AP Lang Quiz #18 Flashcards

9676241210	Abstract	refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images.	0
9676241211	Allegory	a work that functions on a symbolic level.	1
9676241212	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers. The AP English Language and Composition Exam often expects you to identify it in a passage.	2
9676241213	Epigraph	the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme.	3
9676241214	Exposition	background information presented in a literary work.	4
9676241215	Pun	a play on words that often has a comic effect. Associated with wit and cleverness. A writer who speaks of the "grave topic of American funerals" may be employing an intentional or unintentional pun.	5
9676241216	Reductio ad Absurdum	the Latin for "to reduce to the absurd." This is a technique useful in creating a comic effect (See Twain's "At the Funeral.") and is also an argumentative technique. It is considered a rhetorical fallacy, because it reduces an argument to an either/or choice.	6
9676241217	Voice	can refer to two different areas of writing. One refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active voice and passive voice). The second refers to the total "sound" of a writer's style.	7
9676366351	partition	In ancient Roman oratory, the part of a speech where the speaker would divide the main topic into parts.	8
9676366352	epanalepsis	Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause. Ex: Blood hath brought blood.	9