AP language website vocab 181-200 Flashcards
1
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rhetoric
A
persuasive speaking
2
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sentiments
A
a view of or attitude toward a situation or opinion
3
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parallelism
A
state of being parallel
4
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analogy
A
comparison between two things
5
Q
anecdote
A
a short amusing story
6
Q
perpendicular
A
angle of 90 degrees
7
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polysyndeton
A
many, bond together
8
Q
enumeration
A
the action of mentioning a number of thing one by one
9
Q
anaphora
A
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause
10
Q
allusion
A
calling something to mind
11
Q
claim
A
state or assert that something is the case
12
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asyndeton
A
absence of a conjunction
13
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placid
A
not easily upset or excited
14
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covert
A
not openly acknowledged
15
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protracted
A
lasting for a long time
