AP Terms 1-33 Flashcards
an argument attacking an individual’s character rather than his or her position on an issue
ad hominem argument
a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions [representation] (bible stories).
Allegory
a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize (ex. Her Mona Lisa smile gave nothing away about her feelings)
Allusion
a chronological inconsistency; something described that doesn’t fit into the time period in which it is mentioned; ana=against, so against chronology.
Anachorism
the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause (ex. The mountains look on Marathon – And Marathon looks on the sea…)
Anadiplosis
a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way (ex. Metaphors, similes, etc)
Analogy
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences. (ex. I believe. I believe we will. I believe we will win.).
Anaphora
a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.
Anecdote
the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers (ex. She went to the store).
Antecedent
changing a word from one part of speech to another (ex. Google is a noun, but we say “I googled it” changing google to a verb).
Anthimeria
when a sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished (ex. That all the world shall—I will do things–)
Aposiopesis
a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or some abstraction.
Apostrophe
a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response.
Motif/Archetype
a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions (ex. “They dove, splashed, swam, snorkeled.”)
Asyndeton
the point of highest interest in a literary work
Climax
