7265550329 | Allegory | A device using characters and story elements to represent an abstraction as well as a literally meaning | 0 | |
7265550330 | Alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
7265550331 | Allusion | an indirect reference to something | 2 | |
7265550332 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
7265550333 | Anaphora | The same expression is repressed at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences | 4 | |
7265550334 | Anecdote | A short narrative of an interesting episode or event | 5 | |
7265550335 | Antithesis | A contrast of ideas in adjacent phrases | 6 | |
7265550336 | Aphorism | A statement which expresses a general truth | 7 | |
7265550337 | Apostrophe | Addressing to someone or something that cannot answer | 8 | |
7265550338 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses | 9 | |
7265550339 | Atmosphere | The mood created by the literary work | 10 | |
7265550340 | Chiasmus | A reversal in the order of words in two parallel phrases | 11 | |
7265550341 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 12 | |
7265550342 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 13 | |
7265550343 | Coherence | the quality of being logical, orderly, and clearly connected | 14 | |
7265550344 | Conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor | 15 | |
7265550345 | Connotation | The implied or suggested meaning of the word | 16 | |
7265638393 | Analogy | The similarity or comparison between two different things | 17 | |
7265668844 | Antecedent | The word referred to by a pronoun | 18 |
AP Language terms test 1 Flashcards
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