AP Lang Final Flashcards

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared as a means of making a point (without the use of like or as)

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Litote

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This creates exaggeration by showing restraint. It is the opposite of hyperbole.

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Personification

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Giving human or animal attributes to non-human things

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Syntax

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The study of rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences.
- Sentence structure

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anecdote

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a short and amusing or interesting story about an incident, event or person

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asyndeton

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A style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing fast-paced, more rapid prose.

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polysyndeton

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The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed.

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allusion

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A reference to a (past, present or future) event, person, or place

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analogy

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a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity.

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colloquialism

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a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. (slang)

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irony

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The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning.

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epistrophe

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Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses,
or sentences with the same word or words.

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enumeration

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A rhetorical term for the listing of details–a type of amplification and division.

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simile

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a comparison between things using the words “like,” “as,” or “than” in order to perceive its importance.

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apostrophe

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Address to something/someone directly within the text

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antithesis

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the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses (similar sentence structure); a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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climax

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In rhetoric, mounting by degrees through words or sentences of increasing weight with an emphasis on the high point or culmination of an experience or series of events.

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hyperbole

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An exaggeration that bolsters an argument

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diction

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Particular words an author uses (aka word choice)

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ethos

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Appeals to credibility (ethics)

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pathos

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An appeal to emotion

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logos

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Appeal to reason

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anadiplosis

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A repetition technique; a word or phrase from the previous line, clause, or sentence at the beginning of the next.

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juxtaposition
the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses (similar sentence structure); a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
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alliteration
Repetition of an initial sound in close proximity
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rhetorical question
A question whose answer is assumed