AP Language Flashcards

9134182376	Hasty Generalization	My mom is a bad driver. Therefore all women are bad drivers.	0
9134182377	post hoc ergo propter hoc	you sneezed at the same time tbe power went off my sneeze made the power go off	1
9134182378	non sequitur	I read about a pitbull attack my neighbor has a pitbull. My life is in danger	2
9134182379	Appeal to doubtful authority	Jenny McCarthy advocating for vaccines not to be used.	3
9134182380	red herring	I failed my TKAM test not because I didn't study but because I am Mexican and my first language is spanish.	4
9134182381	Ambiguity	Sarah gave her dog a bath wearing a pink t shirt.	5
9134182382	ambivalence	I get along with Sue and I like her but my friends don't should I invite her to my party or not?	6
9134182383	syllogism	All dogs have 4 legs, rover is a dog, rover has 4 legs	7
9134182384	ad hominem	Hillary Clinton cant advocate for birth control because she is stupid and likes modern art.	8
9134182385	antecedent	Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. She worked with MLK and she died still fighting for civil rights.	9
9134182386	Antithesis	It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.	10
9134182387	Anaphora	I have fought with warriors, I have traveled the world, I have fallen in love.	11
9134182388	Epistrophe	I want pizza, she wants pizza, we will want pizza.	12
9134182389	Anadiplosis	Jen had a problem and her problem was getting bigger by the minute.	13
9134182390	Antimetabole	Its nice to be important but its importsnt to be nice.	14
9134182391	Chiasmus	We became politicans because we wanted to change Washington but Washington changed us.	15
9134182392	litotes	Someone breaking into my car was not the worst thing that happened to me today.	16
9134182393	euphemism	She was let go from her job.	17
9134182394	Hyperbole	I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.	18
9134182395	Metonymy	The White House just passed a law that legalizes weed.	19
9134182396	Parenthesis	You must remember that freshman still need help- after all- they're not adults.	20
9134182397	Polysendeton	Nature gives us light, and warmth, and substance and hope.	21
9134182398	synecdoche	Go ask the brain over there.	22
9134182399	analogy	Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer	23
9134182400	Anthimeria	I could use a good sleep.	24
9134182401	apostrophe	Nature you are a beautiful, terrible wonder.	25
9134182402	assonance	rain in spain falls mainly on the plain (My Fair Lady)	26
9134182403	Asyndeton	You mean to tell me we lost the dog,the house, the car?!?	27
9134182404	Climax	You must first respect your property, your peers, and your superiors in order to respect yourself.	28
9134182405	Consonance	The pitter patter of little feet.	29