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AP Terms Flashcards

1
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Asyndeton

A

The omission or absence of a conjunction

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2
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Polysyndeton

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Lots of conjunctions, no commas

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3
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Abstract

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Ideas or concepts

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4
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Concrete

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Objects or events

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5
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Colloquialism

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Not formal, ordinary or familiar words

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Diction

A

Choice and use of words

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7
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Syntax

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Arrangement of words and phrases

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8
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Rhetoric

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Persuasive speaking or writing, ethos, logos, pathos

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9
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Antecedent

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Word or phrase replaced by a substitute

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10
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Anaphora

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Repetition of a certain word or phrase in the beginning of a sentence

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Periodic Sentence

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Long sentence, not completed until the end (Main idea at the end of the sentence. At the period.)

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12
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Loose Sentence

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Main idea in the beginning then elaborated on

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13
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Antithesis

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Opposite, two opposite ideas put together

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14
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Juxtaposition

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Two things placed together for comparison

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15
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Connotation

A

How a word makes you feel

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16
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Denotation

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Dictionary form of the word

17
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Archaic

A

Old-fashioned

18
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Jargon

A

Language specific to a particular group

19
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Didactic

A

Intended to teach

20
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Euphemism

A

Words substituted for a word that is too harsh

21
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Euphonious

A

Pleasant sounding

22
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Cacophonous

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Harsh sounding

23
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Metonymy

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Substitution of a word for something similar (the track for horse racing)

24
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Synecdoche

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Part represents the whole

25
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Litotes

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Understatement

26
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Epistrophe

A

Same word used at the end of multiple sentences

27
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Anadiplosis

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Word that ended in a sentence starts the next

28
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Epanalepsis

A

Same word used in beginning and end of a sentence

29
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Ethos

A

Credibility or ethical appeal

30
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Logos

A

Logical appeal

31
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Pathos

A

Emotional appeal

32
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Monosyllabic

A

One syllable

33
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Polysyllabic

A

Multiple syllables

34
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Tautology

A

Redundant (single bachelor)

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