AP Language and Composition Flashcards

6807756916	allegory	Extending a metaphor so that objects, persons, and actions in a text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text.	0
6807763934	anaphora	The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.	1
6807769501	antecedent	The noun or noun phrase referred to by a pronoun.	2
6807773096	antithesis	The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.	3
6807787546	deduction	The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.	4
6807792572	epiphora	The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses.	5
6807799523	induction	A method of reasoning by which a rhetor collects a number of instances and forms a generalization that is meant to apply to all instances.	6
6807810321	metonymy	A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").	7
6807823960	syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	8
6807829190	synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or the whole for a part	9
6807839873	assonance	Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.	10
6807842540	chiasmus	A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed.	11
6807876612	apostrophe	address to an absent or imaginary person or object	12
6807883936	elegy	a poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.	13