2866433884 | alliteration | Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence. | 0 | |
2866435715 | allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 1 | |
2866437280 | anaphora | Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. | 2 | |
2866438466 | antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order. | 3 | |
2866438681 | antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses. | 4 | |
2866439868 | archaic diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | 5 | |
2866440519 | asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions. | 6 | |
2866441427 | cumulative sentence | A sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases (main clause is at the beginning). | 7 | |
2866442605 | hortative sentence | A sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action. | 8 | |
2866443193 | imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 9 | |
2866443898 | inversion | The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase. | 10 | |
2866444911 | juxtaposition | Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast. | 11 | |
2866446937 | metaphor | A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared, does not use like or as. | 12 | |
2866448223 | oxymoron | A compact paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict each other. | 13 | |
2866449968 | parallelism | Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. | 14 | |
2866451241 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 15 | |
2866451866 | personification | A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions. | 16 | |
2866452664 | rhetorical question | A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer | 17 | |
2866454050 | synecdoche | A rhetorical trope involving a part of an object representing the whole, or the whole of an object representing a part. | 18 | |
2866455430 | zeugma | The use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings. | 19 |
AP Language Chapter 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
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