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| 9676241210 | Abstract | refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images. | 0 | |
| 9676241211 | Allegory | a work that functions on a symbolic level. | 1 | |
| 9676241212 | Antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. The AP English Language and Composition Exam often expects you to identify it in a passage. | 2 | |
| 9676241213 | Epigraph | the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. | 3 | |
| 9676241214 | Exposition | background information presented in a literary work. | 4 | |
| 9676241215 | Pun | a play on words that often has a comic effect. Associated with wit and cleverness. A writer who speaks of the "grave topic of American funerals" may be employing an intentional or unintentional pun. | 5 | |
| 9676241216 | Reductio ad Absurdum | the Latin for "to reduce to the absurd." This is a technique useful in creating a comic effect (See Twain's "At the Funeral.") and is also an argumentative technique. It is considered a rhetorical fallacy, because it reduces an argument to an either/or choice. | 6 | |
| 9676241217 | Voice | can refer to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active voice and passive voice). The second refers to the total "sound" of a writer's style. | 7 | |
| 9676366351 | partition | In ancient Roman oratory, the part of a speech where the speaker would divide the main topic into parts. | 8 | |
| 9676366352 | epanalepsis | Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. Ex: Blood hath brought blood. | 9 |
