Ap english Flashcards

15024039501	homonym	a word spelled exactly like another word, but having a different meaning	0
15024039502	Alagory	A narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities	1
15024039503	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	2
15024039504	illusion	(n.) a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware that really does not exist	3
15024039505	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	4
15024039506	Anacdote	short story	5
15024039507	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	6
15024039508	cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	7
15024039509	Antithesis	Direct opposite	8
15024039510	colloquial	Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing	9
15024039511	connective tissue	A body tissue that provides support for the body and connects all of its parts	10
15024039512	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	11
15024039513	Dialect	A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.	12
15024039514	Diction	word choice	13
15024039515	didactic	instructive	14
15024039516	discourse	conversation	15
15024039517	Elipisis	deliberate omission of a word or words that are readily impled by the context	16
15024039518	Epigraph	a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme.	17
15024039519	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	18
15024039520	Euphany	pleasant sound	19
15024039521	Exposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.	20
15024039522	Extended metaphore	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	21
15024039523	figurative language	Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.	22
15024039524	Hyperbole	exaggeration	23
15024039525	logical fallacy	a mistake in reasoning	24
15024039526	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	25
15024039527	monologe	long speech by one person	26
15024039528	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	27
15024039529	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	28
15024039530	Pasing	Speed of writing	29
15024039531	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	30
15075868542	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	31
15075868543	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	32
15075868544	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	33
15075868545	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	34
15075868546	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	35
15075868547	Pun	A play on words	36
15075868548	Reductio ad absurdam	a reduction to an absurdity; the refutation of a proposition by demonstrating the inevitably absurd conclusion to which it would logically lead.	37
15075868549	Retoric	art of skillful speaking	38
15075868550	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	39
15075868551	Stanza	A group of lines in a poem	40
15075868552	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	41
15075868553	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	42
15075868554	Syntax	Sentence structure	43
15075868555	Synthesis	combination	44
15142396705	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	45
15142396706	Ethos	Ethical appeal	46
15142396707	Logos	Appeal to logic	47