Ap language Flashcards
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9966274773 | Ayndeton Example | I came, I saw, I conquered | 0 | |
9966274774 | polysyndeton example | They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. | 1 | |
9966274775 | loose sentence example | I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy, and shopped at the mall. | 2 | |
9966274776 | chiasmus example | In peace SONS bury their FATHERS, but in war FATHERS bury their SONS. | 3 | |
9966274777 | Synechdoche | Uses a part to explain a whole or a whole to explain a part. ex. Lend me an ear. | 4 | |
9966274778 | metonymy example | "The White House declared..." rather than "The President declared..." | 5 | |
9966274779 | antithesis example | "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" | 6 | |
9966274780 | Ad hominen | argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position | 7 | |
9966274781 | inductive reasoning | a sequence of thought that moves from specific facts to a general conclusion | 8 | |
9966274782 | deductive reasoning | The process of using logic to draw conclusions | 9 | |
9966274783 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 10 | |
9966274784 | Asyndeton example | I came, I saw, I conquered | 11 | |
9966274785 | anaphora example | My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration. | 12 |