1910234146 | alliteration | repetition of sounds at the beginning of words, ex. She sells seashells by the seashore | 0 | |
1910234147 | descriptive narrative | describing something so vividly that the audience feels like they are there | 1 | |
1910234148 | allusion | direct or indirect reference to something in history, literature, or pop culture. | 2 | |
1910234149 | ambiguity | having multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional; unclear | 3 | |
1910234150 | antecedent | word, phrase, or clause that is referred to by a pronoun | 4 | |
1910234151 | antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas, the direct opposite | 5 | |
1910234152 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle | 6 | |
1910234153 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that direcly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love | 7 | |
1910234154 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work | 8 | |
1910234155 | caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive personal features | 9 |
AP Language Set Three Flashcards
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