AP Language Terms - Flashcards

4773013357	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
4773013992	Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	1
4773014491	Allusion	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.	2
4773014492	Ambiguity	uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.	3
4773014493	Analogy	a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	4
4773015075	Anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.	5
4773015076	Antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.	6
4773016829	Antithesis	a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins"	7
4773016830	Aphorism	a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."	8
4773016831	Apostrophe	an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified).	9
4773017654	Atmosphere		10
4773017655	Caricature		11
4773018160	Clause		12