AP English Language and Composition Review-3rd quarter

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Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea.

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Personification: A literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human entities.

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Placement of two things close together to emphasize similarities or differences.

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Juxtaposition: A technique used in writing to highlight contrasts or comparisons between two elements.

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“This place is like a Garden of Eden.”

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Allusion: A reference to a well-known story, event, or object to create a deeper meaning.

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Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action.

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Hortative Sentence: A type of sentence that encourages or urges someone to take action.

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Although the war ended, and as people tend to have short memories, the city’s people were still divided over its impact.

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Complex Sentence: A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile: A literary device that directly compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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A statement that contradicts itself but may reveal a deeper truth.

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Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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A rhetorical device that contrasts opposing ideas in a balanced manner.

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Antithesis: A figure of speech that juxtaposes contrasting ideas in a parallel structure.

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A sentence that provides additional information to the main clause, often starting with 'which' or 'that'.

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Cumulative (Loose) Sentence: A sentence that begins with the main idea and adds details after.

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A literary device that involves a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor: A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unrelated things.