AP Language Vocab Quiz 1 Flashcards

10434101144	Abstract	Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence	0
10434101145	Accismus	A person feigns a lack of interest in something that he or she actually desires	1
10434101146	Active voice	When the subject is doing the acting as in the sentence	2
10434101147	Ad hominem	Directed against a person rather than the position they're maintaining	3
10434101148	Adage	A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth	4
10434101149	Adianoeta	A kind of irony, since it uses terms that imply a different meaning than they denote	5
10434101150	Allergory	A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning	6
10434101151	Alliteration	Closely connected words	7
10434101152	Allusion	An indirect or passing reference	8
10434101153	Ambiguity	The quality of being open to more than one interpretation	9
10434101154	Anadiplosis	A writer or speaker uses a word near the end of the clause and then repeats that word to begin the next clause.	10
10434101155	Analogy	A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.	11
10434101156	Anaphora	The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.	12
10434101157	Anecdote	A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.	13
10434101158	Annotation	A note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram.	14
10434101159	Antecedent	A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.	15
10434101160	Anthropomorphism	The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.	16
10434101161	Antimetabole	A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order.	17
10434101162	Antithesis	A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.	18
10434101163	Aphorism	A pithy observation that contains a general truth	19