AP Language and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

6468395232	litotes	A way of saying something by saying what it's not. Examples: He's not the sharpest tool in the shed. She's no Einstein.	0
6468411980	Pleonasm	Using more words than you need to, either accidentally or deliberately. Examples: Look at that tiny little baby kitten.	1
6468428614	Allusion	A quick reference to something that your audience will have to already know in order to "get." They should be quickly mentioned, not explained in-depth. Examples: A famous work of art or literature Something from your own life	2
6468449015	Analogy	Comparing two things for the purpose of explanation. Examples: "Life is like a box of chocolates." A is to B as C is to D. Earth's forests are like its lungs.	3
6468470193	Anaphora	The repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses. Examples: "I have a dream" repeated in MLK speech "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was..."	4
6468491256	Eponym	Either a person for whom something is named, or a thing named for a person. Examples: Achilles (Greek mythological character) - Achilles' heel, Achilles tendon Adam (Biblical character) - Adam's apple	5
6468519421	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which you use a part of something to stand for the whole thing. Example: "new set of wheels" = you're using the wheels, which are part of a car, to refer to the whole car.	6
6468543563	Apostrophe	A punctuation mark used in contractions to replace missing letters. Examples: We'll = We will That's = That is	7
6468558476	Rhetorical	If you ask a rhetorical question, it means you don't necessarily expect an answer, but you do want an occasion to talk about something. Rhetoric is the art of written or spoken communication.	8
6468571534	Epithet	A descriptive nickname Example" "Richard the Lionhearted" "Tommy the Terrible."	9