Chapter 3 AP language Flashcards

11351916313	Irony	Words are meant to convey the opposite of their literal meaning	0
11351916314	Oxymoron	Words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near each other	1
11351916315	rhetorical question	A question designed not to secure an answer but to move the development of an idea forward and suggest a point	2
11351916316	Hyperbole	overstatement	3
11351916317	Litotes	understatement	4
11351916318	Onomatopoeia	Sounds of the words are related to their meaning	5
11351916319	Anthimeria	one part of speech, usually a verb, substitutes for another, usually a noun	6
11351916320	Periphrasis	A descriptive word or phrase is used to refer to a proper name	7
11351916321	Personification	Inanimate objects are given human characteristics	8
11351916322	Metonymy	an entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations	9
11351916323	Synecdoche	A part of something is used to refer to a whole	10
11351916324	Climax	Repetition of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing number or importance	11
11351916325	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	12
11351916326	Epistrophe	Repetition of the same group of words at the end of successive clauses	13
11351916327	Assonance	Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity	14
11351916328	Alliteration	the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of two or more adjacent words	15
11351916329	Anaphora	Repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses	16
11351916330	Asyndeton	an omission of conjunctions between related clauses	17
11351916331	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions	18
11351916332	Ellipsis	any omission of words, the meaning of which is provided by the overall context of the passage	19
11351916333	Parenthesis	An insertion of material that interrupts the typical flow of a sentence.	20
11351916334	Antithesis	the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	21
11351916335	Parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	22
11351916336	Zeugma	more than one item in a sentence is governed by a single word, usually a verb	23
11351916337	scheme	any artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence	24
11351916338	Trope	any artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed	25
11351916339	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	26
11351916340	Connotation	An association, that the word evokes	27
11351916341	slang	informal language	28
11351916342	Jargon	special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.	29
11351916343	simple sentence	has one independent clause	30
11351916344	compound sentence	Two clauses, each of which could exist as a simple sentence if you removed the conjunction connecting them	31
11351916345	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	32
11351916346	compound-complex sentence	Has the defining features of both a compound sentence and a complex sentence	33
11351916347	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	34
11351916348	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order	35
11351916349	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	36
11351916350	partition	divide into parts	37
11351916351	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	38
11351916352	Confirmation	proof; evidence; verification	39
11351916353	peroration	the concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience	40
13600167152	Juxtaposition	Placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.	41