Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 8394697014 | Ad Hominem Argument | Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 8394697015 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 8394697016 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 8394697017 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | 3 | |
| 8394697018 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 8394697019 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 8394697020 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 6 | |
| 8394697021 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 7 | |
| 8394697022 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 8 | |
| 8394697023 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 9 | |
| 8394697024 | Appositive | A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | 10 | |
| 8394697025 | Assonance | A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated | 11 | |
| 8394697026 | Asyndeton | When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence | 12 | |
| 8394697027 | Atmosphere | The emotional feeling -or mood- of a place, scene, or event | 13 | |
| 8394697028 | Attitude | The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea | 14 | |
| 8394697029 | Contrast | Oppositions | 15 | |
| 8394697030 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 16 | |
| 8394697031 | Connotative | The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | 17 | |
| 8394697032 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 18 | |
| 8394697033 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 19 | |
| 8394697034 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | 20 | |
| 8394697035 | Elegy | A work that expresses sorrow | 21 | |
| 8394697036 | Ellipses | Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | 22 | |
| 8394697037 | Ethos | Refers to generally ethics, or values | 23 | |
| 8394697038 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 24 | |
| 8394697039 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | 25 | |
| 8394697040 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 26 | |
| 8394697041 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | 27 | |
| 8394697042 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 28 | |
| 8394697043 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 29 | |
| 8394697044 | Inductive Argument | Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | 30 | |
| 8394697045 | Irony | When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected | 31 | |
| 8394697046 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 32 | |
| 8394697047 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument | 33 | |
| 8394697048 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | 34 | |
| 8394697049 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 35 | |
| 8394697050 | Mood | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | 36 | |
| 8394697051 | Onomatopoeia | An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning | 37 | |
| 8394697052 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | 38 | |
| 8394697053 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 39 | |
| 8394697054 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | 40 | |
| 8394697055 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 41 | |
| 8394697056 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work | 42 | |
| 8394697057 | Periodic Sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis | 43 | |
| 8394697058 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 44 | |
| 8394697059 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 45 | |
| 8394697060 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told | 46 | |
| 8394697061 | Pun | A play on words | 47 | |
| 8394697062 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis | 48 | |
| 8394697063 | Rhetoric | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 49 | |
| 8394697064 | Rhetorical Strategy | The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 50 | |
| 8394697065 | Rhetorical Devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) | 51 | |
| 8394697066 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument | 52 | |
| 8394697067 | Satire | To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines | 53 | |
| 8394697068 | Selection of Detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative | 54 | |
| 8394697069 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 55 | |
| 8394697070 | Speaker | The narrator of a story, poem, or drama | 56 | |
| 8394697071 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 57 | |
| 8394697072 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else | 58 | |
| 8394697073 | Synonym | A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word | 59 | |
| 8394697074 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | 60 | |
| 8394697075 | Tension | A feeling excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work | 61 | |
| 8394697076 | Theme | The central idea | 62 | |
| 8394697077 | Tone | Attitude | 63 | |
| 8394697078 | Understatement | When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | 64 | |
| 8394697079 | Zeugma | When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them | 65 |
