AP Language Multiple Choice Terms Flashcards

8622254489	Allegory	Lesson being taught through image	0
8622254490	Allusion	Reference to an outside piece of literature (bible or mythology reference)	1
8622254491	Analogy	Comparison	2
8622254492	Aphorism	Short witty saying with moral	3
8622254493	Colloquial/colloquialism	Informal	4
8622254494	Connotation/denotation	Literal definition of something	5
8622254495	Didactic	Teaches a lesson	6
8622254496	Extended metaphor	Metaphor over many lines	7
8622254497	Figure of speech	Figurative language	8
8622254498	Genre	Type of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio, drama, essay)	9
8622254499	Hyperbole	Exaggeration	10
8622254500	Inference/infer	a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.	11
8622254501	Irony/ironic	3 types: Verbal- say one thing mean another Situational- expect one thing to happen but something else does Dramatic- for drama, characters don't know something that audience does	12
8622254502	Metaphor	Comparison without using like or as	13
8622254503	Mood	Audience reaction	14
8622254504	Onomonapeia	Sound mimicking its meaning	15
8622254505	Paradox	Contradiction	16
8622254506	Parody	Mock up (making fun of something)	17
8622254507	Personification	Human qualities for an inanimate object	18
8622254508	Predicate adjective	Completes to be/linking verbs	19
8622254509	Prose	Literature	20
8622254510	Rhetoric	Style of speaking of writing	21
8622254511	Sarcasm	Satire, ironic way of writing	22
8622254512	Semantics	Study of words	23
8622254513	Subject complement	Subject completion	24
8622254514	Syllogism	Truth/premise	25
8622254515	Understatement	Type of satire, saying something is less important or exaggerated then it truly is	26
8622254516	Classification	Genre	27
8622254517	Inductive/deductive logic	Small to big idea, specific to general	28
8622254518	Antithesis	Opposite	29
8622254519	Begging the question	Answering a question with a question	30
8622254520	(Over)generalization	General statement that isn't always right	31
8622254521	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consenent	32
8622254522	Ambiguity	Not clear	33
8622254523	Antecedent	Before pronoun	34
8622254524	Apostrophe	Direct address without an answer	35
8622254525	Clause	a unit of grammatical organization said to consist of a subject and predicate	36
8622254526	Conceit	Comparison of two dissimilar things	37
8622254527	Generic conventions	Nonspecific	38
8622254528	Homily	Sermon that teaches a lesson	39
8622254529	invective	something nasty, rant	40
8622254530	loose/periodic sentence	run on sentence	41
8622254531	metonomy	use one phase over another that means the same	42
8622254532	oxymoron	contradiction	43
8622254533	pedantic	cocky, inflated opinion of knowledge	44
8622254534	predicate nominative	noun/pronoun completion	45
8622254535	repetition	emphasis effect for repeating something	46
8622254536	rhetorical modes	methods	47
8622254537	satire	poking fun at the faults and foibles of society in order to effect change	48
8622254538	subordinate clause	clause that depends on a main clause	49
8622254539	symbol/symbolism	symbol for something	50
8622254540	false dilemma	false syllogism	51
8622254541	chronological narration	in order	52
8622254542	ad hominem argument	against/attacking person	53
8622254543	damning with faint praise	backhanded compliment	54
8622254544	reasoning in a circle	going in a circle	55
8622254545	begging the question	answering the question with a question	56
8622254546	figurative language	figures of speech	57
8622254547	syntax	position of words in a sentence	58
8622254548	style or stylistic elements	sum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of words	59
8622254549	rhetorical purpose of function	strategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing	60
8622254550	assertion	statement or declaration	61
8622254551	metaphor	implicit comparison not using like or as	62
8622254552	anecdote	personal story	63
8622254553	antithesis	contrast or opposition of thoughts (against thesis)	64
8622254554	euphemism	less direct or offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is indirect or offensive	65
8622254555	informal	personal rather than a formal, rhetoric style	66
8622254556	circumlocution	a round about, euphemistic way of saying something (not going to the point right away)	67
8622254557	parallel syntax	two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure	68