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Terminology for AP Language and Composition Flashcards

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10399472204AlliterationThe repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of consecutive words or syllables.0
10399477122AllusionAn indirect reference, often to another text or an historic event.1
10399480468AnalogyAn extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things.2
10399483517AnaphoraThe repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses.3
10399487347AnecdoteA short account of an interesting event.4
10399493158AnnotationExplanatory or critical notes added to a text.5
10399495873AntecedentThe noun to which a later pronoun refers.6
10399499015AntimetaboleThe repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast.7
10399502496AntithesisParallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas.8
10399510775AphorismA short, astute statement of a general truth.9
10399515872AppositiveA word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.10
10399519378Archaic dictionThe use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language.11
10399522040ArgumentA statement put forth and supported by evidence.12
10399524714Aristotelian triangleA diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience.13
10399528192AssertionAn emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument.14
10399532883AssumptionA belief or statement taken for granted without proof.15
10399537082AsyndetonLeaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses.16
10399540044AttitudeThe speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone.17
10399542996AudienceOne's listeners or relationship; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.18
10399545372AuthorityA reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge.19
10399548335BiasPrejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue.20
10399550608CiteIdentifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source.21
10399555032ClaimAn assertion, usually supported by evidence.22
10399558260Close readingA careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text.23
10399566447Colloquial/ismAn informal or conversational use of language.24
10399569193Common groundShared beliefs, values, or positions.25
10399573805Complex sentenceA sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.26
10399578576ConcessionA reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.27
10399585967ConnotationThat which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning28
10399589425ContextWords, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.29
10399593323CoordinationA grammatical equivalent between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as "and", or "but."30
10399600729CounteragrumentA challenge to a position; an opposing arguement.31
10399603117Cumulative sentenceA sentence that makes a statement32

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