AP Language List #1 Flashcards

8012059542	allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	0
8012065936	alliteration	Repetition of initial consonant sounds	1
8012067124	allegory	Ex. "Animal Farm" George Orwell	2
8012073332	alliteration	As in "she sells sea shells"	3
8012074962	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.	4
8012078068	allusion	Ex. "Plan ahead: it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark"	5
8012080019	ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	6
8012082769	analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them; may explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.	7
8012085522	analogy	Ex. "He that voluntarily continues ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces, as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks."	8
8012093615	anaphora	One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.	9
8012095344	anaphora	Ex. "They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money."	10
8012100900	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	11
8012103916	antithesis	Ex: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose"	12
8012105194	antithesis	Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.	13
8012109377	aphorism	A statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.	14
8012113968	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer.	15
8012116819	apostrophe	Ex. William Wordsworth addresses John Milton as he writes, "Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour:/England hath need of thee."	16
8012120442	asyndeton	Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.	17
8012122393	asyndeton	Ex. On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame. They spent the day wondering, searching, thinking, understanding.	18
8012125692	atmosphere	The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.	19
8012128845	chiasmus	A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words.	20
8012130498	chiasmus	Ex. "The land was ours before we were the land's" - Robert Frost (N, V, Pro: Pro, V, N) "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" - Lord Byron	21
8012133819	colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing	22
8012137708	coherence	A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible.	23
8012140839	conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made.	24
8012146856	connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.	25
8067778857	anecdote	A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person.	26