AP language terms 2 Flashcards
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| 14974294802 | Colloquialism | words and phrases used by groups that is familiar to its members | 0 | |
| 14974362746 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word | 1 | |
| 14974388161 | context | the situation of time and place | 2 | |
| 14974403737 | deductive reasoning | general to specific | 3 | |
| 14974609156 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word (dictionary def.) | 4 | |
| 14974618736 | Dictition | writers choice of words | 5 | |
| 14974767079 | didactic | instructive | 6 | |
| 14974775842 | Discursive Structure | arrangement where writer rambles/not prepared | 7 | |
| 14974830946 | Enthymeme | Logical reasoning with one premise left unstated | 8 | |
| 14974833893 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 9 | |
| 14974840580 | Epithet | A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something | 10 | |
| 14974848861 | Euphemism | nicer way in saying something | 11 | |
| 14974857582 | evidence example | facts and reasons to support a claim | 12 | |
| 14974864293 | hyperbole/overstatement | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of truth | 13 | |
| 14974868946 | Idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. | 14 | |
| 14974876727 | inductive reasoning | listing specific examples that lead to generalization | 15 | |
| 14974889777 | Inference | conclusions made by a guess | 16 | |
| 14974900042 | Irony | surprising or contradicting results | 17 | |
| 14974910867 | Jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people | 18 | |
| 14974914312 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 19 |