AP English Language and Composition Flashcards
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| 13599044235 | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically. | Allegory |  | 0 |
| 13599044236 | Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | Antecedent |  | 1 |
| 13599044237 | Opposition or contrast of ideas through parallelism. | Antithesis |  | 2 |
| 13599044238 | Early to bed and early to rise help make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. -Ben Franklin | Aphorism |  | 3 |
| 13599044239 | "Oh, Captain, my Captain, our fearful trip is done..." | Apostrophe |  | 4 |
| 13599044240 | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | Colloquial/Colloquialism |  | 5 |
| 13599044241 | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor. | Conceit |  | 6 |
| 13599044242 | correctional facility = jail between jobs = unemployed | Euphemism | 7 | |
| 13599044243 | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice. | Homily |  | 8 |
| 13599044244 | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | Invective |  | 9 |
| 13599044245 | a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. | Metonymy |  | 10 |
| 13599044246 | The exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. | Anaphora |  | 11 |
| 13599044247 | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | Pedantic |  | 12 |
| 13599044248 | one of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. | Prose |  | 13 |
| 13599044249 | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words. | Semantics |  | 14 |
| 13599044250 | A deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. | Syllogism |  | 15 |
| 13599044251 | A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole. | Synecdoche |  | 16 |
| 13599044252 | A brief witty statement. | Epigram |  | 17 |
| 13599044253 | The omission of a word or several words. | Ellipsis |  | 18 |
| 13599044254 | Attacking a speaker's character instead of to their argument. | Ad Hominem |  | 19 |
| 13599044255 | Having an instructive purpose; intending to convey information to teach a lesson usually in a dry, pompous manner. | Didactic |  | 20 |
| 13599044256 | An incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, or false information. | Fallacy |  | 21 |
| 13599044257 | Excessive pride that often brings about one's fall. | Hubris |  | 22 |
| 13599044258 | Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words | Alliteration |  | 23 |
| 13599044259 | A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity. | Litotes |  | 24 |
| 13599044260 | A statement or idea that seems contradictory but is in fact true. | Paradox |  | 25 |
| 13599044261 | A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. | Non Sequitur |  | 26 |
| 13599044262 | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | Anecdote |  | 27 |
| 13599044263 | Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group. | Jargon |  | 28 |
| 13599044264 | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. | Dogmatic |  | 29 |
| 13599044265 | Having or showing zeal. | Zealous |  | 30 |
| 13599044266 | Understood or implied without being stated. | Tacit |  | 31 |
| 13599044267 | An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. | Innuendo |  | 32 |
| 13599044268 | Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed. | Lackadaisical |  | 33 |
| 13599044269 | A type of parallelism in which elements are reversed. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." | Chiasmus |  | 34 |
| 13599044270 | A sentence in which the subject and verb come at the front of the sentence. | Loose Sentence | 35 | |
| 13599044271 | A sentence in which the subject and verb come toward the end of the sentence. | Periodic Sentence | 36 | |
| 13599044272 | Strongly encourage or urge someone to do something. | Exhort |  | 37 |
| 13599044273 | Caustic, bitter language--iterally means "to tear the flesh." | Sarcasm | 38 | |
| 13599044274 | A complete sentence. | Independent Clause | 39 | |
| 13599044275 | Includes a subordinate conjunction, such as because, while, etc. | Dependent Clause | 40 | |
| 13599044276 | A reference to something (e.g., a book, a movie, an historical event) that is presumed to be well known to the audience. | Allusion | 41 | |
| 13599044277 | A work that pokes fun human vices and follies in order to call attention to a larger problem. | Satire |  | 42 |
| 13599044278 | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | Parody |  | 43 |