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Week 3 AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

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10445636574anadiplosisThe repetition of the last word/s at the end of a clause is then repeated at the beginning of the next clause. "Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to suffering."0
10445663118anastropheThe usual arrangement of words is mixed. "The path to the dark side, fear is."1
10445663605antanagogePlacing a good thing with a negative statement to reduce the negativity. "True he always forgets my birthday, but he buys he gifts all year round."2
10445664249aposiopesisWhen the speaker is cut off/falls short of completing a statement. "A penny's worth of this and... No, wait..."3
10445665039chiasmusWhen words are repeated but in the reverse order. "Love as if you would one day hate, and hate as if you would one day love."4
10445667359diacopeThe repetition of a word after intervening words/phrases. "We will do it, I tell you; we will do it."5
10445667490epistropheWhen a word is repeated at the end of each clause. "Where now? Who now? When now?"6
10445668071euphemismA more pleasant way of saying something either inappropriate or uncomfortable. "Royal Wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed. He plowed her, and she cropped."7
10445668072idiomAn expression where two or more words that mean something other than the literal words. "Its raining cats and dogs."8
10445668488juxtapositionWhen two ideas, characters, or places are placed side by side. God and Satan, Romeo and Tybalt9
10445668489paradoxA self-contradictory statement that expresses some truth. "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."10
10445668924personificationWhen a non-human object is given human attributes. "When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads."11
10445669419procatalepsisWhen the speaker or writer expects the opponents objections. "I know what you're going to say... That if they look at it properly they'll see that it wasn't our fault."12
10445669420simileA comparison between two things that aren't alike. "Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like the leaning Tower of Pisa."13
10445684205zeugmaWhen one word can modify two other words in different ways. "She broke his car, and his heart14
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