Platt AP Language Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

14718279039	Repetition	The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a sequence of words.	0
14718281125	Consonance	the repetition of identical consonant sounds words in close proximity, as in boost/best, linger/longer/later; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong. It is a form of repetition.	1
14718282607	Symbol	The use of one object to represent or suggest another.	2
14718290935	Tone	The characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience. Some words describing tone are playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, sardonic, and somber.	3
14718290936	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	4
14718293434	Anaphora	One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.	5
14718302351	Anastrophe	The reversal of word order for effect.	6
14718303692	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	7
14718312248	Antiphrasis	A form of verbal irony, it is a word or phrase used in a way that is contrary to its normal meaning for ironic or humorous effect.	8
14718313701	Antithesis	Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences	9
14718317382	Appeal	In classical rhetoric, one of the three main persuasive strategies as defined by Aristotle in Rhetoric: the appeal to logic (logos), the appeal to the emotions (pathos), and the appeal to the character (or perceived character) of the speaker (ethos). More broadly, an appeal may be any persuasive strategy, especially one directed to the emotions, sense of humor, or cherished beliefs of an audience.	10
14718318721	Aphorism	A short, often witty statement articulating a principle or a truth about life.	11
14718321326	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back:	12
14718334150	Asyndeton	Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can give the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account.	13
14718337057	Atmosphere	The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.	14
14718340248	Avant-garde	A term used since the late nineteenth century to suggest art or writing that challenges tradition, or that is innovative, experimental, revolutionary, or ahead of its time.	15
14718342117	Bombast	Language that is overly rhetorical (pompous), especially when considered in context.	16
14718344636	Chiasmus	A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words	17
14718347103	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	18