AP Language Terms 3 Flashcards

14963723848	Parenthesis	A word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it- usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas.	0
14963760794	Pathos	The means of persuasion that appeals to the audience's emotions.	1
14963766705	Persona	A voice or mask that an author, speaker, or performer puts on for a particular purpose.	2
14963773395	Personification	A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities	3
14963796386	Polysyndeton	A rhetorical term for a sentence style that employs many coordinating conjunctions	4
14963827218	Rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	5
14963832625	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.	6
14963849827	Sarcasm	A mocking, often ironic or satirical remark.	7
14963882522	Satire	The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of politics and other topical issues.	8
14963983268	Scesis Onomaton	Figure of repetition in which a set of two or more different words having the same meaning occurs within the same sentence	9
14964003439	Simile	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox.)	10
14964029007	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.	11
14964060113	Syntax	the arrangement of words in a sentence	12
14964078806	Tone	A writers attitude toward subject- primarily conveyed through diction, point of view, syntax, and level of formality.	13
14964109312	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is.	14