AP LANGUAGE TERMS Flashcards

6820240170	Allegory	Extended metaphor	0
6820242917	Alliteration	Recurrence of initial consonant sounds	1
6820244681	Allusion	Reference in a literary work to a thing in history or another work of literature	2
6820250825	Analogy	Similarity between like features of two things on which a comparison can be based	3
6820257878	Anaphora	Repetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of two or more successive clauses	4
6820267429	Anecdote	Short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event	5
6820278884	Antithesis	Contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them	6
6820292324	Assonance	Similarity in sound between vowels in two or more syllables	7
6820299052	Consonance	Repetition on consonant sounds	8
6820307006	Asyndeton	Conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses	9
6820311314	Polysndeton	Use of several conjunctions in close succession	10
6820317518	Euphemism	Indirect statement is subsituted for a direct one in order to avoid bluntness	11
6820330659	Hyperbole	Deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect	12
6820334843	Hypophora	Consists of raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them	13
6820342696	Metaphor	asserts that one thing IS another thing	14
6820354363	Simile	Comparison between two things using "like"	15
6820360630	Paradox	Assertion seemingly opposed to common sense but that may have truth to it.	16
6820371162	Parenthesis(parenthetical sentence)	Simply a word or string of words which contains relevant yet nonessential information	17
6820382644	Periodic sentence	The writer builds suspense by beginning with subordinate elements and postponing the main clauses	18
6820406024	Synecdoche	Metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole	19
6820410444	Metonymy	Metaphor in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with the subject with which it is to be compared.	20