AP Language Terminology 1 Flashcards

2483751825	allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	0
2483755290	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables	1
2483757877	allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	2
2483759707	anaphora	A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.	3
2483763222	antithesis	Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure	4
2483766124	aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	5
2483767339	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	6
2483769600	appeal to authority	A fallacy in which a speaker or writer seeks to persuade not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for a famous person or institution.	7
2483774536	appeal to emotion	Particular emotional appeal used for distraction, usually because of a lack of logic or evidence	8
2483780036	appeal to logic	A rhetorical strategy where the argument is made by presenting facts that lead the audience to a specific conclusion	9
2483791271	assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in a group of words close together.	10
2483795050	asyndeton	Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence.	11
2483801392	attitude	tone; the author's or narrator's tone	12
2489795483	begging the question	a form of logical fallacy in which a statement or claimed is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself	13