Terminology of AP Language and Composition Flashcards

7234561377	Alliteration- The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of the consecutive words or syllables	Example-Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers	0
7234562510	Allusion- An indirect reference, often to another test or historic event	Example- The saying " He is a real romeo with the ladies"	1
7234563374	Analogy- An extended comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things	Example- Butterfly wings and bat wings	2
7234563378	Anecdote - A short account of an interesting event	Example- I went to comic con and i saw a lot of deadpools dancing and being goofy.	3
7234564390	Aphorism- A short, astute statement of a general truth	Example- There's no time like the present	4
7234564391	Assumption- A belief or statement taken for granted without proof	Example- An owner blames his dog for breaking a glass vase without really knowing if it was the dog or not	5
7234567909	Bias- Prejudice or predisposition toward one one side of a subject or issue of a text	Example- When a person reads review on a an item and sees it all bad review, therefore does not buy the item	6
7234568511	Epigram- A belief witty statement	Example- "The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never any uses to oneself"- Oscar Wilde	7
7234568512	Hyperbole- Exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis	Example- I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse	8
7234569437	Juxtaposition- Placement of two things side by side for emphasis	Example- Having two billboards side by side one about eating healthy and one about eating fast food	9
7234569438	Metaphor- A figure of speech or trope through which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, thus making an implicit comparison	Example- Friendship are diamonds and Memories are pearls	10
7234570656	Metonymy- Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole	Example- The white house declared war against another country	11
7234572237	Oxymoron- A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms	Example- A jumbo shrimp	12
7234572238	Paradox- A statement that seems contradictory but it actually true	Example- I am nobody	13
7234573034	Personification- Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects	Example- The fire danced in the dark.	14
7234573514	Rhetorical Question- A question asked more to produce an effect than to summon an answer	Example- Are you crazy?	15
7234573515	Simile- A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare things	Example- Her eyes shine like the stars	16
7234574530	Understatement- Lack of emphasis in a statement or point, restraint in language often used for ironic effect	Example- While the titanic ship is sinking Someone says " I think there's a leak"	17