AP English Language Vocab Flashcards

6089197015	scheme	deliberate variation from traditional arrangement of words and sentences	0
6089209876	trope	variation from the typical expression of ideas or words	1
6089230266	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words	2
6089235882	allusion	specific reference to other texts or scenes outside of the text that help readers understand the text more thoroughly	3
6089245195	analogy	comparison between two things that helps the reader understand the text more thoroughly	4
6089259622	anaphora	repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses	5
6089269788	antimetabole	repetition of a phrase or sentence in which the phrase is reversed	6
6089277068	archaic diction	outdated or obsolete words or phrases	7
6089280032	aphorism	pithy observation containing a general truth	8
6089299690	asyndeton	deliberate omission of conjunctions connecting related words	9
6089301493	colloquialism	a word or phrase often used in conversation that is not formal or literary	10
6089316745	figurative language	words or phrases constructed using tropes or schemes that make the writing more expressive	11
6089325388	hyperbole	a trope in which something is deliberately overstated or exaggerated	12
6089330355	idiom	a group of words with a meaning that is different from that of the individual words	13
6089337663	imagery	senses evoked by phrases in a text	14
6089342718	irony	a trope in which words are meant to contradict their literal meaning	15
6089346416	metaphor	implied comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things that share characteristics upon examination	16
6089351024	metonymy	a trope in which something is referred to by one of its attributes	17
6089356428	oxymoron	a trope in which words that have apparently contradictory meanings are placed near in each other in a sentence	18
6089365493	personification	a trope in which non-human entities are given human characteristics	19