AP Language Flashcards

7444573750	anadiplosis	is the literary term for a rhetorical device in which a writer or speaker uses a word near the end of the clause and then repeats that word to begin the next clause. Anadiplosis is used to bring attention to a specific thing or concept.	0
7444597030	disparages	Ridicule	1
7444603254	deductive reasoning	The process of using logic to draw conclusions	2
7444609191	cumulative sentence	a sentence that completes its main clause/thought at the beginning and then adds to it	3
7444613845	antithesis	Direct opposite a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else	4
7444629666	epistrophe	Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses	5
7444633569	anaphora	the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	6
7444637510	asyndeton	A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions	7
7444644671	parallelism	similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses	8
7444642579	hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	9