AP English Language Vocab Flashcards

10272671400	Diction	the use of varying patterns of words and/or vocal inflection, in speech or in writing, to portray specific ideas	0
10272671401	Prose	ordinary spoken or written language which has no metrical structure, such as iambic pentameter.	1
10272673782	Verse	a group of metrical feet that normally make a single metrical line in a poem	2
10272674841	Alliteration	when multiple words in a phrase start with the same consonant or vowel sound, in stressed syllables	3
10272674842	Onomatopoeia	the use of a word that imitates the sound that is associated with the character producing the sound	4
10272675214	Connotation	the secondary, implied, or symbolistic meaning of a word	5
10272675215	Denotation	the dictionary definition of a word; the associations or set of associations that people normally make when exposed to a word	6
10272675828	Colloquial Language	informal, but common to most, language that does not belong in formal settings	7
10272675829	Slang	very informal language that is used by specific groups, such as teenagers	8
10272676258	Imagery	the use of language that appeals to the senses; used to create pictures in the minds of the readers in a work of literature	9
10272677053	Figures of Speech	phrases that have a connotative meaning that are used to further explain concepts, or for effect	10
10272677054	Metaphor	the comparison of multiple objects or groups without using "like" or "as"	11
10272677055	Simile	the comparison of multiple objects or groups using "like" or "as"	12
10272677477	Hyperbole	the use of extreme exaggeration, not intended to be taken literally, which helps to deepen the effect of a statment	13
10272678273	Litotes	an understatement in which a positive idea is expressed using an opposite negative; such as "you are the least dumb person ever"	14
10272678711	Personification	giving human characteristics to nonhuman beings or objects	15
10272678712	Anthropomorphism	giving human-like characteristics to an animal or inanimate object throughout a work	16
10272679350	Objectification	the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.	17
10272679351	Cliché	an unoriginal and overused thought	18
10272682046	Verbal Irony	when a character says the opposite of what they mean	19
10272682047	Situational Irony	when an expected outcome does not become reality	20
10272682618	Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows a piece of information that the character does not	21
10272682619	Tone	the diction and attitude of a writer towards a certain subject	22
10272683188	Style	the method of writing and sentence structure, used by an author to fit their work	23
10272683189	Theme	the main or central idea to a work of literature	24
10272683190	Sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	25
10272683191	Voice	a quality in the tone and style of a writing that makes it unique	26
10478815791	Syntax	Sentence structure	27
10478816472	Parallelism	the use of a similar structure of words in phrases	28
10478817676	Repetition	the reiteration of a letter, sound, word, phrase, or sentence	29
10478817677	Independent Clause	expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. Has both a subject and a verb.	30
10478818363	Dependent Clause	A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb	31
10478818364	Juxtaposition	putting multiple objects near each other to show comparisons and contrasts	32
10478818365	Climactic Order	the process of arranging items in order from most important to least important	33
10478819480	Rhetorical Question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	34
10478819481	Anecdote	an interesting short story about a real person or event	35
10478819482	Novel	new	36
10478821202	Non-fiction	a work of literature based on real events	37
10478821203	Short Story	a brief fictitious work	38
10478822101	Dramatic Literature	consists of written dialogue performed by actors in front of an audience	39
10478822102	Memoir	A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources	40
10478822112	Autobiography	An account of a person's life written by that person	41
10478822908	Biography	story of a person's life written by another person	42
10478822909	Diary	a written record of a person's feelings and experiences by said person	43
10478822910	Satire	a work that criticizes improper conducts and morals	44
10478823629	Parody	a work that imitates another work, solely for the purpose of ridiculing it	45
10478824478	Expository essay	an essay that explains, informs, or presents information	46
10478824479	Narrative Essay	tells a true story	47
10478825323	Cause and effect	A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another	48
10478825324	Problem and solution	A text structure that presents a problem and offers solutions to solve the problem.	49
10478826177	compare and contrast	presenting the similarities and differences between two objects	50
10478826178	Classification	assigning categories to objects based on characteristics	51
10478827791	Process Analysis	explaining step-by-step how to do something or how something is done	52
10478827792	Parable	a short story used solely to teach a moral or religious lesson	53
10478827793	Allegory	story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities	54
10478828847	Point of View	the perspective from which a story is told	55
10478828848	Plot	the series of events in a story	56
10478828849	Setting	the time and place of a work of literature	57
10478829809	Motivation	reason for a characters actions	58
10478829810	Conflict	the problem in the story: man vs man, man vs society, man vs nature, man vs himself	59
10478829811	Exposition	a body of writing in the beginning of a work, used to provide important background information	60
10478830918	Rising Action	Events leading up to the climax	61
10478830919	Climax	the most exciting point or the turning point in a story	62
10478830920	Falling action	Events after the climax, leading to the resolution	63
10478832314	Resolution/Denouement	end of a story where everything is made clear and loose ends are tied up	64
10478832315	Ambiguous Ending	the end of a story where there is no clear solution	65
10478833125	Protagonist	the the main character in a literary work	66
10478833126	Antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character	67
10478833127	Archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing	68
10478834263	Dialogue	Conversation between two or more characters	69
10478834264	Symbolism	using objects to represent other idea	70
10478834265	Motif	a reappearing theme or idea	71
10478835032	Foreshadowing	the use of clues to suggest later events	72
10478835033	Flashback	a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.	73
10478835652	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	74
10478835653	Ethos	the appeal to a character's ethics	75
10478836293	Logos	an appeal to logic	76
10478836294	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	77
10478836295	Audience	the viewer or listener of a work	78
10478837245	Speaker	the narrator of a poem	79
10478837246	Rhetorical Purpose	the reason for a speakers actions and words	80
10478837247	Thesis	the primary position taken by a writer or speaker	81
10478838354	Claim	a statement that asserts a writer's position on a topic	82
10478838355	Counter Claim	a statement made to rebut a previous claim.	83
10478838356	Refutation	when a writer addressing arguments that would be used by their opposing side in an argument	84
10478839202	Evidence	events, items, etc.; which support an author's claim	85
10478839203	Concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	86
10478839855	Inductive Reasoning	A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations.	87
10478839856	Deductive Reasoning	reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case	88
10478839857	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase	89
10478841789	Paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth	90
10478841790	Logical Fallacies	the use of multiple statements, which are slightly related but not in a way which is relevant to the prompt; which is used to support a claim	91