AP Language Vocabulary Quiz 1 Flashcards

8553542282	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	0
8553542283	Alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	1
8553543505	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	2
8553543506	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	3
8553545524	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	4
8553547266	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	5
8553548089	Antithesis	An exact opposite; an opposite extreme	6
8553548090	Aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.	7
8553549085	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker	8
8553549086	Atmosphere	The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene	9
8553551715	Assonance	the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words. We were blessed by the stress.	10
8553551799	Caricature	a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect	11
8553552921	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	12
8553552922	Conceit	An elaborate metaphor	13
8553554999	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests	14