AP Language Term Examples 1 Flashcards

7349478724	Alliteration	Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.	0
7349478725	Anaphora	"My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration."	1
7349481122	Asyndeton	Go, shepherd, and untie the wattled cotes! No longer leave thy wistful flock unfed, Nor let thy bawling fellows rack their throats, Nor the cropp'd herbage shoot another head..... Thou hast not lived, why should'st thou perish, so?	2
7349481123	Diction	"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on"	3
7349487615	Epistrophe	For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best. - John F. Kennedy	4
7349487616	Ethos	"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results.	5
7349488484	Hyperbole	He is as skinny as a toothpick.	6
7349488485	Imagery	Though I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings.	7
7349489465	Juxtapostion	Beauty and ugliness Belief and denial Bigotry and tolerance Calm and chaos	8
7349490171	Litote	your comments on politics are not useless. You are not as young as you used to be.	9
7349491290	Metaphor	She's all states, and all princes, I ..." The assignment was a breeze	10
7349491291	Pathos	"I'm not just invested in this community - I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."	11
7349492064	Rhetoric	"I am never ever going to rob anyone for you and never, never ever give in to your sinful wish."	12
7349492904	Rhetorical Question	How did this idiot get elected?	13
7349493751	Synecdoche	The word "bread" refers to food or money as in "Writing is my bread and butter" or "sole breadwinner". The phrase "gray beard" refers to an old man. The word "sails" refers to a whole ship. The word "suits" refers to businessmen.	14