AP Language & Composition Notecards Flashcards

6803625975	Anadiplosis	The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.	0
6803631426	Asyndeton	A writing style where conjunctions ("but", "and", "as",etc.) are absent in a series of words, phrases, or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning	1
6803642882	Chiasmus	A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect.	2
6803650866	Epistrophe	The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences	3
6803679358	Syncedoche	Using part of something to represent the whole, or the whole of something to represent the part. For example, when Mark Antony says in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears," he wants more than his audience's ears; he wants their full attention.	4
6803681407	Hyperbole	The use of obvious and deliberate exaggeration	5
6803683727	Hypophora	A figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question. The question is often asked at the beginning of a paragraph and the paragraph is used to answer it.	6
6803683728	Litotes	Where a negative statement is used to affirm a positive sentiment: Q: "How are you doing?" A: "I'm not bad."	7
6803686803	Metalepsis	A figure of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context.	8
6803686804	Oxymoron	A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoronic phrase is a combination of an adjective preceded by a noun with contrasting meanings	9
6803691158	Parataxis	Is the placing of clauses (a group of words that includes a subject and a verb) one after another without conjunctions (like and, but, & if) linking them Ex: "I came, I saw, I conquered."	10
6803694570	Polysyndeton	Figure of speech in which several conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect (although they aren't always necessary) Ex: Today my teacher gave me reading homework and math and science and a project.	11
6803694571	Paralipsis	The device of giving emphasis by professing to say little or nothing about a subject Ex: We do not need to recite here the history of racial injustice in this country.	12
6803699589	Tautology	The saying of the same thing in different words. Needless repetition of an idea	13
6803699590	Tricolon	A tricolon is a rhetorical device that employs a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses Ex: "You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe."	14
6803702397	Zeugma	Use of a word in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings	15
6803702398	Anaphora	Using a word to refer to or replace a word used earlier in the sentence	16
6803705260	Antanaclasis	A rhetorical device where a word or a phase is repeatedly used, but the meaning of the word changes in each case	17
6803705261	Antistrophe	the repetition of a phrase or group of words at the end of consecutive sentences or paragraphs	18
6803709213	Antithesis	Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction	19