AP Language Flashcards

8902961205	Abstract	Describes language that is vague or lacking in specific detail. A reader cannot connecg visually or otherwise with abstract langauge. The opposite is concrete langauge (precise)	0
8902961206	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	1
8902961207	Ambivalence	Mutually conflicting feelings or thoughts: being "torn in two directions" about some person, object, issue, or idea	2
8902975006	Amplification	A sequence of progressive examples of anecdotes, often showing intensification	3
8902975007	Anaphora	Repetition, especially of the same word at the beginning of several phrases or clauses.	4
8910213790	Anecdote	A brief narrative illustration a pint	5
8910213791	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun prefers	6
8910213792	Antithesis	Direct opposite	7
8910213793	Aphorism	A terse, skillful expression of a general truth or moral principle.	8
8910213794	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent person, abstraction, or personified idea	9
8910213795	Archaism	Use of an older or obsolete form	10
8910213796	atmosphere	The emotional mood created in the reader by the entirety of a text	11
8910213797	Cacophonous	Describes harsh, discordant sounds in a line or passage (opposite is euphonious)	12