AP Language Arts & Composition Flashcards

4798808846	Alliteration	use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word	0
4798808847	Allusion	passing reference or indirect mention	1
4798808848	Amplification	addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail	2
4798808849	Anacoluthon	an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another	3
4798808850	Anadiplosis	repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next	4
4798808851	Analogy	drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity	5
4798808852	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	6
4798808853	Antanagoge	a figure in rhetoric, in which, not being able to answer the accusation of an adversary, a person instead makes a counter allegation or counteracting an opponent's proposal with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing	7
4798808854	Antimetabole	a literary and rhetorical device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order	8
4798808855	Antiphrasis	the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense	9
4798808856	Antithesis	exact opposite	10
4798808857	Apophasis	mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned	11
4798808858	Aporia	an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory	12
4798808859	Aposiopesis	breaking off in the middle of a sentence	13
4798808860	Apostrophe	a mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters	14
4798808861	Appositive	relating to or being in apposition	15
4798808862	Assonance	the repetition of similar vowels in successive words	16
4798808863	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used	17
4800144555	Catachresis	strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')	18
4800145205	Chiasmus	inversion in the second of two parallel phrases	19
4800145979	Climax	the highest point of anything	20
4800146690	Conduplicatio	repetition of a key word or words in one phrase, clause, or sentence is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases	21
4800149787	Diacope	a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words	22
4800150373	Dirimens Copulatio	mentioning a balancing or opposing fact to prevent the argument from being one-sided or unqualified	23
4800152219	Distinctio	figure of explication in which an introductory reference to a word's meaning is made followed by a further elaboration of that word's meaning	24
4800152980	Enthymeme	an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated	25
4800154824	Enumeratio	figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or details, and may include a listing of causes, effects, problems, solutions, conditions, and consequences	26
4800155645	Epanalepsis	repetition after intervening words	27
4800157490	Epistrophe	repetition of the ends of successive sentences, verses, etc.	28
4800158073	Epithet	descriptive word or phrase	29
4800158662	Epizeuxis	the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis	30
4800159436	Eponym	the person for whom something is named	31
4800161353	Exemplum	an example or model, especially a moralizing or illustrative story	32
4800162348	Expletive	profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger	33
4800164144	Hyperbaton	reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')	34
4800164566	Hyperbole	extravagant exaggeration	35
4800164930	Hypophora	figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question	36
4800165633	Hypotaxis	the subordination of one clause to another	37
4800168429	Litotes	understatement for rhetorical effect	38
4800169228	Metabasis	a change in the symptoms, course, or treatment of a disease.	39
4800169771	Metanoia	when a writer or speaker deliberately goes back and modifies a statement that they just made, usually either to strengthen it or soften it in some way	40
4800170357	Metaphor	a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity	41
4800171851	Metonymy	substituting the name of a feature for the name of the thing	42
4800172559	Onomatopoeia	using words that imitate the sound they denote	43
4800173413	Oxymoron	conjoining contradictory terms	44
4800174563	Parallelism	similarity by virtue of corresponding	45
4800175131	Parataxis	the placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination	46
4800175556	Parenthesis	a punctuation mark used to enclose textual material	47
4800176310	Personification	attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas	48
4800176708	Pleonasm	using more words than necessary	49
4800177331	Polysyndeton	using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')	50
4800177860	Procatalepsis	figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to their own argument and then immediately answers it	51
4800178751	Rhetorical Question	a statement that is not supposed to be answered	52
4800179151	Scesis Onomaton	a rhetorical technique that very effectively emphasizes a point with the successive use of several words or phrases which have more or less the same meaning	53
4800179640	Sententia	the use of a famous proverb, maxim, quotation or saying to support one's argument	54
4800180181	Simile	a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things	55
4800180730	Symploce	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe	56
4800181262	Synecdoche	using part of something to refer to the whole thing	57
4800181898	Understatement	something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast	58
4800182487	Zeugma	rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words	59