AP Language and Composition Tropes Flashcards
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| 5716134700 | Anaphora | Repetition of initial words or phrases. | 0 | |
| 5716140878 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial sounds. | 1 | |
| 5716149126 | Epistrophe | Repetition of endings. | 2 | |
| 5716151160 | Epanalepsis | Repetition of beginning and ending. | 3 | |
| 5716158745 | Gradatio | Ending of one statement repeating as the beginning of another. | 4 | |
| 5716168804 | Polyptoton | Repetition of a word in different forms. | 5 | |
| 5716175114 | Ellipsis | Deliberate omission of words. | 6 | |
| 5716182913 | Aposiopesis | The breaking off of a statement to indicate high emotion. | 7 | |
| 5716186760 | Paralepsis | Making a point by pretending to pass over it. | 8 | |
| 5716191938 | Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike concepts. | 9 | |
| 5716199620 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of opposites. | 10 | |
| 5716202638 | Antimetabole | When one statement is reversed to create a second statement. | 11 | |
| 5716241841 | Zeugma | A verb applied to two different nouns, one literal and one metaphorical. | 12 | |
| 5716255021 | Hyberbation | The mis-ordering of words in a sentence for effect. | 13 | |
| 5716262011 | Hyperbole | Exaggeration of a statement. | 14 |