Rasnic's AP Language Final Review Flashcards

7998846753	Active Voice	any sentence with an action verb, planted is an action verb (the dog bit Kate)	0
8414302353	AD Hominem	an attack on the person rather than the issues at hand	1
8414314634	Alliteration	the repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of the words in the sentence	2
8414344080	Allusion	a reference recalling another work or time in history or famous person.	3
8414363759	Analogy	relational comparison of similarity between two objects	4
8414456152	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several poetic lines, sentences, clauses or paragraphs.	5
8414490828	Antithesis	establishes a contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them , often in parallel structure	6
8414545713	Aphorism	brief statement of opinion or elemental truth	7
8414562348	Appositive	noun phrase, modifies the noun next to it	8
8414584127	Argument from ignorance	an argument stating that something is true because it has not been proven false	9
8414613046	Asyndenton	deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses	10
8414655105	Bandwagon	the everyone's doing it argument	11
8414683047	Begging the question	occurs when the speaker makes a claim that includes a word or phrase that needs to be defined before the argument can proceed	12
8414746809	Cause and effect	false cause, the cause and effect have no real correlation	13
8414798117	Chiasums	ABBA syntactical structure, "ask not what your country can do for you, but..."	14
8414826366	Complex sentence	One dependent and one independent clause	15
8414833792	Compound sentence	Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction	16
8414860242	Compound-Complex sentence	Fits requirements of both Compound and Complex sentences	17
8414891906	Connotation	The associations or moods that accompany a word	18
8414936267	Denotation	dictionary definition of a word	19
8414990556	Dependent clause	Contains a noun and a verb set up with a subordinate conjunction	20
8437758877	Diction	Authors word choice	21
8437763923	Ellipsis	Three dots in a quotation indicating that words have been left out	22
8437771018	Ethos	Appeal to credibility	23
8437776165	Etymology	the study of the origin of words	24
8437780135	Euphemism	to use a safer or nicer word for something others may find inappropriate	25
8437791071	Fallacy	failure of logical reasoning	26
8437795024	False anaolgy	an argument using an inappropriate metaphor	27
8437800967	False dilemma	when a suggestion is made that there are only two solutions to a problem	28
8439003164	Hyperbole	An exaggeration	29
8439011669	Imagery	any time one of the five senses is evoked by what you have read	30
8439020173	Imperative Sentence	A command	31
8446541364	In Medias Res	when the movie starts in the middle of the action	32
8446570939	Independent clause	a clause that can stand alone as a sentence	33
8446581200	Interrogative sentence	a question	34
8446587746	Irony	a contrast between what is actually done and whats expected	35
8446607502	Jargon	pattern of speech or a vocabulary associated with a group of people	36
8446623578	Juxtaposition	Making one idea more dramatic by placing it by its opposite	37
8446631607	Logos	the appeal to logic	38
8446635444	Metafiction	type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction	39
8446650140	Metaphor	a figure of speech when something unknown is compared to something unknown	40
8446659671	oxymoron	two words that create a sentence of opposition	41
8446667588	Paradox	creates mental discontinuity forcing the reader to pause and think to find clarity	42
8446679669	Parallel Syntax	pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition	43
8446823825	Parentheticals	Words inside parenthesis	44
8446833794	Participle	a verb that is used as an adjective	45
8446894266	Passive Voice	something happens to someone (kate was bitten by the dog)	46
8446926558	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	47
8446946143	Personification	giving human attributes to a non human thing	48
8446983446	Phrase	A group of words that define or clarify	49
8446990506	Point of view	the perspective from which the writer chooses to write his story	50
8447008856	poisoning the well	when a character is introduced with language suggesting they are not reliable before the reader meets them	51
8447051682	polysyndenton	the use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed	52
8447062739	Premise	A claim	53
8447065292	Pun	play on words	54
8447070802	Red herring	An argument that distracts the reader by raising irrelevant issues	55
8447081558	Repetition	A form of rhetorical stress	56
8447091697	Rhetorical Question	the answer is assumed, forces the reader to respond in a predetermined manner	57
8447106483	Rhetorical shift	when the writer dramatically changes their diction, syntax, or both	58
8447115739	Satire	the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, ect. to expose a truth	59
8447135587	Simile	using like as or than to compare two unlike things	60
8447148551	Slippery slope	one thing eventually leads to another	61
8447161295	Straw man	defines the opponents argument in an easy to attack manner	62
8447165274	Syntax	study of the rules of grammer	63
8447171155	Synthesis	to unite a variety of sources to achieve a common end	64
8447177686	Theme	the basic message or meaning conveyed in a story	65
8447185371	Thesis	writers statement of purpose	66
8447191992	Understatement	Creates exaggeration by showing restraint	67
8447202113	Versimilitude	being true or real, being similar to reality	68
8447216881	Voice	style or manner of expression	69
8447227543	Zeguma	two elements of a sentence are tied together by the same noun or verb (she stole his wallet and his heart)	70
8447334332	Static	having no motion or change	71
8447348741	Ecstacy	intense joy or delight	72
8447351459	Stasis	condition where there is no chage	73
8447356603	Entity	an existence, a being	74
8447368256	Essence	the most important ingredient	75
8447375709	Quintessential	being the most typical, ideal or important, a good example of	76
8447385590	Stanch	to stop the flow of	77
8447390030	Staunch	firm steadfast, true	78
8447392805	Extant	still in existence, not destroyed	79
8447399560	Restive	resisting authority, difficult to control	80
8447412815	Apropos	with regard to, proper of...	81
8447421543	Depose	to remove from office or power	82
8447461711	Discomfit	to embarrass and confuse	83
8447466340	Edification	improvement or enlightenment	84
8447474777	Malfeasance	Misconduct or wrong doing, especially by a public official	85
8447482681	Feasible	Capable of being accomplished	86
8447489814	Surfeit	the condition of being too full, overabundance	87
8447558379	Magnum opus	the greatest single work of an artist	88
8447583308	Modus Operandi	manner of working	89
8447590452	Opulent	Possessing or exhibiting great wealth	90
8447597520	Synergy	power that results from two or more forces	91
8447608900	Liturgy	A pattern of prayer or worship	92
8447617918	Lethargy	A state of sluggishness and inactivity	93
8447628386	Laborious	requiring long hard work	94
8447635279	Belabor	to attack, to discuss repeatedly at length	95
8447645165	Elaborate	to explain in greater detail	96
8447689352	Pallor	Extreme or unnatural paleness	97
8447694925	Pallid	lacking color, dull	98
8447699980	Appall	to fill with horror or disapproval	99
8447709963	Livid	enraged, furious	100
8447717631	Denigrate	to attack the character of, to mock	101
8447722398	Verdure	greenery, fresh and ripe vegetation	102
8447729845	Verdant	Green, lush with vegetation	103
8447741836	Viridity	lack of experience, innocence	104
8447748322	Candid	open and sincere	105
8447752162	Candor	Frankness or sincerity of expression	106
8447764245	Incandescent	shining brilliantly	107
10034804328	Fortuitous	adj. Happening by luck chance or accident	108
10034815680	Fortuity	n. chance or accident	109
10034822858	Auspices	protection or support; patronage	110
10034832285	Auspicious	Followed by favorable circumstances	111
10034847480	Predestine	To decide in advance	112
10034856969	Destine	Intend for specific end or purpose	113
10034866276	Consortium	A group of companies or institutions	114
10034869700	Consort	To keep company; associate	115
10034884353	Propitious	lucky; favorable	116
10034890576	Propitiate	To soothe or satisfy	117