100keyaplanguagetermsformc英语文学手法词汇

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1、Onthesetwopagesyouwillfindbriefdefinitionsof100graminaticakliterary,andrhetoricaltermsthathaveappearedonthemultiplc-choiccandessayportionsoftheAP©EnglishLanguageandCompositionexam・AdHominemAnargumentbasedonthefailingsofanadversaryratherthanonthemeritsofth

2、eease;alogicalfallacythatinvolvesapersonalattack.AdjectiveThepartofspeech(orwordclass)thatmodifiesanounorapronoun.AdverbThepartofspeech(orwordclass)thatmodifiesaverb、adjective,orotheradverb・AllegoryExtendingametaphorsothatobjects,persons,andactionsinatext

3、areequatedwithmeaningsthatlieoutsidethetext.AlliterationTherepetitionofaninitialconsonantsound・AllusionAbrief,usuallyindirectreferencetoaperson,place,orevent-realorfictional.AmbiguityThepresenceoftwoormorepossiblemeaningsinanypassage・AnalogyReasoningorarg

4、uingfromparallelcases・AnaphoraTherepetitionofthesamewordorphraseatthebeginningofsuccessiveclausesorverses.AntecedentThenounornounphrasereferredtobyapronoun•AntithesisThejuxtapositionofcontrastingideasinbalancedphrases・Aphorism(1)Aterselyphrasedstatementof

5、atruthoropinion・(2)Abriefstatementofaprinciple.ApostropheArhetoricaltermforbreakingoffdiscoursetoaddresssomeabsentpersonorthing.AppealtoAuthorityAfallacyinwhichaspeakerorwriterseekstopersuadenotbygivingevidencebutbyappealingtotherespectpeoplehaveforafamou

6、spersonorinstitution.AppealtoIgnoranceAfallacythatusesanopponent'sinabilitytodisproveaconelusionasproofoftheconclusion'scoiTectness・ArgumentAcourseofreasoningaimedatdemonstratingtruthorfalsehood・AssonanceTheidentityorsimilarityinsoundbetweeninternalvowels

7、inneighboringwords.AsyndetonTheomissionofconjunctionsbetweenwords,phrases,orclauses(oppositeofpolysyndeton)・CharacterAnindividual(usuallyaperson)inanarrative(usuallyaworkoffictionorcreativenonfiction)・ChiasmusAverbalpatterninwhichthesecondhalfofanexpressi

8、onisbalancedagainstthefirstbutwiththepartsreversed.CircularArgumentAnargumentthatcommitsthelogicalfallacyofassumingwhatitisattemptingtoprove・ClaimAnarguablestatement,whichmaybeaclaimoffact,value,orpolicy.ClauseAgrou