AP Language Examples Flashcards

5796732449	Animal Farm	Allegory	0
5796733369	I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street	Alliteration	1
5796734574	I didn't have any bus fare, but fortunately some good Samaritan helped me out!	Allusion	2
5796734727	It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.	Anaphora	3
5796735183	That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind	Antithesis	4
5796735848	All for one and one for all	Aphorsim	5
5796736436	They're some creeps who I wouldn't meet if you paid me a heap of cash!	Apostrophe	6
5796737831	After seeing all the evidence, I agree. They disagree.	Asyndeton	7
5796739857	Live simply so that others might simply live.	Chiasmus	8
5796740251	The lint was sent with the tent	Consonance	9
5796744516	For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best.	Epistrophe	10
5796750811	We have to let you go, Tyler.	Euphemism	11
5796751509	You need to clean your bedroom now, please.	Imperative sentence	12
5796753215	Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's maybelline.	Isocolon	13
5796753953	"Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light."	Juxtaposition	14
5796754050	"The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse."	Loose sentence	15
5796758156	She is planning to serve the dish early in the evening.	metonymy	16
5796760171	"He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling."	Onomatopoeia	17
5796762679	"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others".	Paradox	18
5796763936	Ally likes to ski, to swim and to jump.	Parallel Structure	19
5796765002	In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued.	Periodic Sentence	20
5796766622	"Miss Bolo [...] went straight home, in a flood of tears and a sedan-chair."	Zeugma	21
6532773280	Go slow over the road	Assonance	22