AP English Language Vocabulary Set 1 Flashcards

5788946271	Allusion	Reference to well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art	0
5788946272	Analogy	Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect	1
5788946273	Antecedent	Word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers	2
5788946274	Antithesis	Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance	3
5788946275	Apostrophe	Technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or person who is either dead or absent	4
5788946276	Assonance	Repetition of similar vowels in stressed syllables of successive words	5
5788946277	Balanced sentences	Sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast	6
5788946278	Colloquialism	Spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech	7
5788946279	Complex sentence	Sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause	8
5788946280	Conceit	Fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	9