AP Language & Composition Pain Flashcards

9813144189	Periodic Sentence	Makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached. (point made at end)	0
9813144190	Cumulative Sentence	Makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending. The sentence could end before the modifying phrases without losing its coherence.	1
9813209524	Compound Sentence	Contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon.	2
9813212097	Complex Sentence	Contains and independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses	3
9813215451	Compound- Complex Sentence	contains two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.	4
9813220989	Simple Sentence	Contains one independent clause	5
9813229331	Interrogative	A sentence that asks a question	6
9813226381	Imperative	A sentence that gives a command.	7
9813234148	Declarative	A sentence that makes a statement.	8
9813236422	Exclamatory	A sentence that provides emphasis or expresses strong emotion.	9
9813251144	Asyndeton	A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	10
9813246622	Inversion	Constructing a sentence o the predicate comes before the subject. This is a device in which typical sentence patterns are reversed to create an emphatic or rhythmic affect.	11
9813254079	Chiasmus	A sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in a second clause is a reversal of the first.	12
9813257084	Polysyndeton	using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')	13
9813264464	Zeugma	use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one	14
9823667228	syntax	In grammar, the arrangement of words as elements i a sentence to show their relationship.	15
9823685536	ad hominem fallacy	a fallacy of logic in which a person's character or motive is attacked instead of the person's argument.	16
9823715907	ad populum fallacy	a fallacy of logic in which the widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make it true or right.	17
9827970049	eulogistic	involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually for the dead	18
9827972766	pious	displaying a reverence for God	19
9827975201	venerative	regarding with reverence	20
9827979989	laudatory	containing and expressing praise	21
9828015114	anticlimax	a sudden drop from the dignified or important in thought or expression to the commonplace or trivial, often for humorous affect.	22
9828037885	damning with faint praise	intentional use of a positive statement that has negative implications.	23
9828109241	deduction	A form of reasoning that begins with a generalization,the applies the generalization to a specific case or case. opposite induction.	24
9828125168	induction	a form of reasoning which works from a body of fact to the formulation of a generalization. opposite deduction	25
9828141670	euphemism	the use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but that is also less distasteful or less offensive than another.	26
9828150891	digression	a temporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing	27
9828156684	inverted syntax	reversing the normal word order in a sentence. (Yoda talk)	28
9828160553	litotes	a figure in which an affirmative is expressed by a negation of the contrary.	29
9828168135	non sequitur	sentence that doesn't follow logically from the sentence preceding it.	30
9828182319	syllogism	in which two statements or premises are made and a logical conclusion is drawn from them.	31