AP Language, Test Study 1 Flashcards

7124917790	Ad Hominem Argument	Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand	0
7124918642	Allegory	Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts	1
7124918891	Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words	2
7124920402	Allusion	A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person	3
7124921447	Ambiguity	Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation	4
7124923906	Analogy	The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different	5
7124924664	Anecdote	A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making	6
7124925163	Antecedent	Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun	7
7124925679	Antithesis	An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses	8
7124926912	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker	9