Ap Language Flashcards

2566746378	Allegory	A narrative that demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol	0
2566746379	Alliteration	Repetition of a similar initial sound, usually consonants.	1
2566746380	Allusion	A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference.	2
2572412494	Anadiplosis	Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause	3
2566746381	Anaphora	Regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses	4
2566746382	Antithesis	Juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in parallel structure	5
2566746383	Aphorism	Concise statement that illustrates a common held belief	6
2566746384	Apostrophe	Act of addressing some inanimate abstraction or person that is not physically present	7
2566746385	Assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds	8
2566746386	Asyndeton	Conjunctions are omitted in a series	9
2566746387	Canon	That which has been accepted as authentic	10
2566746388	Chiasmus	Order of terms in the first half of a parallel clause are reversed in the second half	11
2566746389	Claim	An assertion	12
2566746390	Colloquial	Diction of common, ordinary folks	13
2566746391	Conceit	Comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature	14
2566746392	Connotation	Implied or suggested meaning of a word	15
2566746393	Deductive Reasoning	Movement from General to specific	16
2566746394	Dialect	Language of a specific area or region	17
2566746395	Diction	Specific word choice	18
2566746396	Didactic	Has an instructive purpose or lesson	19
2566746397	Elegy	Poem meditates upon a death	20
2566746398	Epistrophe	Repetition of a phrase at the end of successive phrases	21
2566746399	Epitaph	Writing in praise of a dead person	22
2566746400	Ethos	Credibility and character of the writer	23
2566746401	Eulogy	Speech in praise of a person	24
2566746402	Euphemism	Indirect or less harsh way of expressing unpleasant information	25
2566746403	Exposition	Writing that explains its own meaning or purpose	26
2566746404	Extended metaphor	Series of comparisons within a piece of writing	27
2568651701	Flashback	An earlier event is inserted into the the normal narration	28
2568651702	Genre	A type of literature	29
2568651703	Hyperbole	Overstatement characterized by exaggerated language	30
2568651704	Imagery	Use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object	31
2568651705	Imperative Sentence	Gives instruction, advice, or commands	32
2568651706	Inductive Reasoning	Movement from specific to general	33
2568651707	Inference	A conclusion arrived at by considering facts, observations, or data	34
2568651708	Irony	Contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant	35
2568651709	Jargon	Specialized language of a trade, profession, or group	36
2572392974	Juxtaposition	Normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases placed next to each other	37
2568651710	Litote	Emphasizes its subject by understatement	38
2568651711	Loose Sentence	Long sentence that starts with its main clause, which is followed by several dependent clauses	39
2568651712	Metaphor	Comparison of one thing with another without the use of a verbal signal	40
2568651713	Metonymy	A commonly associated feature is used to name something	41
2568651714	Mood	A feeling resulting from the tone	42
2568651715	Narrative	Tells a story of some sort	43
2568651716	Onomatopoeia	A word approximating the sound of what it describes	44
2568651717	Oxymoron	Combines two contradictory elements	45
2568651718	Paradox	A statement that seems contradictory but is true	46
2568651719	Pathos	Element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow (emotion)	47
2568651720	Periodic sentence	Long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end	48
2568651721	Personification	Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person	49
2572404105	Polysyndeton	Conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas	50
2568651722	Prose	Ordinary form of written language without metrical structure	51
2568651723	Sarcasm	Apparent praise is actual critical	52
2568651724	Satire	Literary work that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure	53
2568651725	Simile	A direct comparison of one thing to another	54
2568651726	Symbolism	Use of a person, place, thing, event, or pattern that represents something else	55
2568651727	Synecdoche	A part signifies the whole	56
2568651728	Theme	Central idea or focus of a work	57
2568651729	Tone	The attitude the writer takes toward a subject	58