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| 8615617557 | anecdote | A short, simple narrative of an incident , Often used for humorous effect or to make a point. | 0 | |
| 8615617558 | Argumentation | Writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea presenting "reasoned" arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation and is the focus of the AP language and composition program. | 1 | |
| 8615617559 | Allegory | An extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social or satiric | 2 | |
| 8615617560 | Annotation | Explanatory notes added to a text to explain lexical structure to add understanding to the authors purpose, cite sources, or give bibliographic data.In AP language you will need to demonstrate detailed annotation on most of your readings as a developmental goal. | 3 | |
| 8615617561 | Antithesis | The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause or paragraphs. "to be or not to be..." "Ask not what your country can do for you , ask what you can do for your country." | 4 | |
| 8615617562 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. This is the COKE of the AP language program. | 5 | |
| 8615617563 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase (including slang) used in every day conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing (y'all , ain't , can't, somethin') | 6 | |
| 8615617564 | Connotation | Words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in a readers mind. That is the opposite of denotation. | 7 | |
| 8615617565 | Consonance | Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag, or even compound words, fulfill , ping-pong. | 8 | |
| 8615617566 | caricature | Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance or a facet of personality | 9 | |
| 8615617567 | Coherence | The quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme or organizing principle | 10 | |
| 8615617568 | Aphorism | I short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life. Benjamin Franklin was somewhat famous for these in Poor Richards Almanac , e.g. "The early bird gets the worm." | 11 | |
| 8641458232 | Apostrophe | Usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose: the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing or personified abstraction. | 12 | |
| 8641458233 | Cacophony | Also referred to as dissonance ... Hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose: opposite of Euphony | 13 | |
| 8641458234 | Connotation vs. Denotation | Emotional definition v. Dictionary definition | 14 | |
| 8641458235 | Enumeration | is a rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step-by-step. In fact, is it a type of amplification or division in which I subject is further distributed into components or parts, writers just to clarify and detailed understanding. | 15 | |
| 8667309047 | Analogy | a comparison in which an idea or a thing as compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. | 16 | |
| 8667309048 | Parallelism | Is the use of components in the sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. Parallelism examples are found in literary works as well as an ordinary conversations. | 17 | |
| 8667309049 | Allusion | Is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which refers. | 18 | |
| 8667309050 | Metonymy | It is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a person, place, or thing with the name something else with which it is closely associated. | 19 | |
| 8667309051 | Anaphora | In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sequence in order to achieve an artistic affect. It is possibly the oldest literary device, has its roots in biblical psalms used to emphasize certain words or phrases. Gradually Elizabethan and romantic writers brought it into practice. | 20 | |
| 8667309052 | Epistrophe | Is derived from a Greek word that means turning upon, which indicates the same word returns at the end of each sentence.Epistrophe is a stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the causes or sentences. Also known as epiphora.Epistrophe examples are frequently found in literary pieces, in persuasive writing & speeches . | 21 | |
| 8667309053 | Asndeton | Is derived from a Greek word asyndeton which means unconnected. It is a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence ,yet maintain the grammatical accuracy. Mostly this technique is employed in speech but can be used in written works to. | 22 | |
| 8667309054 | Polysyndeton | Comes from Greek word meaning bound together. It makes use of coordinating conjunctions like "and", or , but, and nor, which are even used where they might have been omitted | 23 | |
| 8714435840 | Synecdoche | A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Distinguishing between this and metonymy often take some thoughtful consideration. | 24 | |
| 8714435841 | Tone | I written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. It is something important for the reader to 'sense' to determine an argument. Time is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. | 25 | |
| 8732256953 | Process Analysis | A step by step breakdown of the phases of a process, used to convey the details of each phase of thinking , an operational, etc. It is often used to improve understanding and also to breakdown an argument to make it more comprehensible | 26 | |
| 8732256954 | Syntax | Is a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought, in plain English, "syntax" refers to how we choose to arrange out words the choice of the words is called diction. Thus the two are closely related. | 27 | |
| 8732356609 | Provocative Diction | Diction is our choice of words. Thus, "proactive" is the purposeful choice of words serving or tending to provoke, excited, or stimulate a provocative question that will frame a rhetorical argument | 28 | |
