AP Language Terminology Flashcards

8473651087	Alliteration	Repetition of initial sound	0
8473654611	Allusion	Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing	1
8473668998	Anadiplosis	The repetition of the last word/phrase of one clause at the beginning of the following clause	2
8473678046	Anaphora	Repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses	3
8473685972	Anastrophe	The use of inverted or unusual word order for emphasis	4
8473696770	Anthimeria	The substitution of one part of speech for another for emphasis	5
8473703236	Antithesis	Juxtaposition of balanced contrasting ideas, sometimes written in a "not x, but y" format	6
8473724285	Asyndeton	A deliberate lack of conjunctions between parallel clauses	7
8473735336	Caesura	A break in the flow, often signaled by a dash or parentheses	8
8473743469	Chiasmus	A type of antithesis in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the same words in a different order	9
8473762689	Colloquialism	Local or regional dialect; slang	10
8473766109	Connotation	The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase	11
8473775295	Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word	12
8473780011	Diction	Word choice used for stylistic effect	13
8473789008	Epistrophe	The repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses	14
8473797081	Euphemism	The substitution of an inoffensive expression for one that may offend	15
8473805310	Hyperbole	A deliberate and often outrageous exaggeration, used for serious or comedic effect	16
8473815945	Idiom	Expression peculiar to a given language	17
8473821477	Imagery	Language that appeals to all of the senses	18
8473826747	Juxtaposition	Placing unassociated ideas/words/phrases next to each other for effect	19
8473842633	Metaphor	A comparision	20
8473848199	Metonymy	An entity referred to by one of its attributes or associations	21
8473854956	Oxymoron	A form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression	22
8473866390	Paradox	A statement that contradicts itself and may seem almost absurd	23
8473876394	Parallel Structure	Balanced components in the structural arrangement	24
8473884613	Parody	A composition imitating another usually serious work	25
8473895453	Personification	Give inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics	26
8473906689	Polysyndeton	Sentence with multiple conjunctions used for effect	27
8473911050	Prose	The ordinary form of the written language	28
8473917046	Pun	A play on words that identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings	29
8473933984	Satire	A literary works that holds up human failings to ridicule and censure for purpose of change	30
8473943491	Simile	A comparision using like or as	31
8473950800	Synesthesia	Vivid imagery with concurrent response of two or more senses	32
8473966808	Zeugma	Technique of using one word to yoke two or more others for ironic or amusing effect	33