AP Lang Vocabulary #1

2. The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause at the beginning of a new clause.
3. The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words.
6. A fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts.
7. speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand. Noun.
9. The grammatical term for the noun or pronoun from which a pronoun derives its meaning.
11. Reading analytically means reading actively, paying close attention to the content, meaning, and the structure of a text.
14. An apostrophe is a figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker.

1. A passing reference to a familiar person, place, or thing drawn from history, the Bible, mythology, or literature.
4. An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses.
5. Comes from the Latin phrase meaning, “to the man.” It refers to an argument that attacks the
8. Asks a rede to think about the correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different--a form of comparison in which the writer explains something unfamiliar by comparing it to something familiar.
10. Uncertain or indefinite; something subject to more than one interpretation.
12. The inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.
13. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.