Ap Language and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

14594302389	Appeals	persuasive pleas of shared values or credibility (ethos); to reason or logic (logos); or to prompt the reader's emotions (pathos)	0
14594303344	Argument	A statement put forth and supported by evidence	1
14594307053	Assertion	Emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument.	2
14594307054	Assumption	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof.	3
14594308002	Diction	The word choices made by a writer	4
14594308003	Figurative Language	language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)	5
14594308906	Rhetoric	The art of presenting ideas in an effective and persuasive manner	6
14594309699	Rhetorical Devices	literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression and persuasion	7
14594310290	Rhetorical Modes	Patterns of organization developed to achieve a specific purpose	8
14594310291	Rhetorical Pattern	format or structure followed by a writer such as comparison/contrast or process analysis	9
14594310907	Structure	the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or work	10
14594310908	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	11
14594311598	Syntax	the manner in which words are arranged into sentences	12
14594311599	Theme	a central idea of a work central message of a work	13
14594312190	Thesis	the primary position taken by a writer or speaker	14
14671001037	balanced sentence	a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast	15
14671001038	complex sentence	A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	16
14671386276	compound sentence	a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions	17
14671386277	compound-complex sentence	a sentence with two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses	18
14671386278	cumulative sentence	a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases	19
14671386279	declarative sentence	a sentence that makes a statement or declaration	20
14671386280	exclamatory sentence	a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark	21
14671386281	imperative sentence	A sentence that gives a command	22
14671386282	interrogative sentence	A sentence that asks a question	23
14671386283	inverted syntax	The reversal of the normal or expected word order in a sentence	24
14671386284	simple sentence	A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause	25
14671386285	Absolute	A word/statement free from limitations or qualifications	26
14671386286	Allegory	A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	27
14671386287	Alliteration	The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables	28
14671386288	Allusion	An indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event.	29
14671517575	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	30
14671517576	anecdote	A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.	31
14671517577	Antecedent	The noun to which a later pronoun refers	32
14671517578	Antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced	33
14671517579	Aphorism	a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance	34
14671517580	Appositive	A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.	35
14671517581	Audience	One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.	36
14671517582	Bias	Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue.	37
14671517583	Cite	Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source.	38
14671517584	Authority	A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge.	39
14671517585	Claim	An assertion, usually supported by evidence	40
14671517586	Close reading	A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text.	41
14671517587	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	42
14671517588	concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	43
14671517589	concrete details	details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events	44
14671517590	Connotation	That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning	45
14671517591	Counterargument	A challenge to a position; an opposing argument	46
14671517592	Deduction	reasoning from general to specific	47
14671517593	Denotation	The literal meaning of a word it's dictionary definition	48
14671517594	Diction	word choice	49
14671517595	didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	50
14671517596	Dissonance	harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds	51
14671517597	double entendre	A figure of speech in which a word or phrase can be understood in two ways	52
14671517598	Ernstitious	characterized by a deep fanatical love for reading, writing, and 49ers football	53
14671517599	Epigraph	a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work	54
14671517600	Facts	That which dependent on rhetorical context supports or obscures truth	55
14671517601	figurative language	The use of tropes or figures of speech going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect	56
14671623135	figure of speech	An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning.	57
14671623136	Foreshadowing	an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future often subtle and inherently symbolic	58
14671652821	Hyperbole	exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis	59
14671652822	Imagery	Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing).	60
14671652823	Idiom	An expression that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression or a regional speech or dialect	61
14671685731	Implication	a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly. NOTE: the author/sender implies; the reader/audience infers.	62
14671685732	Induction	reasoning from specific to general	63
14671685733	invective	an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack	64
14671685734	Irony	A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result.	65
14671685735	Jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession	66
14671745381	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things side by side for emphasis	67
14671944920	Maxim	A concise statement, often offering advice; an adage	68
14671944921	Metaphor	A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken as though it were something else thus making an implicit comparison	69
14671944922	Motif	A standard theme element or dramatic situation that recurs in various works	70
14671959798	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	71
14671959799	Paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	72
14671992990	Parallelism	the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms	73
14671992991	Parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work	74
14671992992	Parenthetical comment	a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to quality or explain	75
14671992993	Pedantic	Often used to describe a writing style characterized by an excessive display of learning of learning or scholarship narrowly stodgily and often ostentatiously learned	76
14672061641	Persona	the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing	77
14672061642	Personification	Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects.	78
14672061643	Propaganda	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information.	79
14672061644	Purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	80
14672061645	Refute	To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument.	81
14672061646	rhetorical question	A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	82
14672061647	Satire	The use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions	83
14672061648	Source	A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information.	84
14672061649	stream of consciousness	a technique characterized by the continuous unedited flow of conscious experience through the mind recorded on paper. Often used in "interior monologue," when the reader is privy to a character or narrator's thoughts.	85
14672061650	Subtext	The content of a work which is not announced explicitly by the characters but is implicit or becomes something understood by the reader of the work as the piece unfolds	86
14672061651	Synthesize	Combining or bringing together two or more elements to produce something more complex.	87
14672082381	Truth	The subject of much debate	88
14672082382	understatement	The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it	89
14672082383	Vernacular	the everyday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage	90
14672090321	Voice	In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing.	91
14672090322	C.	circa from a specified time	92
14672090323	E.g.	"and elsewhere" use when giving an example	93
14672103653	.et al.	et alia ( and others)	94