AP Language Terms: Schemes and Sound Flashcards

8199103719	Antithesis	balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure. Usually it indicates exact opposites. Antithesis sometimes refers to the negation of the thesis proposed.	0
8199114405	Apposition	placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first. A literary device in which two elements are placed side by side, with the second element serving to define or modify the first with no word in between. When this device is used, the two elements are said to be in apposition.	1
8199134335	Asyndeton	A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X, Y, and Z... the writer uses X, Y, Z...	2
8199163557	Flashback/Analepsis	a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.	3
8199169824	Flashforward/Prolepsis	like a flashback, but the opposite, a quick glimpse at what will happen in the future, or is yet to happen.	4
8199176052	Paradox	a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth.	5
8199181814	Periodic	a sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements, is a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its end.	6
8199190080	Pun	a "play on words" based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things.	7
8199197074	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.	8
8199199704	Zeugma	Artfully using a single verb to refer to two different objects in an ungrammatical but striking way, or artfully using an adjective to refer to two separate nouns, even though the adjective would logically only be appropriate for one of the two.	9
8199211483	Alliteration	repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together, this consonant sound is usually at the beginning of the sentence.	10
8199218977	Assonance	the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a short passage of verse or prose.	11
8199223527	Cacophony; Dissonance	harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony.	12
8199229944	Consonance	repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong.	13
8199242573	Euphony	a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony	14
8199247487	Lyrical	Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination.	15
8199250370	Rhythm	a rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language.	16