AP Language Terms #1 Flashcards

4821494682	allegory	a narrative in which the characters, events, and setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance; often a universal symbol	0
4821496325	ambiguity	the multiple meanings, intentional or unintentional of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage	1
4821498278	anadiplosis	the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	2
4821499734	anaphora	the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses	3
4821499735	anecdote	a short narrative detailing an event	4
4821502133	antithesis	the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas	5
4821529422	aphorism	a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief	6
4821529423	apostrophe	an address or invocation to something inanimate	7
4821530436	assonance	the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words	8
4821530437	begging the question	an argumentative ploy where the arguer side steps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question	9
4821531983	chiasmus	a figure of speech and generally a structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second	10
4821531984	coherence	a principale demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible	11
4821531985	conceit	a comparison of two unlikely things that is draw out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem	12
4821533808	consonance	the repetition of two or more consonants with a chance in intervening vowels	13
4821536068	critique	an assessment or analysis or something such as a passage of writing for determining what it is, what its limitations are, and how it conforms to the standard of the genre	14