AP Language and Comp Vocab Flashcards

14694115805	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event Function > allows writer of all genres to simplify complex ideas, and emotions of text	0
14694115806	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Function - draws emphasis to a particular point, sentence, or nam. Stands out, flows, fluency	1
14694115807	ad hominem	a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute Function= distorts truth, persuasion	2
14694115808	Ethos	credibility	3
14694115809	Logos	Appeal to logic	4
14694115810	Pathos	Appeal to feelings	5
14694115811	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. Function + emphasizes a point, gets audience thinking	6
14694115812	rhetorical shift	a change from one tone, attitude, etc . . . Look for key words like but, however, even though, although, yet, etc. Function + takes audience focus away from one topic	7
14694115813	rhetorical devices vs rhetorical strategies	Rhetorical device- uses language to persuade and evoke different emotions Strategies+ plan of action to achieve overall aim Difference+ stratagem is the plan, devices are the devices used in the plan.	8
14694115814	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.	9
14694115815	Description	Capture with words the essence of a scene, person, or thing.	10
14694115816	Process Analysis	A method of paragraph or essay development by which a writer explains step by step how something is done or how to do something.	11
14694115817	Illustration/Exemplification	Gives examples clarifying what you are trying to say. Embodies abstract ideas or sharpening generalizations	12
14694115818	definition	Spells out exactly what a word or phrase means	13
14694115819	Compare / contrast	finding similarities and differences between 2 things	14
14694115820	Division / classification	dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category	15
14694115821	Casual analysis	focuses specifically on explanations that show a connection between a situation and its cause or effect	16
14694115822	Argument and Persuasion	Development of the writers own argument	17
14733978634	Analogy	a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it Function: explains m abstract idea by comparing it to something familiar	18
14733978635	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines Function: pathos, encourage, motivate	19
14733978636	Epistrophe	the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences Function: emphasizes a concept or idea	20
15275812087	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	21
15275817485	Anastrohpe	changing the order of sentence structure.	22
15275834544	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	23
15275839092	antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	24
15275850644	Antithesis	two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect	25
15275855884	Aphorism	a concise statement of a truth or principle	26
15275862977	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	27
15275867360	Argument for Ignorance	Arguing that it is better to be ignorant than to know the truth. says something is true because it is not yet proven false.	28
15275877096	asyndenton	conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose	29
15275880769	Chiasmus	a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases	30
15275890653	Colloquialism	a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.	31
15275897024	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	32