AP language Flashcards

14922095919	allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	0
14922097754	alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	1
14922695779	allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art	2
14922698368	ambiguity	the multiple meanings between two different things or the relationship between them	3
14922700109	analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	4
14922701259	anaphora	one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences	5
14922704336	anecdote	A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event	6
14922712819	antecedent	the word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun	7
14922715292	antithesis	Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed	8
14922717109	aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle	9
14922718902	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction	10
14922720907	asyndeton	consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clause	11
14922721743	atmosphere	The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work	12
14922723950	chiasmus	A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words	13
14922725379	clause	a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	14
14922726347	colloquial/colloquialism	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	15
14922728013	coherence	a principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible	16
14922732866	conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects	17
14922734671	connotation	the nonliteral, associative meaning of a word	18