AP Language Flashcards

7515323135	Colloquial	Term identifying the diction of the common ordinary folks especially in an a specific region or area	0
7515329511	Conceit	Comparison of two unlikely things is drawn within a piece of literature in particular an area	1
7515334399	Connotation	The implied suggested or underline meaning of a word or phrase	2
7515336317	Consonance	The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in intervening vowels	3
7515340938	Critique	Assessment or analysis of something such as a passage of writing for determining what it is what it's limitstions are and how it conforms to the standard of genre	4
7515345376	Dialect	The language and speech idiosyncrasies of specific area region or group	5
7515348545	Diction	The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect	6
8070089918	deductive reasoning	method of argument in which specific statements and conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement from general to specific	7
8070098588	didactic	writing or speech that has an instructive purpose or lesson; often associated w/ a dry, pompus presentation	8
8070106337	elegy	a poem or prose that laments upon the death of a person	9
8070109980	ethos	in rhetoric the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrarator	10
8070115915	epitaph	writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone.	11
8070121352	epistrophe	in rhetoric the repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences	12
8190382714	anaphora	the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses	13
8190388744	antithesis	the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas	14
8190401944	assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds usually in successive or proximate words	15
8190421563	chiasum	a figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is revealed in the second	16
8190437372	apostrophe	an address or invocation to something inanimate	17
8190442323	aphorism	a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief	18
8190454267	appeals to authority,emotion,logic	rhetoric arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field; attempts to play upon the emotions; appeals to the use of reason	19
8190475010	alliteration	the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllable	20
8190489907	attitude	the sense expressed by the tone of voice or the mood of a piece of writing; the authors feelings toward his or her subject, events, or theme. It might even be his or her feelings for the reader	21
8190522637	asyndeton	a syntactical structure in which conjunctions are admitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose	22
8190545659	allegory	a narrative in which the characters behavior and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance, often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction	23
8190566484	begging the question	an argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict evades or ignores the real question	24
8190591305	allusion	a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work	25
8190602832	canon	that which has been accepted as authentic	26
8363798970	hyperbole	overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention	27
8365567528	imagery	any sensory detail or evocation in a work to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. involves any or all of the 5 senses	28
8365621525	inductive reasoning	method of reasoning or argument in which general statements and conclusions are drawn from specific principles: movement from the specific to the general	29
8365639221	inference	a conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data. Looking at the clues, learning the facts.	30
8365649986	irony	the contrast between what is stated explicity and what is really meant. the intended meaning is often the opposite of what is stated often suggesting light sarcasm	31
8365686061	isocolon	parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but also in length	32
8365725143	jargon	specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group	33
8389055736	eulogy	a speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person	34
8389077623	euphemism	an indirect, kinder, or less harsh or harmful way of expressing unpleasant information	35
8389085962	exposition	the interpretation or analysis of a text. also the opening section of a narrative or dramatic structure in which characters, setting, theme, and conflict can be revealed	36
8389114644	extended metaphor	a series of comparisons within a piece of writing. if they are consistently one concept, this is one known as a conceit	37
8389145867	figurative language	language with levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as personification, metaphor, etc	38
8389165675	flashback	an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration	39
8389176946	genre	a type or class of literature, such as epic, narrative, poetry, biography, history	40
8389185248	homily	a sermon, but more contemporary uses include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual life	41
8533899452	litote	a figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement	42
8533917192	loose sentence	a long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses and modifying phrases	43
8533921965	metonymy	a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something	44
8533925499	mood	a feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writers/narrators attitude and point of view. it is a feeling that establishes the atmosphere in a work of literature or other discourse.	45
8533932205	narrative	a mode of discourse that tells a story of some sort and it is based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straight forward chronological framework	46
8533938340	onomatopoeia	a word capturing or approximating the sound of what is described. the purpose of these words is to make a passage more effective for the reader or listener	47
8533944170	oxymoron	a figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements	48
8533947215	parallelism	the use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts	49
8533949397	paradox	a statement that seems contradictory but may probably be true	50
8533955134	pathos	that element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow. in argument or persuasion it tends to be the evocation of pity	51
8533961555	periodic sentence	a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end	52
8533963930	personification	treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities	53
8900651737	point of view	the relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse. requires the reader to establish the historical perspective of what is being said	54
8900668648	prose	the ordinary form of written language without metrical structure in contrast to verse and poetry	55
8900681485	realism	attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail	56
8900693168	rebuttal	an argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered	57
8900746573	simile	a direct explicit comparison of 1 thing to another using the words like or as	58
8900776842	rhetoric	the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking	59
8900779690	rhetorical question	a question that is asked simply for the sake of stylistic effect & is not expected to be answered	60
8900788084	sarcasm	a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually critical. can be light & gently poke fun at something or it can be harsh & mean	61
8900800279	satire	a literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule & censure	62