| 7124917790 | Ad Hominem Argument | Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 7124918642 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 7124918891 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 7124920402 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | 3 | |
| 7124921447 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 7124923906 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 7124924664 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 6 | |
| 7124925163 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 7 | |
| 7124925679 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 8 | |
| 7124926912 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 9 |
AP Language, Test Study 1 Flashcards
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