AP Terms Flashcards
Asyndeton
The omission or absence of a conjunction
Polysyndeton
Lots of conjunctions, no commas
Abstract
Ideas or concepts
Concrete
Objects or events
Colloquialism
Not formal, ordinary or familiar words
Diction
Choice and use of words
Syntax
Arrangement of words and phrases
Rhetoric
Persuasive speaking or writing, ethos, logos, pathos
Antecedent
Word or phrase replaced by a substitute
Anaphora
Repetition of a certain word or phrase in the beginning of a sentence
Periodic Sentence
Long sentence, not completed until the end (Main idea at the end of the sentence. At the period.)
Loose Sentence
Main idea in the beginning then elaborated on
Antithesis
Opposite, two opposite ideas put together
Juxtaposition
Two things placed together for comparison
Connotation
How a word makes you feel
Denotation
Dictionary form of the word
Archaic
Old-fashioned
Jargon
Language specific to a particular group
Didactic
Intended to teach
Euphemism
Words substituted for a word that is too harsh
Euphonious
Pleasant sounding
Cacophonous
Harsh sounding
Metonymy
Substitution of a word for something similar (the track for horse racing)
Synecdoche
Part represents the whole
Litotes
Understatement
Epistrophe
Same word used at the end of multiple sentences
Anadiplosis
Word that ended in a sentence starts the next
Epanalepsis
Same word used in beginning and end of a sentence
Ethos
Credibility or ethical appeal
Logos
Logical appeal
Pathos
Emotional appeal
Monosyllabic
One syllable
Polysyllabic
Multiple syllables
Tautology
Redundant (single bachelor)
