Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 4343210079 | Ad Hominem Argument | Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 4343210080 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 4343210081 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 4343210082 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | 3 | |
| 4343210083 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 4343210084 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 4343210085 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 6 | |
| 4343210086 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 7 | |
| 4343210087 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 8 | |
| 4343210088 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 9 | |
| 4343210090 | Assonance | A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated | 10 | |
| 4343210095 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 11 | |
| 4343210096 | Connotative | The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | 12 | |
| 4343210097 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 13 | |
| 4343210098 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 14 | |
| 4343210099 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | 15 | |
| 4343210102 | Ethos | Refers to generally ethics, or values | 16 | |
| 4343210103 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 17 | |
| 4343210104 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | 18 | |
| 4343210105 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 19 | |
| 4343210107 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 20 | |
| 4343210108 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 21 | |
| 4343210109 | Inductive Argument | Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | 22 | |
| 4343210110 | Irony | When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected | 23 | |
| 4343210111 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 24 | |
| 4343210112 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument | 25 | |
| 4343210113 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | 26 | |
| 4343210114 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 27 | |
| 4343210117 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | 28 | |
| 4343210118 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 29 | |
| 4343210119 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | 30 | |
| 4343210120 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 31 | |
| 4343210121 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work | 32 | |
| 4343210122 | Periodic Sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis | 33 | |
| 4343210123 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 34 | |
| 4343210124 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 35 | |
| 4343210126 | Pun | A play on words | 36 | |
| 4343210128 | Rhetoric | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 37 | |
| 4343210129 | Rhetorical Strategy | The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 38 | |
| 4343210130 | Rhetorical Devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) | 39 | |
| 4343210131 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument | 40 | |
| 4343210132 | Satire | To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines | 41 | |
| 4343210133 | Selection of Detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative | 42 | |
| 4343210134 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 43 | |
| 4343210135 | Speaker | The narrator of a story, poem, or drama | 44 | |
| 4343210136 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 45 | |
| 4343210137 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else | 46 | |
| 4343210139 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | 47 | |
| 4343210143 | Understatement | When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | 48 |
