AP Lang Terms #8

264540641	Assonance	the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
264540642	Consonance	the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
264540643	Litotes	Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
264540644	Synecdoche	substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
264540645	Epanadiplosis	a figure of speech in which an orator or writer ends a sentence with the same word with which it was begun
264540646	Epistrophe	repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
264540647	Epizeuxis	repetition of the same word for emphasis
264540648	Euphemism	an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
264540649	Motif	a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
264540650	Pun	a humorous play on words
264540651	Anadiplosis	repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next