228165557 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word. | |
228165558 | Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word. | |
228165559 | Euphemism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that it considered unpleasant. | |
228165560 | Allusion | a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical. | |
228165561 | Syntax | The manner in which words are arranged by a writer into a sentence. | |
228165562 | Apostrophe | the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction. | |
228165563 | Invective | an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack | |
228165564 | Aphorism | a concise statement, which expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance. | |
228165565 | Didactic | something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct. | |
228165566 | Liotote | a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite. | |
228165567 | Tone | the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience. | |
228165568 | Allegory | a sustained metaphor contained throughout a piece or dialogue. | |
228165569 | Antithesis | juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas (often, although not always, in parallel structure). | |
228165570 | Dilemma | offering to an opponent a choice between 2 unfavorable activities |
AP Language Vocab
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