AP Language - List 1 Flashcards
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| 7588047707 | Abstract | Abbreviated synopsis of a longer work of scholarship or research. | 0 | |
| 7588050877 | Ad hominem | Directed to or appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason. | 1 | |
| 7588050878 | Adage, Aphorism, Maxim | A saying or proverb containing a generally accepted truth or sentiment. | 2 | |
| 7588053792 | Allegory | A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface. | 3 | |
| 7588056704 | Alliteration | Repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem. | 4 | |
| 7588056705 | Allusion | Reference to a person, place, event, meant to create an effect or enhance meaning. | 5 | |
| 7588056706 | Ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning: conscious lack of clarity to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations. | 6 | |
| 7588059595 | Anachronism | Person, scene, or event that falls to correspond with appropriate time era. | 7 | |
| 7588059596 | Assonance | Repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words in prose or poetry. | 8 | |
| 7588059597 | Bard | A poet. | 9 | |
| 7588059598 | Bathos | Insincere or overdone sentimentally. | 10 | |
| 7588062915 | Belles-Lettres | A French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general. | 11 | |
| 7588062916 | Bombast | Inflated, pretentious language. | 12 | |
| 7588066340 | Burlesque | A work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation. | 13 | |
| 7588066341 | Cacophony | Grating, inharmonious sounds. | 14 | |
| 7588066342 | Conon | The words considered important in a national literature or period. | 15 | |
| 7588069347 | Caricature | A grotesque likeness of strikings qualities in persons and things. | 16 | |
| 7588069348 | Carpe Diem | Seize the day - a common theme. | 17 | |
| 7588072892 | Circumlocution | Literally "talking" around a subject. | 18 | |
| 7588072893 | Analogy | Comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things. | 19 | |
| 7588081225 | Anecdote | Brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point. | 20 | |
| 7588081226 | Annotation | A brief explanation, summary, or evaluation of a text or work of literature. | 21 | |
| 7588083537 | Antagonist | Character or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist, produces tension or conflict. | 22 | |
| 7588083538 | Antecedent | A word to which a pronoun refers - Must agree in person and number. | 23 | |
| 7588083539 | Antithesis | Rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement or words, clauses, or sentences. | 24 | |
| 7588088254 | Apollonian | In contrast to Dionysian, refers to most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior. | 25 | |
| 7588088255 | Apostrophe | A locution that addresses a person or personified thing not present. | 26 | |
| 7588091270 | Arch | Characterized by clever or sly humor, often saucy, playful. | 27 | |
| 7588093681 | Archetype | An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a model or form. | 28 |