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| 5044694713 | Allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbollically to represent an abstraction on addition to the literal meaning. In some allegories, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The allegorical meaning usually deals with moral | 0 | |
| 5044694714 | alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. Although the term is not frequently in the multiple choice section, you can look for slliteration km smu essay passage. It can be used to enforce meaning, unity ideas, and echo thr sendse of the passage | 1 | |
| 5044694715 | Allusion | A direct or imdirect reference to somethimg which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical. Or mythical. There are many more possibilities and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. | 2 | |
| 5044694716 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, lf a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 5044694717 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out itd dimilarity to something more familiar. Analogies can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging. | 4 | |
| 5044694718 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP language exam occasionally asks for thr antecedent of a given prounoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences. | 5 | |
| 5044694719 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 5044694720 | Aphorism | A tarse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. An aphorism can be a memorable summation of the author's point. | 7 | |
| 5044694721 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addreses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something tnag cannot answer. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. | 8 | |
| 5044694722 | Atmosphere | The emptional nod created by the entirety of a literary eork, established partly by the setting and part Y ny thr authors choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the atmosphere events. Perhaps it cam create a mood. | 9 | |
| 5044694723 | Caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics | 10 | |
| 5044694724 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent (or main) expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent (or subordinate) cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 11 | |
| 5044694725 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Conversational, familiar tone. | 12 | |
| 5044694726 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 13 | |
| 5044694727 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word;the I plied suggested meaning. | 14 | |
| 5044694728 | Denoation | The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. | 15 | |
| 5044694729 | Diction | Related to style, refers to the writers word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 16 | |
| 5044694730 | Didactic | From the Greek literally meaning "teaching' , have primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles | 17 | |
| 5044694731 | Euphemism | "Good speech", more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. | 18 | |
| 5044694732 | Extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout work. | 19 | |
| 5050747014 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is no intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 20 | |
| 5050747015 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things | 21 | |
| 5052856440 | Generic conventions | This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre | 22 | |
| 5052856441 | Genre | The major category in which a literary work fits | 23 | |
| 5052856442 | Homily | This term literally means sermon, but more formally it can include serious talk, speech, or lecture that gives spiritual advice | 24 | |
| 5052856443 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement | 25 | |
| 5052856444 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotions, or represent abstractions | 26 | |
| 5052856445 | Inference/infer | To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information present | 27 | |
| 5052856446 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong abusive language | 28 | |
| 5052856447 | Irony/ironic | The contrast between what is stated and what is really meant or the difference between what appears to be and what actually is true | 29 | |
| 5129997651 | litotes | a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite | 30 | |
| 5130005632 | loose sentence | a type of sentence in which the main idea comes first followed by the dependent grammatical units | 31 | |
| 5130010620 | metaphor | a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things | 32 | |
| 5130014718 | metonymy | a term from the greek language meaning chanegd label or substitute name. It's a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely related object | 33 | |
| 5130021498 | mood | the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work | 34 | |
| 5130024149 | narrative | the telling of a story or the account of an event | 35 | |
| 5130026744 | onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words | 36 | |
| 5130036078 | oxymoron | a figure of speech in which the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox (jumbo shrimp) | 37 | |
| 5130042643 | paradox | a statement that appears to eb self contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth. | 38 | |
| 5130047807 | parallelism | refers to the grammatical framing of words r=or phrases to give structural similarity. | 39 | |
| 5151788181 | parody | a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect or ridicule | 40 | |
| 5151792408 | pedantic | an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish | 41 | |
| 5151797637 | periodic sentence | the opposite of loose sentence, a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end | 42 | |
| 5151802866 | personification | a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes animals or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes | 43 | |
| 5151808248 | point of view | in literature, the perspective from which a story is told | 44 | |
| 5151810940 | prose | one of the major differences of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms | 45 | |
| 5151829528 | repetition | the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language such as sound, word, phrase, etc. | 46 | |
| 5151834467 | rhetoric | from the greek word "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 47 | |
| 5151839684 | rhetorical modes | describes the variety, the conventions, and the purpose of major kinds of writing | 48 | |
| 5151844365 | sarcasm | involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something | 49 | |
| 5235034995 | Semantics | The branch o linguistics that studies the meaning of words | 50 | |
| 5235034996 | Style | 51 | ||
| 5215278041 | satire | a word that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule | 52 | |
| 5215294249 | semantics | the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and relation to one another | 53 | |
| 5215307214 | style | two purposes: 1) an evaluation of the sum of the choices the author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language and other literary devices 2) classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors | 54 | |
| 5215324789 | subject complement | the word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject or the sentence by either (1) renaming it or (2) describing it. these are defined below: predicate nominative - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject. predicate adjective | 55 | |
| 5215388806 | predicate nominative | a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject. | 56 | |
| 5215398628 | predicate adjective | an adjective, group of adjectives, adjective clause that follows a linking verb | 57 | |
| 5215412029 | subordinate clause | like all clauses, this word contains both a subject and a verb, but unlike the independent clause, the __________________ cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought. is is also known as dependent clause. | 58 | |
| 5215444507 | syllogism | from the greek for "reckoning together," a ___________ is a deductive system or formal logic that presents two premises that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion | 59 | |
| 5215464108 | symbol | generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. | 60 | |
| 5215518130 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole, or occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part | 61 | |
| 5215528298 | synesthesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another | 62 | |
| 5215557546 | syntax | the way an author chooses to join words into phrases , clauses, and sentences | 63 | |
| 5215565057 | theme | the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. | 64 | |
| 5215572298 | thesis | in expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the authors opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. | 65 |
