AP English Language Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary for AP English Language

9731748367	Simile	A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as"	0
9731748326	Attitude	The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea	1
9731748319	Antecedent	Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun	2
9731748327	Contrast	Oppositions	3
9731748332	Didactic	Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing	4
9731748339	Foreshadowing	A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative	5
9731748343	Irony	When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected	6
9731748344	Juxtaposition	When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison	7
9731748347	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	8
9731748350	Oxymoron	Two contradictory words in one expression	9
9731748352	Parallelism	A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures	10
9731748353	Parody	An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work	11
9731748358	Point of View	The particular perspective from which a story is told	12
9731748360	Repetition	The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis	13
9731748362	Rhetorical Strategy	The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose	14
9731748363	Rhetorical Devices	The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax)	15
9731748369	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion	16
9731748372	Syntax	The way words are arranged in a sentence	17
9823773183	Logos	An appeal based on logic or reason.	18
9823773184	Pathos	An appeal based on emotion.	19
9823773185	Ethos	An appeal based on the character or qualifications of the speaker	20
9823773186	Satire	A work that uses ridicule, humor, and wit to criticize and provoke change in human nature and institutions	21
9823773187	Rhetoric	The art of ethical persuasion	22
9823773188	Tone	The author's implicit attitude toward the reader of the people, places, and events in a work revealed by elements of style	23
9823773189	Irony of Situation	Where there is an incongruity between expectations and the actual events	24
9823773190	Verbal Irony	A figure of speech incongruous to its meaning	25
9823773191	Connotation	Associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word	26
9823773192	Euphemism	The substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one	27
9823773193	Understatement	The opposite of hyperbole	28
9823773194	Pun	A play on words	29
9823773195	Hyperbole	Boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true	30
9823773196	Colloquialism	A word, phrase, or form of pronunciation that is acceptable in casual conversation but not in formal, written communication	31
9823773197	Imagery	A concrete representation of an object or sensory experience	32
9823773198	Paradox	A statement that appears illogical or contradictory at first, but may actually point to an underlying truth	33
9823773199	Non Sequitur	A support for an argument that doesn't connect logically to the actual claim (car commercial with girl and waterfall)	34
9823773200	Anecdote	A brief narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident; in rhetoric used to illustrate a point	35
9823773201	Alliteration	Repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words	36
9823773202	Metaphor	A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object; doesn't use "like" or "as"	37
9823773203	Personification	A figure of speech that gives human qualities to abstract ideas, animals, and inanimate objects	38
9823773204	Synechdoche	A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole (wheels for car or threads for clothes)	39
9823773206	Apostrophe	A comment, question, or request addressed to an inanimate object or concept to a nonexistent or absent person	40
9823773207	Allegory	A narrative technique where characters represent abstract ideas or things, and are used to teach a lesson or convey a message (Animal Farm)	41
9823773208	Allusion	An indirect reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event	42
9823773209	Loose Sentence	Sentence in which the main idea comes first ("Old habits persist, even where people want better relations")	43
9823773210	Periodic Sentence	Sentence where the main idea appears last ("Even where people want better relations, old habits persist")	44
9823773211	Inversion	Yoda-style ("Long is the way back to my car")	45
9823773212	Rhetorical Question	Question meant to inspire thought rather than an answer ("Why do old habits and reflexes persist?")	46
9823773213	Anaphora	Repetition of beginning words or phrases	47
9823773214	Epistrophe	Repetition of concluding words or phrases	48
9823773215	Asyndeton	Omission of conjunctions where they would customarily appear ("We use words like honor, code, loyalty")	49
9823773216	Polysyndeton	Inclusion of conunctions where they would not customarily appear ("the vitality and the force and the hope and the determination of the city of West Berlin")	50
9823773217	Parallel Structure	Similarity of syntactic structure in successive words or phrases	51
9823773218	Antithesis	Deliberate juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas	52
9823773219	Straw Man	Refuting a caricatured argument or extreme version of somebody's argument, rather than the actual argument they've made	53
9823773220	Post Hoc	Assuming that A caused B just because A occurred before B	54
9823773221	Either-Or	Assuming there are only two alternatives when there are in fact more	55
9823773222	Circular Reasoning	I'm hot 'cause I'm fly, you ain't 'cause you're not	56
9823773223	Overgeneralization	Drawing a broad conclusion from a small number of perhaps unrepresentative cases	57
9823773224	False Analogy	A fallacy comparing things that resemble each other but are not alike in the most important respects ("Putting native americans on reservations is like sentencing them to death row")	58
9823824819	Antanagoge	Making negative things seem not as bad so the reader doesn't feel as strongly about them.	59