AP English Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 14011821014 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically. |  | 0 |
| 14011821015 | Antecedent | Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. |  | 1 |
| 14011821016 | Antithesis | Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism. |  | 2 |
| 14011821017 | Aphorism | Early to bed and early to rise help make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. -Ben Franklin |  | 3 |
| 14011821018 | Apostrophe | "Oh, Captain, my Captain, our fearful trip is done..." |  | 4 |
| 14011821019 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |  | 5 |
| 14011821020 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor. |  | 6 |
| 14011821021 | Euphemism | correctional facility = jail between jobs = unemployed | 7 | |
| 14011821022 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. |  | 8 |
| 14011821023 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. |  | 9 |
| 14011821024 | Metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. |  | 10 |
| 14011821025 | Anaphora | The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. |  | 11 |
| 14011821026 | Pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish |  | 12 |
| 14011821027 | Prose | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. |  | 13 |
| 14011821028 | Semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words. |  | 14 |
| 14011821029 | Syllogism | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. |  | 15 |
| 14011821030 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole. |  | 16 |
| 14011821031 | Synesthesia | When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. |  | 17 |
| 14011821032 | Apologia | A written or spoken defense of one's beliefs and actions. |  | 18 |
| 14011821033 | Epigram | A brief witty statement. |  | 19 |
| 14011821034 | Digression | The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work. |  | 20 |
| 14011821035 | Ellipsis | The omission of a word or several words. |  | 21 |
| 14011821036 | Ad Hominem | Attacking a speaker's character instead of to their argument. |  | 22 |
| 14011821037 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era. |  | 23 |
| 14011821038 | Didactic | Having an instructive purpose; intending to convey information to teach a lesson usually in a dry, pompous manner. |  | 24 |
| 14011821039 | Fallacy | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. |  | 25 |
| 14011821040 | Hubris | Excessive pride that often brings about one's fall. |  | 26 |
| 14011821041 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words |  | 27 |
| 14011821042 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. |  | 28 |
| 14011821043 | Paradox | A statement or idea that seems contradictory but is in fact true. |  | 29 |
| 14011821044 | Non Sequitur | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. |  | 30 |
| 14011821045 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |  | 31 |
| 14011821046 | Jargon | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group. |  | 32 |
| 14011821047 | Taciturn | Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation. | 33 | |
| 14011821048 | Dogmatic | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. |  | 34 |
| 14011821049 | Pernicious | Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. |  | 35 |
| 14011821050 | Truculent | Aggressive; confrontational |  | 36 |
| 14011821051 | Voracious | Craving or consuming large quantities of food. |  | 37 |
| 14011821052 | Zealous | Having or showing zeal. |  | 38 |
| 14011821053 | Tacit | Understood or implied without being stated. |  | 39 |
| 14011821054 | Innuendo | An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. |  | 40 |
| 14011821055 | Indolent | Lazy; slow and relaxed. |  | 41 |
| 14011821056 | Consecrate | Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose. |  | 42 |
| 14011821057 | Chiasmus | A type of parallelism in which elements are reversed. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." |  | 43 |
| 14011821058 | Loose Sentence | A sentence in which the subject and verb come at the front of the sentence. | 44 | |
| 14011821059 | Petulant | Childishly sulky or bad-tempered. | 45 | |
| 14011821060 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence in which the subject and verb come toward the end of the sentence. | 46 | |
| 14011821061 | Exhort | Strongly encourage or urge someone to do something. |  | 47 |
| 14011821062 | Cloistered | Kept away from the outside world; sheltered. |  | 48 |
| 14011821063 | Sarcasm | Caustic, bitter language--iterally means "to tear the flesh." | 49 | |
| 14011821064 | Independent Clause | A complete sentence. | 50 | |
| 14011821065 | Dependent Clause | Includes a subordinate conjunction, such as because, while, etc. | 51 | |
| 14011821066 | Allusion | A reference to something (e.g., a book, a movie, an historical event) that is presumed to be well known to the audience. | 52 | |
| 14011821067 | Satire | A work that pokes fun human vices and follies in order to call attention to a larger problem. |  | 53 |
| 14011821068 | Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. |  | 54 |
| 14011821069 | Coup de Grace | The "death blow"--the culminating event in a bad situation. |  | 55 |
| 14011821070 | Coup d'Etat | Literally "blow to the state"--a violent overthrow. |  | 56 |
| 14011821071 | Faux Pas | A social misstep or inappropriate action. | 57 | |
| 14011821072 | Laissez-Faire | Literally "allow to do"--letting things run their natural course; hands off. | 58 | |
| 14011821073 | En Masse | In a body as a whole; as a group. | 59 | |
| 14011821074 | Proprietary | Characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property. | 60 | |
| 14011821075 | Propriety | The quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs. | 61 | |
| 14011821076 | Imminent | About to happen. | 62 | |
| 14011821077 | Eminent | Famous, outstanding, distinguished. | 63 | |
| 14011821078 | Ego | According to Freud, the decision-making component of personality that operates according to the reality principle. | 64 | |
| 14011821079 | Superego | According to Freud, that facet of the psyche that represents the internalized ideals and values of one's parents and society | 65 | |
| 14011821080 | Id | Literally the "It"--our base impulses, driven by selfishness and greed, for example. | 66 | |
| 14011821081 | Hamartia | A character's error in judgment that contributes to one's downfall. | 67 | |
| 14011821082 | Orwellian | The manipulation of language and ideas to control and obstruct the truth. | 68 | |
| 14011821083 | Autonomos | Independent, self-governing, not under the control of something or someone else. |  | 69 |