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Allegory

A simile with important cultural background.

Representation of abstract ideas through a character, symbol, or story; an extended metaphor with an underlying meaning.

Using similar sentence construction to create emphasis.

Using non-fiction to develop irony.

A reference to important historical or cultural knowledge.

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Alliteration

Repetition of ending sounds.

Repetition of a hard vowel sound in the middle of words.

Representation of abstract ideas through a character, symbol, or story; an extended metaphor with an underlying meaning.

Repetition of the same letter of sound at the beginning of words in a word group.

A series of words to create a sensory impression in your mind.

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Allusion

Repetition of the same letter of sound at the beginning of words in a word group.

Something out of place in time.

A reversal in the order of words in otherwise parallel phrases.

Something unknowable, undefined, ambiguous.

Reference to well-known historical or cultural knowledge.

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In reference to your reading of "On Compassion" by Barbara Ascher, please read paragraph 7 (located in 50 Essays on page 36, beginning half-way down the page with the words "Up the avenue..."). In this paragraph, you will find each of the following EXCEPT:

alliteration

repetition

first person point of view

contrasting images

simile

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In reference to your reading of "On Compassion" by Barbara Ascher, the tone of the essay can best be described as:

thoughtful and reflective

analytical and technical

eager and enthusiastic

sarcastic and bitter

insistent and aggressive

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In reference to your reading of "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (starting on page 120 in 50 Essays), judging from her explanations and examples, it can be inferred that the author believes that people:

are unaware that they lie in many different ways.

do not recognize the difference between functional lies and harmful ones.

fail to understand the true consequences of their lying.

have learned to tolerate lying as a necessary part of contemporary life.

lie unintentionally more often than they lie intentionally.

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A literary work in which characters, events, objects, and ideas have secondary or symbolic meanings. One of the most popular examples from the 20th Century was George Orwells Animal Farm, about farm animals vying for power. On the surface, it is an entertaining story that even children can enjoy. Beneath the surface, it is the story of ruthless Soviet totalitarianism.

allegory

fable

parable

symbol

tall tale

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Reference to a historical event or to a mythical or literary figure. Examples: (1) Sir Lancelot fought with Herculean strength. (Reference to the mythological hero Hercules). (2) "I have met my Waterloo," the mountain climber said after returning from a failed attempt to conquer Everest. (Reference to the Belgian town where Napoleon lost a make-or-break battle).

metaphor

allusion

simile

symbol

synechdoche

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of word groups occurring one after the other. Examples: (1) Give me wine, give me women and give me song. (2) For everything there is a season . . . a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.–Bible, Ecclesiastes. (3) To die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream.–Shakespeare, Hamlet.

alliteration

assonance

anaphora

consonance

onomatopoeia

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of word groups occurring one after the other. Examples: (1) Give me wine, give me women and give me song. (2) For everything there is a season . . . a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.–Bible, Ecclesiastes. (3) To die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream.–Shakespeare, Hamlet.

alliteration

asyndeton

synecdoche

anaphora

connotation

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Placement of contrasting or opposing words, phrases, clauses, or sentences side by side. Following are examples: - I am tall; you are short. - The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.–Abraham Lincoln, "Gettysburg Address." - To err is human, to forgive divine.–Alexander Pope, "Essay on Criticism."

juxtaposition

antithesis

caesura

chiasmus

epigram

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A symbol, usually an image, which recurs often enough in literature to be recognizable as an element of ones literary experience as a whole. Examples consist of the "innocent babe," the "unheeded prophet," the "enchanted forest" and the "philosophers stone"

archetype

metaphor

setting

motif

figurative language

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A quiz to help students study for the prose portion of the AP English exam.

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 170

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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of word groups occurring one after the other. Examples: (1) Give me wine, give me women and give me song. (2) For everything there is a season . . . a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.–Bible, Ecclesiastes. (3) To die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream.–Shakespeare, Hamlet.

Alliteration

Asyndeton

Synecdoche

Anaphora

Connotation

AP English Language Terms: Definitions, First Half

A quiz on the second half of the list of AP Terms for Ms. Cody's AP class.Â

Questions: 24 | Attempts: 90

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Imagery

Placing two similar objects or ideas side by side for comparison/ contrast.

The use of a word to govern or modify two or more words when it is appropriate to one of them, or appropriate to each of them in.

A series of words or descriptions to create a sensory impression in your mind.

Representation of abstract ideas through a character, symbol, or story; an extended metaphor with an underlying meaning.

Repetition of the same letter of sound at the beginning of words in a word group.

AP English Iii Vocabulary 2

Complete the sentence stems by filling in the blanks with one of the following words: aberrant, abridge, abrade, abstruse, abate, bent, bask, befriend, belabor, belie(s), benevolent, benign, bacterium, ballad, and...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 74

AP English Iii Vocabulary 1

Instructions: Read each sentence carefully and select the appropriate word for each sentence. You can choose from the following choices: abate, abdicate, aberrant, abrade, abridge, abscond, abstract, abstruse, academic,...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 71

AP English Language Rhetorical Devices And Fallacies

Help for AP English Language. Mr Blanck. 2010-2011

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 59

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Expletive

Is a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately proximate to the _________. (We emphasize the words on each side of a pause or interruption in order to maintain continuity of the thought.)

Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. In a list of items, ______ gives the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account:

Is the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of ______, however, often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration, and building up.

Repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. it can be generated in series for the sake of beauty or to give a sense of logical progression

Resembles anadiplosis in the repetition of a preceding word, but it repeats a key word (not just the last word) from a preceding phrase, clause, or sentence, at the beginning of the next.

AP English Iii Vocabulary 1 (retake)

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 45

Ap English SAT Vocab Test

SAT Vocab test for AP English

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 41

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Aegis; syn: backing

Eager

Decaying flesh

Rich, luxurious, wealthy

Shield or protection

Causing disagreement

AP Enlish Midterm

This is to help study for my ap english midterm. I hope i pass. the midterm i mean, not this quiz.

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 24

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What is the definition for Concur

Feeling pain/sorrow for sin or offenses

Expressing much in few words

Document giving official command

Agree

English 3 AP: Unit 1

Hopefully this'll work.

Questions: 58 | Attempts: 14

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Who formed the Anglican church and in what year?

King George the 2nd; 1543

King Henry the 8th; 1534

King John the 4th; 1536

King Henry the 8th; 1517

AP English Poetry Quiz #1

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 10

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WHAT ELEMENT ONLY USE WORDS OF LITERARY WORK?

DEVICES OF SOUND

END-STOPPED

EYE-RHYME

DICTION

AP English 3 Vocab

English 3 vocab

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 6

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