AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

10900734036	abstract	existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.	0
10900735902	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	1
10900743120	cacaphony	Harsh clashing, or dissonant sounds, often produced by combinations of words that require a clipped. Opposite of Euphony	2
10900754240	coinage	the invention of new words	3
10900757284	Conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	4
10900766716	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	5
10900770024	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	6
10900775129	deux ex machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.	7
10900781393	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	8
10900784317	didactic	intended to teach	9
10900790030	Dystopia	an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.	10
10900801892	epigram	a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation, was popular in Latin, European and English literature	11
10900819569	Epigraph	the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme	12
10900822797	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	13
10900835330	Paraleipsis or Preterition	an apparent omission by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really emphasizes	14
10900839970	Personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	15
10900842659	Polysyndeton	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	16
10900850702	Procatalepsis	by anticipating an objection and answering it, permits an argument to continue moving forward	17
10900857088	Simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	18
10900860024	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	19
11128098925	amplification	involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over	20
11128103085	apposition	a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation	21
11128113442	bathos	insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity	22
11128118795	centered sentence	the main clause is in the center of the sentence	23
11128122718	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	24
11128126014	loose sentence	A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows	25
11128129252	dialect	A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.	26
11128133434	euphony	pleasant, harmonious sounds often proposed in literary works	27
11128144931	expletive	meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word	28
11128152971	exposition	Background information presented in a literary work.	29
11128159243	invective	An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.	30
11128162508	motif	the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters	31
11128181632	parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	32
11128194476	parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	33
11128197493	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	34
11128204369	pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	35
11128211846	reductio ad absurdum	the Latin for "to reduce to the absurd." This is a technique useful in creating a comic effect and is also an argumentative technique.	36
11128215613	syntax	the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language	37
11128221765	understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.	38
11128230731	zeugma	a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses	39
11128239614	allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	40
11128243859	allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	41
11128248638	analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	42
11128252168	anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause	43
11128256156	anastrophe	Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion.	44
11128266905	antistrophe	repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses	45
11128272420	antithesis	the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	46
11128280865	anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	47
11128285276	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	48
11128290866	aporia	questioning oneself (or rhetorically asking the audience), often pretending to be in doubt	49
11128297774	catachresis	a harsh metaphor involving the use of a word beyond its strict sphere	50
11128301272	trope	Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech.	51
11128309564	aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	52
11128309565	Apostrophe	address to an absent or imaginary person	53
11128316038	auxesis	A gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance.	54
11128321828	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	55
11128329830	catharsis	a release of emotional tension	56
11128329831	pleonasm	use of superfluous or redundant words, often enriching the thought	57
11128337323	chiasmus	a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases	58
11128347434	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	59
11128357915	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	60
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