Week 4: AP Language and Composition Terms Flashcard

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What does 'insipid' mean?

Back

Boring and flavorless.

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Choose the synonyms for 'egregious'.

Back

Outrageous, shocking, appalling.

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What are the synonyms for 'obdurate'?

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Resistant, stubborn, inflexible.

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How is 'astute' best described?

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Quick-witted and insightful.

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What are the synonyms for 'spurious'?

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Fake, counterfeit, false.

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Define 'synonym'.

Back

A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

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What does 'antonym' mean?

Back

A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

Front

Explain the term 'figurative language'.

Back

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

Front

What is 'alliteration'?

Back

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Define 'metaphor'.

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.