AP Language Vocab #2 Flashcards
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| 14743818407 | exigency/ exigence | the urgency that led to the creation of the text | 0 | |
| 14743835094 | rhetorical triangle | the interplay of text, speaker, and audience in the analysis of the rhetorical situation. | 1 | |
| 14743858659 | ad hominem argument | attacking another person's argument by attacking the person rather than the issue | 2 | |
| 14743865386 | allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. | 3 | |
| 14743869904 | alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds example-"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew." | 4 | |
| 14743879324 | allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event example-" A Daniel come to judgement." | 5 | |
| 14743885714 | analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way example-" life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." | 6 | |
| 14743891771 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses example- "with malice towards one, with charity for all, with firmness in the right.." | 7 | |
| 14743894660 | Ancedote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 8 | |
| 14743899610 | antithesis | a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas example- "give me liberty, or give me death." | 9 |