Exam review for the first semester of AP English Language.
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| 1175983919 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds. The *smooth stone slope*... | 1 | |
| 1175983920 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. | 2 | |
| 1175983921 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. | 3 | |
| 1175983922 | Anaphora | A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences. | 4 | |
| 1175983923 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event. | 5 | |
| 1175983924 | Antimetabole | Repeating words in reverse order for surprise and emphasis. | 6 | |
| 1175983925 | Antithesis | Direct opposite. Love is the antithesis of selfishness. | 7 | |
| 1175983926 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | 8 | |
| 1175983927 | Asyndeton | Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words, speeds up flow of sentence -- X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. | 9 | |
| 1175983928 | Hortative Sentence | Sentence that exhorts, advises, or calls to action. | 10 | |
| 1175983929 | Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. | 11 | |
| 1175983930 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence that gives a command. | 12 | |
| 1175983931 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality. | 13 | |
| 1175983932 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts. | 14 | |
| 1175983933 | Metaphor | Figure of speech comparing two different things. | 15 | |
| 1175983934 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it. Using *crown* in place of *royalty*. | 16 | |
| 1175983935 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea. | 17 | |
| 1175983936 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 18 | |
| 1175983937 | Paradox | A contradiction or dilemma. | 19 | |
| 1175983938 | Personification | A figure of speech in which a non-human is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. | 20 | |
| 1175983939 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer. | 21 | |
| 1175983940 | Understatement | A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said. | 22 | |
| 1175983941 | Zeugma | A trope in which one word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not related in meaning. | 23 |
