AP language definitions Flashcards
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| 4755200560 | Absolute | A word free from limitations or qualifications ("best", "all", "unique", "perfect") | 0 | |
| 4755200561 | Adage | A familiar proverb or wise saying | 1 | |
| 4755200562 | Ad hominem argument | An argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | 2 | |
| 4755200563 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 3 | |
| 4755200564 | Alliteration | The repetition of inti consonant sounds in successive or neighboring words | 4 | |
| 4755200565 | Allusion | A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize | 5 | |
| 4755200566 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 6 | |
| 4755200567 | Anaphora | The repetition of words or phrases at the begging of consecutive lines or sentences | 7 | |
| 4755200568 | Anecdote | A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event | 8 | |
| 4755200569 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | 9 | |
| 4755200570 | Antithesis | A statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | 10 | |
| 4755200571 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | 11 | |
| 4755200572 | Archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 12 | |
| 4755200573 | Argument | A statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work | 13 | |
| 4755200574 | Asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions | 14 | |
| 4755200575 | Balanced sentence | A sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a content | 15 | |
| 4755200576 | Bathos | Insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity | 16 | |
| 4755200577 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary") | 17 | |
| 4755200578 | Cliché | An expression that has been overused to the extent that it's freshness has worn off | 18 | |
| 4755200579 | Climax | The point of highest interest in a literary work | 19 | |
| 4755200580 | Colloquialism | Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 20 | |
| 4755200581 | Complex sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 21 | |
| 4755200582 | Compound sentence | A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions | 22 | |
| 4755200583 | Conceit | A fanciful, particularly clever extended mataphor | 23 | |
| 4755200584 | Concrete details | Details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events | 24 | |
| 4755200585 | Connotation | The implied or associative meaning of a word | 25 | |
| 4755200586 | Cumulative sentence | A sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases | 26 | |
| 4755200587 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 27 |