Ap English Language Term Flashcards

14601428189	adage	A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language	0
14601432989	allegory	A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface	1
14601437991	Alliteration	The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem	2
14601440709	allusion	A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea	3
14601442930	ambiguity	a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations	4
14601445962	analogy	a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things	5
14601451948	anecdote	a brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point	6
14601458653	antecedent	A word to which a pronoun refers	7
14601461899	antimetabole	a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order	8
14601467621	antithesis	the direct opposite, a sharp contrast	9
14601468730	apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction	10
14601475204	appositive	A noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately or defines or amplifies its meaning	11
14601502714	archetype	a very typical example of a certain person or thing	12
14601510772	argument	main statement of a poem, an essay, a short story, or a novel, which usually appears as an introduction, or a point on which the writer will develop his work in order to convince his readers.	13
14601515825	Asyndeton	the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence	14
14601518001	audience	the person for whom a writer writes, or composer compose	15
14601519557	cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	16
14601522780	Characterization	the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character	17
14601523447	circumlocution	an indirect way of expressing something	18
14601527172	climax	the high point, or turning point, of a story or play	19
14601528155	Colloquial	Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing	20
14601529013	Concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	21
14601530083	conceit	A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language.	22
14601538823	connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.	23
14601539877	context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	24
14601540999	counter argument	ideas that are presented to oppose another argument	25
14601541913	cumulative sentence	sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on	26
14639506441	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	27
14639507557	denouement	the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction	28
14639509161	Detail	Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work	29
14639512012	Diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	30
14639512013	Elegy	a sad or mournful poem	31
14639512976	Ellipsis	the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context	32
14639513962	Epic	long narrative poem	33
14639514703	Ethos	convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader	34
14639517723	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	35
14639518636	Exposition	introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers	36
14639521821	Foreshadowing	A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.	37
14639522648	Genre	a major category or type of literature	38
14639522649	Horative sentence	sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action	39
14639527715	Hyperbole	exaggeration	40
14639527716	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	41
14639528438	imperative sentence	sentence used to command or enjoin	42
14639529391	Inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)	43
14639553535	Verbal Irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	44
14639554525	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	45
14639554526	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite	46
14639560558	Logos	Appeal to logic	47
14639560559	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	48
14639560560	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it ("President declared" --> "White House Declared")	49
14639568875	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	50
14639568876	Motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	51
14639569608	Myth	a folklore genre consisting of narratives or stories that play a fundamental role in a society	52
14639572360	Narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.	53
14639572361	Non Sequitur	something that does not logically follow (Bird can fly, bird is animal; pig is animal, therefore pig can fly)	54
14639587538	Occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	55
14639589293	Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates the sound it represents.	56
14639591239	organization	the arrangement of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a perceptible order in a paragraph, essay, or speech	57
14639593701	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase (Alone together)	58
14639595717	Pace	the speed at which a story is told	59
14639597664	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	60
14639598341	paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth	61
14639607030	Parallel structure	the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures	62
14639607031	parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule	63
14639608009	pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	64
14639608010	Pathos	Appeal to emotion	65
14639610064	Periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	66
14639611624	Persona	an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting	67
14639611625	Personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	68
14639612507	Point of View	the perspective from which a story is told	69
14639612508	Polemic	an aggressive argument against a specific opinion	70
14639613674	Propaganda	Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause	71
14639624846	prose	written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.	72
14639625741	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	73
14639625742	refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	74
14639626573	repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	75
14639627537	rhetoric	the art of using language effectively and persuasively	76
14639627538	rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. (ethos, pathos, logos)	77
14639631734	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	78
14639637057	Rhetorical triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.	79
14639637058	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	80
14639637695	simile	A comparison using "like" or "as"	81
14639641878	soliloquy	A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage	82
14639641879	symbolism	A device in literature where an object represents an idea.	83
14639643253	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (check out my new "wheels")	84
14639648600	syllogism	a form of logical reasoning that joins two or more premises to arrive at a conclusion	85
14639650398	syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	86
14639650399	thesis	Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based.	87
14639652299	tone	Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character	88
14639652300	transition	words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs	89
14639655564	voice	A writers distinctive use of language	90
14639655565	Zeugma	use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings (she broke his car and his heart)	91
14672417177	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	92