AP Language 1-20 terms Flashcards

7324967261	allegory	story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning typically a moral or political one	0
7324969633	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds	1
7324972813	allusion	indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance	2
7324975828	anidiplosis	repetition of the last word of a preceding clause	3
7324985799	analogy	comparison between two things typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation and clarification	4
7324989224	anaphora	repetition of a phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	5
7324991522	anastrophe	inversion of the usual order of words and clauses	6
7324999815	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	7
7325002032	antecedent	expression (word, phrase, clause) that gives meaning to a previous form	8
7325008670	anthimeria	using one part of speech in place of another	9
7325010649	antimetabole	a phrase or sentences is repeated, but in reverse order	10
7325015123	antithesis	opposite person or thing	11
7325018437	aphorism	statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise manner	12
7325020796	asyndeton	omission or absence of a conjunction	13
7325024459	appeals	method of persuasion by using authority, emotion, or logic	14
7325030349	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	15
7325036289	audience	intended reader of a piece of writing	16
7325038238	cacophony	use of words with harsh, rough, or unmelodious sounds to create a negative response or elicit negative emotions	17
7325040490	chiasmus	grammatical constructions or concepts are repeated in reverse order	18
7325043330	coherence	to be logical, or consistent and to make sense as a whole; helps the reader understand the text	19