AP english Flashcards

13613584148	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	0
13613587297	Allusion	An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	1
13613596397	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction (can be a loved one)	2
13613620938	Declarative statement	A sentence that makes a statement or declaration	3
13613630871	Ad hominem	In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. "Against the man."	4
13613640024	Ethos	Credibility	5
13613640197	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	6
13613642708	Logos	Logic	7
13613647616	Fallacy	A false mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument	8
13613659475	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	9
13613679938	Paradox	A contradiction or dilemma but expresses a possible truth	10
13613701621	Benevolent	Kindly, charitable	11
13613711061	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	12
13613719052	Idiom	A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.	13
13613740044	Euphemism	An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive	14
13613749013	Cynical	Believing that people act only out of selfish motives (doubtful or distrustful)	15
13613771155	Anecdote	A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.	16
13613797071	Candid	Completely honest, straightforward, frank	17
13613802122	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Symbolical meaning	18
13613822804	Flippant	(Adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy Ex/ Mean Girls	19
13613843966	Didactic	Intended to teach (instructive)	20
13613859158	Irrelevant	Not to the point, not applicable or pertinent	21
13613888822	Insolent	Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect	22
13613914789	Interrogative sentence	A sentence that asks a question	23
13613933803	Exclamatory Sentence	A sentence expressing a strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark: excitement or force	24
13620120639	Satiric	Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	25
13620137211	Imperative statement	A sentence that makes a command "move forward"	26
13620150881	Simple sentence	A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause (1:0)	27
13620171056	Complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause (1:1+)	28
13620197527	Compound sentence	A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses often joined by one or more conjunctions (2+:1+)	29
13620165697	Nostalgic	Longing for the past (homesick)	30
13620211428	Anaphora	The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	31
13620222186	Contentious	Argumentative; Quarrelsome	32
13620234834	Inflammatory	(Adj.) causing excitement or anger; leading to violence or disorder	33
13620243992	Epistrophe	The repetition of a word or a group of words at the end of successive clauses or sentences	34
13620255525	Parallel structure	The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures; They like riding, swimming, and climbing.	35
13620280812	Appositive example	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun; My best friend, Sammy, lives in Cleveland.	36
13620299325	Antithesis	(Noun) the direct opposite, a sharp contrast syn: contrary, antipode	37
13620310664	Rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively; figurative language	38
13620350573	Diction	The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. (Writer or speaker)	39
13620359968	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language; Sentence structure	40
13620367482	Colloquialism	A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y'all, ain't)	41
13620377544	Jargon	Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand; regional. Medical terminology, pop or soda	42
13620400050	Slang	An informal, often short-lived kind of language used in place of standard words; Bro= brother, lit or bruh	43
13620412316	Active	taking action; full of movement; working	44
13620417975	Voice	A writers distinctive use of language	45
13620438430	Dogmatic	Arrogant and stubborn about one's beliefs; opinionated	46
13620459377	Passive voice	The subject of the sentence receives the action.	47
13620463091	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. She went to the store	48
13620467456	Connotation	The implied or associative meaning of a word	49
13620499940	antecedent example	"O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew." (Shakespeare, Hamlet)	50