AP Language Terms Flashcards

14639674250	alliteration	the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words	0
14639674251	allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize	1
14639674252	analogy	an explanation of how two seemingly differing things are similar	2
14639674253	anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive sentences.	3
14639674254	anecdote	A brief story focusing on a particular incident or event	4
14639674255	diction	the word choice made by a writer	5
14639674256	hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect	6
14639674257	imagery	language that appeals to one or more of the five senses	7
14639674258	inference	reasonable conclusions that can be drawn by the reader based upon text evidence	8
14639674259	juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	9
14639674260	metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things	10
14639674261	oxymoron	an expression that is self contradictory (e.g. Deafening Silence)	11
14639674262	parallelism	the purposeful use of sentences or clauses with similar syntactic structure	12
14639674263	rhetoric	the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner	13
14639674264	simile	a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"	14
14639674265	syllogism	a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is reached based on a major and minor premise (e.g. All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal)	15
14639674266	syntax	the arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence	16
14639674267	tone	the attitude of the writer towards the subject or audience	17
14639674268	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as being less significant than it actually is.	18
14639677396	argument	a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work	19
14639679519	denotation	the literal meaning of a word	20
14639685707	irony	the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs	21
14639688874	eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	22
14639691692	rhetorical devices	literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression	23
14673800368	connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	24
14673803284	didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	25
14673806134	euphemism	an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	26
14673812722	parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work	27
14673815715	satire	the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions	28
14727886476	conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	29
14727893711	figurative language	language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)	30
14727896653	invective	an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack	31
14727900598	litotes	a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite	32
14727908942	paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	33
14855708750	antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	34
14855714117	cliche	an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off	35
14855721545	foreshadowing	the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work	36
14855729980	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	37
14855739847	rhetorical question	a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	38
15092893907	colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	39
15092897826	declarative sentence	a sentence that makes a statement or declaration	40
15092912770	idiom	an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect	41
15092940261	phillippic	a strong verbal denunciation. The term comes from the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedonia in the fourth century.	42
15092951183	solecism	nonstandard grammatical usage; a violation of grammatical rules	43
15369374072	asyndeton	a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	44
15369382007	homily	a sermon, or a moralistic lecture	45
15369387385	jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession	46
15369387386	pun	a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings	47
15369404702	sarcasm	harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule	48
15703828889	apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction	49
15703835772	dialect	a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region	50
15703841484	hypothetical question	a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition	51
15703844989	mood	the emotional atmosphere of a work	52
15703847414	trite	overused and hackneyed	53
15763937485	complex sentence	a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	54
15763942525	dialouge	conversation between two or more people	55
15763950666	epiphany	a moment of sudden revelation or insight	56
15763956333	pedantic	characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship	57
15763967753	synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object (for example, referring to a car simply as "wheels")	58
16002386162	ad hominem argument	an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue	59
16002387970	deductive reasoning	reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)	60
16002402509	implication	a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly	61
16002408342	malapropism	the mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar	62
16002413626	parenthetical	a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain	63
16610727189	archetype	a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	64
16610730377	cumulative sentence	a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases	65
16610740550	epigram	a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying	66
16610745690	onomatopoeia	a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds	67
16610751295	syllepsis	a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")	68
16681432019	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed	69
16681441502	inductive reasoning	deriving general principles from particular facts or instances	70
16681494592	maxim	a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage	71
16681539403	non sequitur	an inference that does not follow logically from the premises (literally "does not follow")	72
16681547115	vernacular	the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage	73