AP Language Terms Flashcards

5089332342	Alliteration	Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in a sequence.	0
5089332343	Allusion	Brief reference to a person, event, or place( real or fictitious) or to a work of art.	1
5089332344	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses, or lines.	2
5089332345	Annotation	The taking of notes directly on a text.	3
5089332346	Antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order.	4
5089332347	Antithesis	Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a parallel construction.	5
5089407141	Archaic Diction	Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words.	6
5089407142	Asyndeton	Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.	7
5089407143	Colloquialisms	A word or phrase that is not formal or literary typically one used in ordinary of familiar conversation.	8
5089407144	Complex sentence	A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least on dependent clause.	9
5089407145	Cumulative(loose sentence)	Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on.	10
5089407146	Declarative	Of the nature of or making a declaration.	11
5089596916	Diction	A speakers choice of words, analysis of diction looks at theses choices and what they add to the speakers message.	12
5089596917	Figures of speech	Nonliteral language, sometimes referred to as ropes or metaphorical language, often evoking strong imagery. Often compares one thing to another.	13
5089596918	Hortative/ Hortatory		14
5089596919	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis is or the produce a comic or ironic effect, an overstatement to make a point.	15
5089596920	Imagery	A description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells or sounds. Imagery may use literal or figurative language to appeal to the senses.	16
5089596921	Imperative sentence	Sentence used to command or enjoin.	17