AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

11883832650	loose	sentence that makes sense even if brought to a close	0
11883856451	periodic	sentence makes sense only when the end is reached	1
11883856452	balanced	phrases or clauses balance each other by structure, meaning, or length	2
11883872884	juxtaposition	unassociated ideas, words, phrases placed next to each other for effect	3
11883881295	parallelism	grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of sentences; shows equal development of ideas	4
11883893473	repetition	words, sounds, or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm or create emphasis	5
11883897333	elevated	formal diction	6
11883903404	rhetorical question	requires no answer, but draws attention to a point	7
11883908146	rhetorical fragment	incomplete sentence used for persuasion or other effects	8
11883911213	anaphora	repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses	9
11883922721	asyndenton	omission of conjunctions in a series	10
11883928371	antithesis	the arrangement of ideas in the second clause is a reversal of the first	11
11883935589	Polysyndeton	use of many conjunctions for special emphasis	12
11883944228	connotation	the implied meaning of word through context	13
11883949655	denotation	the dictionary definition; the literal meaning of a word	14