AP English Language & Composition Flashcards

14756685124	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	0
14756692790	Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.	1
14756698638	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art	2
14756712217	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	3
14756713644	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	4
14756715649	Anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."	5
14756722496	anecdote	A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.	6
14756724332	antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	7
14756725213	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.	8
14756730790	Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction	9
14756733143	atmosphere/mood	the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage	10
14756737757	clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	11
14756740394	colloquial/colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	12