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AP English Language Terms Flashcards

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Junoesque

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Classic Beauty

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Harpy

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Malicious woman w/ fierce temper

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Galahad

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A knight of a round table

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Lilliputian

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Trival or very small person or thing

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Yahoo

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Uneducated brute; hillbilly

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Malapropism

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Use of an incorrect word placed in a word that sounds the same

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Milquetoast

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Timid or submissive; shy

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Pollyanna

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One who is very optimistic

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El Dorado

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Place full of riches (city of gold)

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Sardonic

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Cynical; mocking (opposite of pollyanna)

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Shangai

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Kidnap someone (ghost adventures episode)

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Stonewall

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Delay or block by refusing to answer questions (politicians)

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Symbaritic

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Opulent luxury

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Waterloo

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Final crush & defeat

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Bona Fide

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Something that is good & true

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Erstaz

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Units of army reserve

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Habeas Corpus

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Person under arrest to be brought upon judge (right to a trial)

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Tête-a-Tête

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Private meeting between two people

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Ad Hoc

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Formed, arranged or done for a certain purpose (book club)

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Coup d’État

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Revolution

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Abstract

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Something you can’t sense (freedom, love)

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Concrete

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Something we can see, touch, smell (senses)

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Connotation

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Suggested meaning; how a word makes us feel

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition

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Conceit

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Extended metaphor

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Euphemism

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Nicer way of saying something unpleasant (died -> Passed away)

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Antithesis

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Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas

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Antimetabole

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Repetition of words in reverse order

Ex: i like what i do; i do what i like

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Colloquial

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Use of slang/informal language

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Pedantic

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Words we use to teach

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Anaphora

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Repetition of same words in beginning of sentences (we shall.. We shall.. We shall)

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Ethos

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Writer (ethical appeal)

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Pathos

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Audience (emotional appeal; powerful)

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Logos

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Text (logical appeals)

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