Ap Flashcards

11453484879	Allegory	A narrative in which the characters and behaviors, and even setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction.	0
11453484880	Alliteration	The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound.	1
11453484881	Anaphora	The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of phrases	2
11453484882	Antithesis	Designed to make a point	3
11453484883	Aphorism	Statement designed to make a point	4
11453484884	Appeals to: authority, emotion, logic	Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason	5
11453484885	Apostrophe	address to something inanimate	6
11453484886	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	7
11453484887	Asyndeton	A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose	8
11453484888	attitude	the sense expressed by the tone of voice and/or the mood of a piece of writing	9
11453484889	begging the question	Argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or conflict	10
11453484890	Canon	that which has been accepted as authentic	11
11453484891	Chiasmus	A figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second	12