AP Language Terms Flashcards
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| 2967782412 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun can replace: tree = "it" | 0 | |
| 2967828894 | antithesis | juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases: "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice." | 1 | |
| 2967861371 | parallelism | balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure: "Like father, like son." | 2 | |
| 2967882085 | anecdote | story | 3 | |
| 2967888849 | aphorism | brief philosophical phrase: "Better safe than sorry." | 4 | |
| 2967918448 | anaphora | repetition at the beginning: "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." | 5 | |
| 2967899672 | epistrophe | repetition at the end | 6 | |
| 2967912906 | asyndeton | omission of conjunctions: "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?" | 7 | |
| 2967914560 | polysyndeton | overuse of conjunctions | 8 | |
| 2968039914 | colloquialism | slang or accepted jargon | 9 | |
| 2968039915 | conceit | exaggerated metaphor: Romeo comparing himself to a fly | 10 | |
| 2968043575 | didactic | to teach | 11 | |
| 2968047903 | pedantic | to impress | 12 | |
| 2968047904 | euphemism | less severe term: "You are becoming a little thin on top (bald)." | 13 | |
| 2968053319 | homily | moral or spiritual haranguing | 14 | |
| 2968071093 | invective | insulting, abusive | 15 | |
| 2968075755 | litotes | understatement | 16 | |
| 2968075756 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 17 | |
| 2968094032 | loose sentence | begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases/clauses: "I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy, and shopped at the mall." | 18 | |
| 2968108342 | periodic sentence | has the main clause or predicate at the end: "In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued." | 19 | |
| 2968142579 | metonymy | replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated: "The pen is mightier than the sword." | 20 | |
| 2968154934 | synedoche | part represents whole: "boots" = soldiers | 21 | |
| 2968176642 | ad hominem | attack, counterargument | 22 | |
| 2968183054 | non-sequiter | a conclusion that is not aligned with previous premises or evidence: "She's wearing red shoes. Her favorite color must be red." | 23 | |
| 2968192781 | ambiguous | vague | 24 | |
| 2968202255 | anachronism | time displacement | 25 | |
| 2968205721 | cacophony | harsh | 26 | |
| 2968205722 | euphony | soothing | 27 | |
| 2968209273 | circumlocution | circuitous route to point | 28 | |
| 2968217581 | staccato | brief, to the point | 29 | |
| 2968220016 | epithet | phrase repeated to identify person or character: Odysseus is referred to as "many minded" | 30 | |
| 2968224425 | prepositional | begins with a preposition (from, during, within, above) | 31 | |
| 2968235357 | infinitive | begin with to+verb: "To fight through adversity takes courage." | 32 | |
| 2968238672 | gerund | verb functions as a noun: "Swimming is fun." | 33 | |
| 2968243209 | participial | verb functions as an adjective: "Falling from grace..." | 34 | |
| 2968247177 | appositive | restates subject, bracketed within commas: "Candide, a merry youth, attended..." | 35 | |
| 2968253305 | absolute | noun and verb only: "Fist clinched, the sentry..." | 36 | |
| 2968257933 | active voice | the subject is performing the action | 37 | |
| 2968261205 | passive voice | the action is happening to the subject | 38 | |
| 2968883220 | elegiac | elegy; a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased | 39 |