	29
7408011485	Comparison	Analysis of similarities	30
7408013370	Contrast	Analysis of differences	31
7408015292	Antithesis	Similar structure, opposite meaning	32
7408019823	Argument from authority	Making an argument using an authority figure	33
7408022108	Satire	The use of wit to criticize a social institution or human foible (CRITICAL)	34
7408029524	Allusion	Refers to a well known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison	35
7575542101	Pleonasm	Intentional redundancy	36
7575554292	Tautology	Repetition of an idea	37
7575557446	Paradox	Seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true	38
7575557447	Dramatic Irony	When the audience or other characters know something the target character does not	39
7575560040	Irony	Intended meaning is opposite the actual meaning.	40
7575563041	Verbal Irony	Irony either written or spoken	41
7575564771	Voice (Literary)	Author's opinion	42
7582949924	Pathos	Appeals to emotion	43
7582956542	Anaphora	Repetition at the beginning of a sentence	44
7587582348	Simile	Comparison using like or as	45