AP Language Flashcards

11343866132	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
11343866133	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	1
11343866134	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	2
11343866135	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	3
11343866136	Analogy	comparison	4
11343866137	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
11343866138	Anecdote	A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.	6
11343866139	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	7
11343866141	Aphorism	a concise statement of a truth or principle	8
11343866142	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:	9
11343866144	Atmosphere	The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene	10
11343866146	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	11
11343866147	Colloquial	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	12
11343866148	Coherence	the quality of being logical and consistent	13
11343866149	Conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	14
11343866150	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	15
11343866151	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion attitude, or color.	16
11343866153	Diction	word choice	17
11343866154	Didactic	intended for instruction; instructive	18
11343866157	Euphemism	From the Greek for "good speech," these are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. Ex. Saying "passed away" instead of "died" is a euphemism.	19
11343866158	Exposition	Background information presented in a literary work.	20
11343866159	Extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout the work.	21
11343866160	Figurative language	writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally	22
11343866161	Figure of speech	a device used to produce figurative language	23
11343866162	Generic conventions	describes traditions for each genre	24
11343866163	Genre	a major category or type of literature	25
11343866164	Homily	This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice.	26
11343866165	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement..	27
11343866167	Imagery	language that appeals to the senses	28
11343866168	Inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning	29
11343866169	Invective	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language.	30
11343866170	Irony/ironic	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.	31
11343866173	Loose sentence	a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by wdependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.	32
11343866174	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.	33
11343866175	Metonymy	A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name."	34
11343866176	Mood	The first meaning is grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude.	35
11343866177	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.	36
11343866178	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.	37
11343866179	Oxymoron	From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," an oxymoron is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.	38
11343866180	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.	39
11343866181	Parallelism	the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	40
11343866182	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	41
11343866183	pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.	42
11343866184	Periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	43
11343866185	Personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	44
11343866188	Predicate nominative	a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject	45
11343866189	Prose	Any writing that is not poetry	46
11343866190	Repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	47
11343866191	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	48
11343866192	Rhetorical modes	exposition, description, narration, argumentation	49
11343866194	Sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	50
11343866195	Satire	A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.	51
11343866196	Semantics	Meaning of words and sentences	52
11343866197	Style	A basic and distinctive mode of expression.	53
11343866198	Subject complement	The name of a grammatical unit that is comprised of predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives.	54
11343866199	Subordinate clause	Like all clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb it does not express a complete thought.	55
11343866200	Syllogism	From the Greek for "reckoning together, " a syllogism	56
11343866201	Symbolism	anything that represents itself and stands for something else	57
11343866203	Syntax	Sentence structure	58
11343866204	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature	59
11343866205	Thesis	the primary position taken by a writer or speaker	60
11343866206	Tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	61
11343866207	Transition	(n.) a change from one state or condition to another	62
11343866208	Understatement	A statement that says less than what is meant	63
11343866209	Undertone	attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece	64
11343866210	Wit	intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights	65
11343966533	Zeguma	use of a word in two different senses at the same time	66
11343971172	unreliable narrator	a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised	67
11343974662	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	68
11343981539	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	69
11343981540	predicate adjective	follows a linking verb and describes the subject	70
11343984277	Trope	a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression	71
11344002153	predicate adjective	follows a linking verb and describes the subject	72