AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

8637974124	Alliteration	repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence	0
8637982541	allusion	brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art.	1
8637990635	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses or lines	2
8638002006	antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse order	3
8638011130	antithesis	opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction	4
8638020059	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinated phrases, clauses, or words.	5
8638028869	hortative sentence	Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.	6
8638036767	inversion	Inverted order of words in a sentence (example: subject-verb-object order)	7
8638048066	juxtaposition	placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences.	8
8638056351	oxymoron	paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another.	9
8638068207	parrallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.	10
8638078723	periodic sentence	sentence whose main clauses is withheld until the end.	11
8638083349	rhetorical question	figure of speech in the form of a question posed for the rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer.	12
8638107219	synedoche	figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole	13
8638119270	ethos	appeal to authority or credentials; emphasis on shared values; creditability; trustworthy	14
8638119271	Logos	appeal to reason and logic, often with numbers	15
8638122447	Pathos	appeal to emotions, values, desires and homes or fears and prejudices	16
8638157735	counterargument	objection or opposing view	17
8638165388	SOAPS	Subject, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose	18
8638178250	rhetorical triangle	speaker, subject, and audience	19