AP Language Summer Terms (examples) Flashcards
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| 7148403280 | Allegory | Animal Farm | 0 | |
| 7148403281 | Alliteration | Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore | 1 | |
| 7148403282 | Allusion | Don't be a Scrooge! | 2 | |
| 7148403283 | Ambiguity | We saw her duck. | 3 | |
| 7148403284 | Analogy | Pens are the swords of writers. | 4 | |
| 7148403285 | Anaphora | I came. I saw. I conquered. | 5 | |
| 7148403286 | Antecedent | Mary bought a new shirt and then wore it. | 6 | |
| 7148403287 | Antithesis | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times | 7 | |
| 7148403288 | Aphorism | If it's not broken, don't fix it. | 8 | |
| 7148403289 | Apostrophe | Feet don't fail me now. | 9 | |
| 7148403290 | Asyndeton | Veni, video, vici | 10 | |
| 7148403291 | Atmosphere | Night has a dreary atmosphere | 11 | |
| 7148403292 | Begging the Question | Why did she steal the money? Because she did. | 12 | |
| 7148403293 | Caricature | Political caricatures are used to exaggerate unflattering features. | 13 | |
| 7148403294 | Clause | I like pizza (independent) and wings (dependent). | 14 | |
| 7148403295 | Colloquialism | Piece of cake | 15 | |
| 7148403296 | Comma Splice | I like fruit, I like cheese. | 16 | |
| 7148403297 | Complex Sentence | I like hanging out with friends, and I like going shopping. | 17 | |
| 7148403298 | Conceit | Romeo compares Juliet to a boat in a storm at sea. | 18 | |
| 7148403299 | Connotation | Smelly is negative. Fragrant is positive. | 19 | |
| 7148403300 | Consonance | Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. | 20 | |
| 7148403301 | Dangling Modifier | When she heard the door open, her pencil fell. | 21 | |
| 7148403302 | Deductive Reasoning | Geometry Proofs | 22 | |
| 7148403303 | Denotation | Fast = to be quick | 23 | |
| 7148403304 | Dialect | Y'all | 24 | |
| 7148403305 | Diction | Violent diction = slaughter | 25 | |
| 7148403306 | Didactic | Tuesday's With Morrie | 26 | |
| 7148403307 | Elegy | Public elegies are delivered after tragedies | 27 | |
| 7148403308 | Ethos | Resume | 28 | |
| 7148403309 | Eulogy | Eulogy given at funerals | 29 | |
| 7148403310 | Euphemism | Passed away = dead | 30 | |
| 7148403311 | Extended Metaphor | Juliet to the Sun | 31 | |
| 7148403312 | Figurative Language | Metaphors, alliteration | 32 | |
| 7148403313 | Figure of Speech | Simile, metaphor, etc | 33 | |
| 7148403314 | Fragment | to the gym | 34 | |
| 7148403315 | Homily | Church sermon | 35 | |
| 7148403316 | Hyperbole | I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. | 36 | |
| 7148403317 | Imagery | The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. | 37 | |
| 7148403318 | Imperative Sentence | Clean your room. | 38 | |
| 7148403319 | Inference | Emma threw up. = She is sick. | 39 | |
| 7148403320 | Inductive Reasoning | All cats observed purr. = All cats purr. | 40 | |
| 7148403321 | Irony | Man died of dehydration. It rains at his funeral. | 41 | |
| 7148403322 | Isocolon | Many are called, few are chosen. | 42 | |
| 7148403323 | Litotes | She's not a beauty queen. | 43 | |
| 7148403324 | Logos | Using statistics | 44 | |
| 7148403325 | Metaphor | The girl was a beam of light in his life. | 45 | |
| 7148403326 | Metonymy | Crown = King | 46 | |
| 7148403327 | Direct Object | The dog ran. | 47 | |
| 7148403328 | Indirect Object | The dog ran to the fence. | 48 | |
| 7148403329 | Paradox | Fight for peace | 49 | |
| 7148403330 | Parallelism | Easy come, easy go. | 50 | |
| 7148403331 | Parody | Vampires Suck | 51 | |
| 7148403332 | Pathos | Sad dog commercial | 52 | |
| 7148403333 | Pedantic | Tom Buchanan is a pedantic character | 53 | |
| 7148403334 | Periodic Sentence | The child, who was being chased, ran. | 54 | |
| 7148403335 | Point of View | First person uses "I" and "me" | 55 | |
| 7148403336 | Prose | Brace New World | 56 | |
| 7148403337 | Rhetoric | Rhetorical questions | 57 | |
| 7148403338 | Rhetorical Modes | exposition, description, narration, argumentation | 58 | |
| 7148403339 | Exposition | How to manual | 59 | |
| 7148403340 | Argumentation | Political speech | 60 | |
| 7148403341 | Description | Travel guide | 61 | |
| 7148403342 | Narration | Three Little Pigs | 62 | |
| 7148403343 | Rhetorical Question | Am I right? | 63 | |
| 7148403344 | Rebuttal | Defense attorney responding to allegations against their client | 64 | |
| 7148403345 | Run-On Sentence | I like the beach, I like vacation, I like traveling. | 65 | |
| 7148403346 | Satire | It's raining and someone says nice weather huh | 66 | |
| 7148403347 | Semantics | Destination and last stop mean slightly different things | 67 | |
| 7148403348 | Style | Author decides not to use capita letters | 68 | |
| 7148403349 | Subject Complement | The dog is brown. (Brown) | 69 | |
| 7148403350 | Subject Verb Agreement | The dog barks. The dogs bark. | 70 | |
| 7148403351 | Subordinate Clause | She answered the phone when it rang. (When it rang) | 71 | |
| 7148403352 | Syllogism | All canines are dogs. Max is a canine. = Max is a dog. | 72 | |
| 7148403353 | Symbolism | American flag = freedom | 73 | |
| 7148403354 | Synecdoche | Wheels = car | 74 | |
| 7148403355 | Synesthesia | The sound of her voice is sweet. | 75 | |
| 7148403356 | Syntax | Happily, they are. | 76 | |
| 7148403357 | Theme | Love conquers all. | 77 | |
| 7148403358 | Thesis | In Brave New World, John the Savage's unusual origins set up the events in his life. | 78 | |
| 7148403359 | Tone | Elie Wiesel = bleak, hopeless | 79 | |
| 7148403360 | Zeugma | She broke his heart and his car. | 80 | |
| 7148403361 | Evidence | 81 | ||
| 7148403362 | Assumption | Food at a party | 82 | |
| 7148403363 | Backing | Statistics | 83 | |
| 7148403364 | Qualifier | Everyone, somewhat | 84 | |
| 7148403365 | Reservation | Usually | 85 | |
| 7148403366 | Claim | 86 |