41008938 | Bildungsroman | novel of formation | |
41008939 | Carpe Diem | seize the day | |
41008940 | Catharsis | purification or emotional cleansing | |
41008941 | Deduction | reasoning: general to specific | |
41008942 | Diction | specific word choice | |
41008943 | Dystopia | bad place | |
41008944 | Epigraph | brief quote that reflects the work's theme | |
41008945 | Epiphany | sudden, intuitive insight | |
41008946 | Hubris | pride | |
41008947 | In media res | beginning in the middle | |
41008948 | Induction | reasoning: specific to general | |
41008949 | Juxtaposition | to place side by side | |
41008950 | Litotes | understating for emphasis | |
41008951 | Metonymy | a change of name | |
41008952 | Style | writer's tone and voice | |
41008953 | Synecdoche | part signifies the whole | |
41008954 | Syntax | sentence construction | |
41008955 | Utopia | perfect place |
AP Language Terminology: List 3
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