AP language & Composition Term list #3 Flashcards

11402425164	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order Example: Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.	0
11402425165	archaic diction	old-fashioned or outdated choice of words Ex: beliefs for which our forebears fought	1
11402425166	asyndeton	Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clause, or words	2
11402425167	hortative sentence	Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, or implores (a call to action).	3
11402425168	imperative sentence	sentence used to command or enjoin Ex: My fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man	4
11402425169	juxtaposition	placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities of differences EX: We are the heirs of that first revolution. let the word go forth... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans--born in this century	5
11402425170	Oxymoron	Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another	6
11402425171	rhetorical question	figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect, rather than to be answered.	7
11402425172	Synecdoche	Figure of speech that uses a part to present the whole. EX: In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course	8
11402425173	Zeugma	Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that introduces different, often incongruous meanings.	9
11402425174	Refutation	A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable EX: Lou Gehrig refutes that his bad break is a cause for discouragement by saying that the he "has an awful lot to live for"	10
11402425175	Occasion	The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written EX: In the cause of Gehrig's speech the occasion is Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. More specifically, his moment comes at home plate between games of a doubleheader.	11
11402425176	Counterargument	An opposing argument or statement to the one a writer is putting forward. Rather than ignoring a counterargument, a strong writer will usually address it through the process of concession and refutation. EX: Some of Lou Gehrig's listeners might have argued that his bad break was a close for discouragement or despair.	12
11402425177	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. EX: The context for Lou Gehrig's speech is the recent announcement of his illness and his subsequent retirement, but also the poignant contrast between his potent career and his debilitating disease.	13