AP Language List 01 Flashcards

6353053186	Allegory	Story in which everything is a symbol.	0
6353056069	Zeugma	Figure of speech where a word applies to more than one noun (logically different ideas)."You took my heart and my keys and my patience."	1
6353062472	Colloquial	Informal language.	2
6353065676	Diatribe	Verbal attack.	3
6353067052	Euphemism	Makes something bad sound better. "The old man passed away."	4
6353069167	Homily	Serious talk, speech, or lecture providing moral or spiritual advice.	5
6353079058	Litote	Understatement for rhetorical effect.	6
6353082487	Oxymoron	Contradictory terms that appear in conjunction, creates dramatic effect.	7
6353087954	Paradox	Statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory but is actually a possible truth.	8
6353103566	Vernacular	Language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular region.	9
6353105111	Understatement	Deliberate expression of an ideas as less important than it actually is.	10
6353106049	Rhetorical question	Questions that prompt thought or focus discussion and are not meant to be answered literally.	11
6353110410	Alliteration	Repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series.	12
6353114780	Allusion	Reference within a work to something famous outside it (like event, story, work of art, literature, person, pop culture).	13
6353118839	Pun	Play on words that have the same sound but have different meanings, usually witty or humorous.	14
6353127065	Archetype	Recurrent image, symbol, or character that is an expression of human nature and experiences that are universal.	15
6353133562	Assonance	Repeating a vowel sound throughout a sentence phrase, paragraph, or piece of writing.	16
6353136528	Diction	Choice or style of words in speech or writing.	17
6353138515	Anecdote	Short account of a particular incident or event.	18
6353139397	Anitclimax	Opposite of climax and signifies a descent from the higher to the lower. Often following a crisis, tension level decreases.	19