AP LANG FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Allegory - Answers :The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to
represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. The allegorical meaning
usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.
Alliteration - Answers :The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of
adjacent or closely connected words.
Allusion - Answers :A reference to something outside the text that is well-known.
Analogy - Answers :A comparison between two different things. An __________ can
explain something unfamiliar by associating it with something more familiar.
Anaphora - Answers :A repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of
successive clauses, sentences, or lines of poetry.
Anecdote - Answers :A short account of something, usually funny or personal in nature.
Antecedent - Answers :A noun, noun phrase, or clause referred to by a subsequent
word.
Antithesis - Answers :Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.
Assonance - Answers :A literary device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds
takes place in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of poetry or
prose.
Asyndeton - Answers :Omission of conjunctions (FANBOYS) between words, phrases,
or clauses. It tends to speed up the flow of the sentence
Euphemism - Answers :Using an inoffensive term instead of one that is offensive or
unpleasant.
Apostrophe - Answers :Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing.
Some abstract quality, or a nonexistent character.
Hyperbole - Answers :A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or
overstatement.
Understatement - Answers :Figure of speech in which a writer deliberately makes a
situation seems less important or serious than it is.
Invective - Answers :An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong
abusive language.
Allegory - Answers :The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to
represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. The allegorical meaning
usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.
Alliteration - Answers :The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of
adjacent or closely connected words.
Allusion - Answers :A reference to something outside the text that is well-known.
Analogy - Answers :A comparison between two different things. An __________ can
explain something unfamiliar by associating it with something more familiar.
Anaphora - Answers :A repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of
successive clauses, sentences, or lines of poetry.
Anecdote - Answers :A short account of something, usually funny or personal in nature.
Antecedent - Answers :A noun, noun phrase, or clause referred to by a subsequent
word.
Antithesis - Answers :Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.
Assonance - Answers :A literary device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds
takes place in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of poetry or
prose.
Asyndeton - Answers :Omission of conjunctions (FANBOYS) between words, phrases,
or clauses. It tends to speed up the flow of the sentence
Euphemism - Answers :Using an inoffensive term instead of one that is offensive or
unpleasant.
Apostrophe - Answers :Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing.
Some abstract quality, or a nonexistent character.
Hyperbole - Answers :A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or
overstatement.
Understatement - Answers :Figure of speech in which a writer deliberately makes a
situation seems less important or serious than it is.
Invective - Answers :An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong
abusive language.
