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AP Language of Composition Chapter 2 Flashcards

Vocab at the end of the chapter.

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1839596334AlliterationRepetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence0
1839596335AllusionBrief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art1
1839596336AnaphoraRepetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines2
1839596337AntimetaboleRepetition of words in reverse order3
1839596338AntithesisOpposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel contstruction4
1839596339Archaic DictionOld-fashioned or outdated choice of words5
1839596340AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words6
1839596341Cumulative SentenceSentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on7
1839596342Hortative SentenceSentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action8
1839596343Imperative SentenceSentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat9
1839596344InversionInverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject- verb-object order)10
1839596345JuxtapositionPlacement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts11
1839596346MetaphorFigure of speech that says one thing is another in order to explain by comparison12
1839596347OxymoronParadoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another13
1839596348ParallelismSimilarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases, or clauses14
1839596349Periodic SentenceSentence whose main clause is withheld until the end15
1839596350PersonificationAttributionn of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea16
1839596351Rhetorical QuestionFigure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer17
1839596352synecdochefigure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole18
1839596353ZeugmaUse of two different words in a grammatically similar way to producing different, often incongruous, meanings Mix of one physical/concrete thing and one abstract thing (After the game the players were covered in *mud* and *glory*)19

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