AP English Chapter 2 Vocab

86521318	alliteration	repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence
86521319	allusion	brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art
86521320	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
86521321	antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse order
86521322	antithesis	opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel constriction
86521323	archaic diction	old-fashioned or outdated choice of words
86521324	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
86521325	cumulative sentence	sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on
86521326	hortative sentence	sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action
86521327	imperative sentence	sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat
86521328	inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order)
86521329	juxtaposition	placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
86521330	metaphor	figure of speech that says one thing is another to explain by comparison
86521331	metonymy	using a single feature to represent the whole
86521332	oxymoron	paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another
86521333	parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series related words, phrases, or clauses
86521334	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
86521335	personification	attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea
86521336	rhetorical question	figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather that for the purpose of getting an answer
86521337	zeugma	use of two different words in a grammatically similar way but producing different, often incongruous meanings