ap english language glossary Flashcards

14756420604	adage	A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language.	0
14756420605	allegory	A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface.	1
14756420606	alliteration	the repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or sentence.	2
14756420607	allusion	a reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea.	3
14756420608	ambiguity	A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations.	4
14756420609	anachronism	A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era.	5
14756420610	analogy	a comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things; a passage that points out several similarities between two unlike things is called an extended analogy.	6
14756420611	anaphora	the deliberate repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses (a form of parallelism).	7
14756420612	anecdote	a brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point.	8
14756420613	antimetabole	the identical or near repetition of words in one phrase or clause in reverse order in the next phrase or clause (a form of parallelism).	9