AP English Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 9927163085 | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically. | Allegory |  | 0 |
| 9927163086 | Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | Antecedent |  | 1 |
| 9927163087 | Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism. | Antithesis |  | 2 |
| 9927163088 | Early to bed and early to rise help make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. -Ben Franklin | Aphorism |  | 3 |
| 9927163089 | "Oh, Captain, my Captain, our fearful trip is done..." | Apostrophe |  | 4 |
| 9927163090 | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | Colloquial/Colloquialism |  | 5 |
| 9927163091 | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor. | Conceit |  | 6 |
| 9927163092 | correctional facility = jail between jobs = unemployed | Euphemism | 7 | |
| 9927163096 | The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. | Anaphora |  | 8 |
| 9927163097 | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | Pedantic |  | 9 |
| 9927163098 | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. | Prose |  | 10 |
| 9927163099 | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words. | Semantics |  | 11 |
| 9927163100 | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | Syllogism |  | 12 |
| 9927163102 | A brief witty statement. | Epigram |  | 13 |
| 9927163103 | The omission of a word or several words. | Ellipsis |  | 14 |
| 9927163104 | Attacking a speaker's character instead of to their argument. | Ad Hominem |  | 15 |
| 9927163105 | Having an instructive purpose; intending to convey information to teach a lesson usually in a dry, pompous manner. | Didactic |  | 16 |
| 9927163106 | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. | Fallacy |  | 17 |
| 9927163107 | Excessive pride that often brings about one's fall. | Hubris |  | 18 |
| 9927163108 | Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words | Alliteration |  | 19 |
| 9927163110 | A statement or idea that seems contradictory but is in fact true. | Paradox |  | 20 |
| 9927163111 | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. | Non Sequitur |  | 21 |
| 9927163112 | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | Anecdote |  | 22 |
| 9927163113 | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group. | Jargon |  | 23 |
| 9927163114 | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. | Dogmatic |  | 24 |
| 9927163116 | Understood or implied without being stated. | Tacit |  | 25 |
| 9927163117 | An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. | Innuendo |  | 26 |
| 9927163118 | Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed. | Lackadaisical |  | 27 |
| 9927163120 | A sentence in which the subject and verb come at the front of the sentence. | Loose Sentence | 28 | |
| 9927163121 | A sentence in which the subject and verb come toward the end of the sentence. | Periodic Sentence | 29 | |
| 9927163123 | Caustic, bitter language--iterally means "to tear the flesh." | Sarcasm | 30 | |
| 9927163124 | A complete sentence. | Independent Clause | 31 | |
| 9927163125 | Includes a subordinate conjunction, such as because, while, etc. | Dependent Clause | 32 | |
| 9927163126 | A reference to something (e.g., a book, a movie, an historical event) that is presumed to be well known to the audience. | Allusion | 33 | |
| 9927163127 | A work that pokes fun human vices and follies in order to call attention to a larger problem. | Satire |  | 34 |
| 9927163128 | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | Parody |  | 35 |