Schemes and Tropes for AP Language & Composition Flashcards
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| 7950562017 | Antithesis | makes use of contrasting words, phrases, sentences, or ideas for emphasis of dissimilarity. (Generally used in parallel grammatical structures.) | 0 | |
| 7950595093 | Juxtaposition | highlighting comparisons and similarities | 1 | |
| 7950609344 | Parallelism | similarity in structure in a pair of series or related words, phrases, or clauses. | 2 | |
| 7950635576 | Anastrophe | A scheme in which normal word order is changed for emphasis. | 3 | |
| 7950645443 | Apposition | Placing side-by-side two coordinate elements, the second of which serves to identify, rename, explain or modify the first | 4 | |
| 7950677018 | Parenthesis | The insertion of a verbal unit in a position which is incongruous with the normal word flow | 5 | |
| 7950725290 | Asyndeton | Deliberate omission of conjunctions b/w words, phrases, or clauses. | 6 | |
| 7950778047 | Ellipsis | The omission of one or more words readily implied by context | 7 | |
| 7950806075 | Alliteration | The recurrence of initial or medial consonant sounds. | 8 | |
| 7950816784 | Anaphora | The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. | 9 | |
| 7950837010 | Assonance | Similar vowel sounds repeated in successive or proximate words containing different consonance. | 10 | |
| 7950850147 | Climax | Consists of arranging words, clauses, or sentences in the order of increasing importance weight or emphasis. | 11 | |
| 7950863737 | Polysyndeton | The use of conjunction b/w each word, or clause. | 12 | |
| 7950880178 | Analogy | A comparison b/w two things to describe or explain one thing by examining its similarities w/ another thing (similes and metaphors) | 13 | |
| 7952221893 | Metaphor | implied comparison b/w two things of unlike nature | 14 | |
| 7952242758 | Metonymy | Substitution of some attribute or suggestive word for what is actually meant | 15 | |
| 7952255668 | Simile | Explicit comparison b/w two things of unlike nature using like or as. | 16 | |
| 7952277495 | Synechdoche | Figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole. | 17 | |
| 7952289126 | Apostrophe | The act of addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present | 18 | |
| 7952294092 | Personification | Investing abstractions for inanimate objects w/ human qualities or abilities. | 19 | |
| 7952303404 | Pun: play on words | 1. Use of words alike in sound but different in meaning 2. Use of words that are spelled the same but w/ different sounds and meanings. | 20 | |
| 7952317692 | Pun: Syllepsis | Use of word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which modifies or governs. | 21 | |
| 7952329507 | Hyperbole | The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis | 22 | |
| 7952333996 | Irony | Use of a word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the words. | 23 | |
| 7952345450 | Litotes | Deliberate use of understatement | 24 | |
| 7952351656 | Onomatopoeia | use of words whose sound echoes the same sense | 25 | |
| 7952357354 | Oxymoron | The yoking of two terms which are ordinarily contradictory | 26 | |
| 7952364787 | Paradox | A seemingly self-contradictory statement that when investigated/ explained may prove to be well founded/true | 27 | |
| 7952368603 | Rhetorical Question | A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. | 28 | |
| 7952378323 | Anadiplosis | Repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence | 29 | |
| 7952383243 | Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock or convey contempt | 30 |