14756685124 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 0 | |
14756692790 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. | 1 | |
14756698638 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
14756712217 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
14756713644 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | 4 | |
14756715649 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." | 5 | |
14756722496 | anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 6 | |
14756724332 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 7 | |
14756725213 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 8 | |
14756730790 | Apostrophe | a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 9 | |
14756733143 | atmosphere/mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage | 10 | |
14756737757 | clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 11 | |
14756740394 | colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 12 |
AP English Language & Composition Flashcards
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