AP Language Week 2 Flashcards

4881466748	Inversion	Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order). (p. 1146)	0
4881466749	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences. (p. 1147)	1
4881466750	Metaphor	Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as. (p. 1147)	2
4881466751	Oxymoron	A paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words. (p. 1148)	3
4881466752	Parallelism	Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. (p. 1148)	4
4881466753	Periodic sentence	Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end. (p. 1148)	5
4881466754	Personification	Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea. (p. 1148)	6
4881466755	Rhetorical question	Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purposes of getting an answer. (p. 1150)	7
4881466756	Synecdoche	Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole. (p. 1151)	8
4881466757	Zeugma	Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings. (p. 1152)	9