AP Language Terms #2 Flashcards

10801574937	Ad Populum	A misconception that a widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make an idea true or right.	0
10801582118	Begging the Question	Taking for granted something that really needs proving. Considered a form of circular reasoning.	1
10801627748	Either/Or reasoning	the tendency to see an issue as having only two sides.	2
10812532352	Non Sequitur	"it does not follow" an inference or conclusion that does not logically follow established premises or evidence that preceeded it.	3
10812556120	Dicto Simpliciter	An argument based on an unqualified or sweeping generalization in which a general rule is applied to a situation and acceptable exceptions are ignored. May include misunderstanding the nature of statistics.	4
10812565859	Allegory	the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence	5
10812568492	Allusion	An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.	6
10812622649	Simile	A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as	7
10812628787	Metaphor	A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as	8
10812631435	Hyperbole	Extravagant exaggeration	9
10812633994	Imagery	Sensual figures of speech	10
10812639275	Inference	The act of deriving as a conclusion from facts	11
10812644696	Parody	a feeble or ridiculous imitation	12
10812647267	Verbal Irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	13
10812648579	Situational Irony	An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected	14
10812649913	Dramatic Irony	when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't	15
10812651032	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	16
10812651033	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	17
10812651034	Point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	18
10812652039	Setting	The time and place of a story	19
10812652115	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	20