AP Language Terms List #2 Flashcards

7189336025	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses	0
7189336026	antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	1
7189336027	antithesis	the presentation of two contrasting ideas. The ideas are balanced by phrase, clause, or paragraphs. "To be or not to be . . ." "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . ." "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country . . ."	2
7189336032	colloquial	informal spoken language or conversation	3
7189336038	didactic	instructive, designed to teach	4
7189336039	epistrophe	repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.	5
7189336046	jargon	specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject. E.g. Teachers say "facilitating instruction" and "text dependent questions"	6
7189336047	juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	7
7189336048	litotes	an understatement used to underscore a greater point; E.g. July 4th is not a dull day. ... like a double negative	8
7189336051	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ("The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war/fighting].")	9
7189336055	oxymoron	conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')	10
7189336056	paradox	a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but that expresses a truth	11
7189336057	parallelism	similarity in structure and syntax in a series of related words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that develops balance. E.g. The boy went swimmING, bikING, and sailING this summer.	12
7189336068	synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).	13
7189336069	syntax	the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences	14