Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards
Abstract
Refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images [ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places]. The observable or “physical” is usually described in concrete language.
Allegory
Is an extended metaphor in prose or verse in which coharacters, events, and settings represent the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric.
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Allusion
An indirect referance to works, events, or figures that hte author assumes the reader is familiar with.
Analogy
A more developed simile
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause.
Anecdote
A short, simple narrative of an incident; it is often used for humorous effect or to make a point.
Annotations
Explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give biographical data.
Antecednet
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP Language and Composition Exam occasionally asks for the antecednet of a given pronon in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences.
Antithesis
The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, pkhrase, cluase, or paragraphs. Examples include “To be or not to be…” and “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask waht you can do for your country…”
Aphorism
A short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life: “Early birds get the worm”.
Apostrophe
The device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction.
Assertion
A arguable opinion stated as a fact.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds.
Assumption
A supposed “fact” that is never actually proven.
