AP Lang- Vocabulary, SHHS Flashcards

14518485346	Allusion	An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event.	0
14518487700	Anecdote	A short account of an interesting event.	1
14518493364	Aphorism	A short, astute statement of a general truth.	2
14518488622	Antithesis	Parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas.	3
14518495825	Argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence.	4
14518497346	Aristotelian triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see rhetorical triangle).	5
14518499502	Assertion	An emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument.	6
14518500500	Assumption	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof.	7
14518502705	Asyndeton	Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses.	8
14518506564	Audience	One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.	9
14518510835	Authority	A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge.	10
14518512139	Bias	Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue.	11
14518513139	Claim	An assertion, usually supported by evidence.	12
14518513624	Colloquial/ism	Informal or conversational use of language.	13
14518533793	Common ground	Shared beliefs, values, or positions.	14
14518535421	Complex sentence	A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	15
14518536936	Concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	16
14518537967	Connotation	That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning (see denotation).	17
14518538537	Context	Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.	18
14518539140	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument.	19
14518542713	Deduction	Reasoning from general to specific.	20
14518546607	Denotation	The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition.	21
14518547653	Diction	Word choice.	22
14518548588	Ethos	A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see logos and pathos).	23
14518549785	Figurative Language	The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond the literal meaning to achieve a literary effect.	24
14518552062	Induction	Reasoning from specific to general.	25
14518555023	Irony	A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result.	26
14518560971	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things side by side for emphasis.	27
14518562326	Logos	A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos)	28
14518565798	Metonymy	Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole.	29
14518567426	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.	30
14518570059	Parallelism	The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns.	31
14518571630	Parody	A piece that imitates and exaggerates the prominent features of another; used for comic effect or ridicule.	32
14518573264	Pathos	A Greek term that refers to suffering but has come to be associated with broader appeals to emotion; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and logos).	33
14518573912	Persona	The speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing.	34
14518575048	Personification	Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects.	35
14518576159	Polemic	An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion.	36
14518894495	Polysyndeton	The deliberate use of a series of conjunctions.	37
14518895869	Premise	major, minor -two parts of a syllogism. The concluding sentence of a syllogism takes its predicate from the major premise and its subject from the minor premise.	38
14518900441	Major Premise	example: All mammals are warm-blooded.	39
14518901285	Minor premise	example: All horses are mammals.	40
14518907700	Propaganda	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information.	41
14518904941	Conclusion	example: All horses are warm-blooded (see syllogism).	42
14518908929	Purpose (author's purpose)	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing	43
14518909906	Refute	To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument.	44
14518910794	Rhetoric	The study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion."	45
14518912181	Rhetorical modes:	Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose; modes include but are not limited to narration, description, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, definition, exemplification, classification and division, process analysis, and argumentation.	46
14518914398	Rhetorical question	A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer.	47
14518921152	Rhetorical triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience (see Aristotelian triangle).	48
14518922802	Satire	An ironic, sarcastic, or witty composition that claims to argue for something, but actually argues against it.	49
14518925060	Scheme	A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect.	50
14518930775	Straw Man	A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position.	51
14518935160	Style	The distinctive quality of speech or writing created by the selection and arrangement of words and figures of speech.	52
14518938493	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by a major and minor premise (see premise; major, and minor).	53
14518941324	Syntax	Sentence structure.	54
14518942425	Thesis	The central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer.	55
14518943101	Tone	The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience.	56
14518944750	Topic Sentence	A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis.	57
14518947178	Understatement:	Lack of emphasis in a statement or point; restraint in language often used for ironic effect.	58
14518948274	Voice	In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing.	59
14518968399	AP Lang	Advanced Placement	60
14518970330	Grit	strength of character	61