AP Language and Composition Flashcards

14914228348	analogy	A comparison of one pair of variable to a parallel set of variables: "Missouri is to America as a square is to a quilt."	0
14914228351	motif	A recurring idea in a piece of literature. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the idea that "you never really understand another person until you consider things from his her point of view" is an example because the idea is brought up several times over the course of the novel.	1
14914228353	oxymoron	When apparently contradictory terms are grouped together and suggest a paradox: "wise fool" "eloquent silence" "jumbo shrimp"	2
14914228360	antithesis	Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"	3
14914228364	metonymy	Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept: "Relations between London and Washington have been strained."	4
14914228365	synecdoche	When a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa: "The cattle rancher owned 500 head." "Check out my new wheels."	5
14914228368	paradox	A seemingly contradictory situation which is actually true: "You can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without getting a job."	6
14914228370	satire	A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect. It targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions.	7
14914228378	polysyndeton	When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions: "I walked the dog, and fed the cat, and milked the cows."	8