Vocab Week 8 - AP Language Flashcards

11299914410	Sentential Adverb (sen-TEN-shul AD-verb)	- a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, that emphasizes the words before and after it - His finger is not, in fact, stuck permanently in his nose. 1. The lake, clearly, wasn't doing much for business. 2. Mental Cue: quora 3. Sentential adverbs modify an entire sentence and can sometimes change the meaning of a sentence.	0
11299950441	Litotes (LY-tuh-teez)	- a form of understatement in which the opposite of the intended meaning is stated - Running your car into that tree certainly didn't do it any good. 1. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed. 2. Mental Cue: sarcastic 3. Litotes has to be negative and is often exaggerated.	1
11299989093	Distinctio (diss-TINK-tee-o)	- an explicit reference to a meaning of a word so that the author's intentions are clear - Landing a person on Mars is impossible-by "impossible" I mean currently beyond our technological capabilities. 1. Is it dangerous; will I be harmed? 2. Mental Cue: distinct 3. Distinctio is used to prevent people from making assumptions and being ambiguous.	2
11300021219	Euphemism (YOO-fuh-miz-im)	- an indirect expression of something unpleasant, in order to minimize its impact - "heck" for hell, "Palmetto bug" for cockroach 1.	3
11300054615	Narrative intrusion (adj+noun)	- when the author interrupts the narrative to give background information - Bill Bryson punctuating his and Katz' exploits with nature description	4
11300079702	Amplification (noun)	- repeating the word or phrase with more description and emphasis - After ten days of dieting, I had visions of ice cream, towering mountains of ice cream, gooey and delicious and full of lovely ice-creamy calories.	5
11300108629	Alliteration (uh-lit-ter-RAY-shun)	- the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or middle of two or more adjacent words - "To make a man who matches in moral need..." (Edwin Markham)	6
11300149810	Anadiplosis (ann-uh-dip-PLOH-sis)	- repeating a word or phrase at the end of one clause at the beginning of the next clause - Our doubt is our passion, our passion is our task.	7
11300168904	Anaphora (ann-uh-FOR-uh)	- repetition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses - "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and on the streets..."(Winston Churchill)	8
11300200973	Anthimeria (an-thih-MAIR-ee-uh)	- the substitution of one part of speech for another - Calvin: I like to verb words. Hobbes: What? Calvin: Verbing weirds language	9