AP Language Terms Set 1 Flashcards

14546106651	allegory	a literary work that suggests a hidden meaning via the use of metaphoric examples; this meaning of a greater, often abstract, moral or political concept is conveyed with the aid of more material objects or ideas being used as an example	0
14546106652	alliteration	repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	1
14546107058	allusion	a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, a book, a myth, place, or work of art	2
14546110052	ambiguity	the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage	3
14546110056	analogy	a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	4
14546114140	anaphora	repetition of the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences	5
14546114141	anecdote	a brief narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event	6
14546193918	antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun	7
14546195763	antithesis	Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences	8
14546200780	aphorism	a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle	9
14546201663	apostrophe	a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love	10
14546202396	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate words, phrases, or clauses	11
14546206337	atmosphere	the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described	12
14546213655	chiasmus	from the Greek word for "criss-cross", a figure of speech in which two successive clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of analogous words	13
14546234826	clause	a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	14
14546236711	coloquialism	the use of slang or an informal expression in speech or writing, giving a work a conversational or familiar tone	15
14546284130	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
14546285271	conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	17
14546290448	connotation	the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.	18