AP Language Flashcards

7286046155	Hyperbole	Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect	0
7286047365	Understatement	An idea is made to be less important for effect	1
7286049169	Litotes	Like an understatement, although a word that would commonly be used is denied	2
7286055915	Antithesis	Two ideas are joined together, typically in parallel structure	3
7286057322	Hypophora	After asking a question, an answer is immediately given	4
7286060587	Procatalepsis	Anticipating an objection and answering it to allow an argument to move forward	5
7286070812	Distinctio	Reference to the meaning of a word, to prevent uncertainty	6
7286091459	Simile	Comparison between two things that resemble each other	7
7286091460	Metaphor	Comparison of two things by speaking of one of the other	8
7286091461	Analogy	Comparing two things to account for an unfamiliar idea in an attempt to show similarity	9
7286093183	Allusion	Informal reference to something famous	10
7286093184	Eponym	A particular attribute is recognized by a famous person's name	11
7286093185	Sententia	Concluding material by offering an expressive account of wisdom	12
7286094947	Exemplum	Anecdotes incorporated to validate something else	13
7286094948	Climax	Arrangement of words or sentences in order of importance	14
7286094949	Parallelism	Several parts of a sentence are similarly expressed to match importance	15
7286096314	Chiasmus	The second part of a sentence is paralleled by the first, in reverse	16
7286096315	Anadiplosis	Last word of a phrase or sentence is repeated near the beginning of the next	17
7286097916	Conduplicatio	Repetition of a keyword in a phrase or sentence in the beginning of the next	18
7286099338	Metabasis	Brief explanation of what has been said, and what will occur next	19
7286099339	Parenthesis	A word or phrase added as an aside to another sentence	20
7286101936	Apostrophe	Interruption of discussion to address a personified being that may or may not be present	21
7286103550	Enumeratio	Detailing causes or effects in order to make a valid point	22
7286103551	Antanagoge	Placement of a benefit against a negative fault, in order to make it seem less important	23
7286105424	Epithet	An adjective qualifies a noun by naming a characteristic about the subject	24
7286105425	Asyndeton	Omitting conjunctions between words or phrases	25
7286106970	Polysyndeton	Use of conjunction with words or phrases, usually for building up	26
7286106971	Zeugma	Linking two or more parts of speech with another by verbs	27
7286109024	Synecdoche	Metaphor where a part stands for the whole	28
7286109025	Metonymy	Metaphor where an image is likened to a subject but is not the same	29
7286110877	Hyperbaton	The use of rhetorical device to depart from normal word order, like an adjective following a noun	30
7286110878	Aporia	Doubt is expressed about an idea or question	31
7286110879	Anaphora	Repetition of words in the beginning of sentences or phrases, usually at the climax	32
7286112010	Epistrophe	The opposite of anaphora, so words are repeated at the end of sentences or phrases	33
7286112011	Symploce	Combination of anaphora and epistrophe, where words are repeated at the beginning and end of sentences or phrases	34
7286113466	Amplification	Repetition or a word or statement, with more detail, for emphasis	35
7286113467	Personification	Human like qualities are given to an inanimate object	36
7286115486	Parataxis	Writing clauses independently, with either coordinating conjunctions or no conjunctions at all	37