Ap Literature Flashcards
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| 8358903438 | Anecodote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 0 | |
| 8358903439 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 1 | |
| 8358903440 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 2 | |
| 8358903441 | aphorism | a short witty saying a hit dog always barks | 3 | |
| 8358903442 | Clichè | An overused saying or idea | 4 | |
| 8358903443 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect ( I have a dream ) | 5 | |
| 8358903444 | Allegory | A work that functions on a symbolic level ( the Lorax = environmental ) | 6 | |
| 8358903445 | Inversion | The reversal of the normal order of words ( what big ears you have ) | 7 | |
| 8358903446 | Antecedent | The word , phrase or clause that a pronoun refers to . | 8 | |
| 8358924073 | Parrelism | Refers to matching grammarical structures in sentences | 9 |