All AP Language and Composition Terms (100% correct answers)

allegory correct answers The rhetorical strategy of extending a metaphor through an entire narrative so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. "There is an obvious allegory in Avatar, the Navi stand for Native Americans." alliteration correct answers The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in "a peck of pickled peppers." allusion correct answers A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional. analogy correct answers A type of composition (or, more commonly, a part of a composition or speech) in which one idea, process, or thing is explained by comparing it to something else. anaphora (also called epanaphora) correct answers A scheme in which the same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. Example: "I will fight for you. I will fight to save Social Security. I will fight to raise the minimum wage." anastrophe correct answers A scheme in which normal word order is changed for emphasis. Example: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. anecdote correct answers A short account (or narrative) of an interesting or amusing incident, often intended to illustrate or support some point. annotation correct answers A concise statement of the key idea(s) in a text or a portion of a text. Annotations are commonly used in reading instruction and in research. antagonist correct answers Character in a story or poem who opposes the main character (protagonist). Sometimes the antagonist is an animal, an idea, or a thing. Examples of such antagonists might include illness, oppression, or the serpent in the biblical story of Adam and Eve. antecedent correct answers The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to. "When giving treats to ~friends~ or ~children~, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them." antimetabole correct answers Half of expression is balanced, other half is backwards. ABC-CBA. It's a type of chiasmus. "I know what I like, and I like what I know"