| 8732356610 | Classification | the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.. | 29 | |
| 8732356611 | Understatement | When you say you are delighted when you win the Lott | 30 | |
| 8732356612 | Color diction | Diction is your conscious choice of words as a writer. It stands that colorful diction is a very purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone | 31 | |
| 8732356613 | Counter argument | an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument. | 32 | |
| 8732470987 | Claim | When someone provides an argument to support their position | 33 | |
| 8732470988 | Evidence | Backing up a statement | 34 | |
| 8732470989 | Warrant | is the glue that holds an argument together. It links the evidence to the claim. | 35 | |
| 8732470990 | fallacy | (n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking | 36 | |
| 8732470991 | logical fallacy | A pattern of thinking rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure | 37 | |
| 8732470992 | Prophecy | Has all the elements of a prediction except the element of time | 38 | |
| 8732470993 | Prediction | A forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject involved after evaluating the adds they can predict the future | 39 | |
| 8809147025 | adage | a short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority other people. Famous outages become popular due to their usage over a long period of time, in fact an adage expresses a general fact or truth about life. | 40 | |
| 8809147026 | pedantic | Comes from French word pendant. is someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentious show of learning. He could be a writer, a character, feelings, toner words. | 41 | |
| 8823443608 | Flippant | Lacking proper respect or seriousness. This often is associated with impatience of youth | 42 | |
| 8823443609 | Erocative | The usage of language that suggests meanings other than the denotative. Language that connects with emotions or feelings . | 43 | |
| 8823443610 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of a word or words in a successive clauses in such a way that the second class starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. | 44 | |
| 8823443611 | Anachronism | An error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece; something out of its time. | 45 | |
| 8823443612 | Anagram | A form of word play in which letters of a word or phrase are rearranged in such a way that a new word is formed. | 46 | |
| 8823443613 | Hyperbole | Figure of speech that involves exaggeration of a thing | 47 | |
| 8823443614 | Onomatopoeia | A word which images a sound | 48 | |
| 8823443615 | Syntactical inversion | The syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrase in a sentence Ex- Came the Dawn | 49 | |
| 8823443616 | Apposition | A grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases , are placed side by side , which one lament serving to identify the other in a different way | 50 | |
| 8823446096 | Didactic | Is frequently used for those literary texts which are overloaded with information or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details. This is a derogatory term for writings that are ostentatiously dull and erudite. | 51 | |
| 8823724271 | conceit | is a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way. | 52 | |
| 8823724272 | periodic sentence | has the main clause or predicate at the end; can be used for emphasis or persuasion Ex- Jn spite of the heavy snow , the game continued | 53 | |
| 8823724273 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true ; used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas | 54 | |
| 8823724274 | Irony | A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning of the words ; difference between appearance and reality | 55 | |
| 8823724275 | Parenthesis | Is a qualifying or explanatory sentence, clause, or word that writers insert | 56 | |
| 8823724276 | sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | 57 | |
| 8823724277 | Satire | A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea by using humor , irony , and exaggeration | 58 | |
| 8823724278 | polemical | relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech | 59 | |
| 8823724279 | Ambiguity (n) | Is a word , phrase, or statement which contains more than one menacing Ex a good life depends on a good liver | 60 | |
| 8823724280 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 61 | |
| 8823724281 | Function of archetype | Give literary works a universal acceptance | 62 | |
| 8823724282 | Tragic flaw | A trait in a character leading to his downfall and is often the hero | 63 | |
| 8823724283 | assertion | a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief | 64 | |
| 8823724284 | Autobiography | One type of biography , which tells the life story of the author | 65 | |
| 8831287515 | memoir | record of memories , and particular events that have taken place in the authors life ; the telling of a story or an event from his life ; an account that doesn't tell the full record of a story | 66 | |
| 8852275451 | cumulative sentence | is known as a loose sentence that starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight , provides main idea & then adds subordinate or modifying elements after the subject and predicate | 67 | |
| 8852327844 | blank verse | a literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter ;10 syllables on each line | 68 | |
| 8852373231 | bildungsroman | story of the growing up of a sensitive person who looks for answers to his or her questions through different experiences. Generally such a novel starts with a loss or a tragedy that disturbs that the main character emotionally | 69 | |
| 8852430142 | illusion | a false illustration , a deceptive impression | 70 | |
| 8852437578 | free verse | is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and odes not rhyme with fixed forms | 71 |
