5144579486 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 0 | |
5144579487 | Allegory | story or poem in which characters, settings and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.(Ex:Animal Farm, Dante's Infermo, Lord of the Flies) | 1 | |
5144582220 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 2 | |
5166583957 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells"). | 3 | |
5166589504 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 4 | |
5166592821 | Anecdote | A brief recounting of a relevant episode. Used in fiction and nonfiction. Develops point or injects humor. Commonly used as an illustration for an abstract point being made. Example: Mark Twain is famous for his short anecdotes about growing up in Missouri intertwined with humor and an abstract truth about human nature. | 5 | |
5207056438 | Diction | the style of writing and word choice of the author *adjective *never alone | 6 | |
5207061122 | Colloquial / colloquiallism | slang or informal language Ex: "hella" "af" "triggered" "omg" "salty" | 7 | |
5207063018 | Connotation | feeling or idea attached to a word | 8 | |
5207063019 | Denotation | literal meaning | 9 | |
5236858813 | Caricature | a drawing that makes someone look funny or foolish because some part of the person's appearance is exaggerated | ![]() | 10 |
5236858814 | Clause | a part of a sentence that has its own subject and verb | 11 | |
5236860032 | Atmosphere | 12 | ||
5290111305 | Conceit | 13 | ||
5290111306 | Chiasmus | balancing clauses | 14 | |
5290113287 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object can't talk back | 15 |
AP English Language Flashcards
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