AP Language Key Terminology Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
| 7276628669 | Allegory | a story with multiple levels of meaning and significance | 0 | |
| 7276631607 | Alliteration | repetition of similar beginning sound | 1 | |
| 7276633967 | Allusion | a literary, historical, or religious reference | 2 | |
| 7276639206 | Anaphora | repetition of the same words at the beginning of phrases | 3 | |
| 7276643067 | Antithesis | sharply contrasting ideas in a phrase (to err is human, to forgive, divine) | 4 | |
| 7276650448 | Aphorism | a short statement that makes a point | 5 | |
| 7276653334 | Apostrophe | addressing a person (out loud) who is is not there | 6 | |
| 7276670899 | Appeals to...authority, emotion, or logic | when the speaker claim to be an expert and plays on the audience's emotions or ability to reason | 7 | |
| 7276679975 | Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase | 8 | |
| 7276684416 | Asyndeton | removing conjunctions in a phrase. (I came, I saw, I conquered) no "and" between phrases | 9 | |
| 7276692018 | Attitude | the author's feelings towards his characters (mood) | 10 |