Grammar-related words likely to be found on an AP English test.
313029570 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | |
313029571 | antecedent | the noun to which a later pronoun refers | |
313029572 | colloquial | informal conversation, it differs in grammar, vocabulary, syntax, imagery, or connotation | |
313029573 | diction | word choice | |
313029574 | digression | insertion of material not closely related to the work or subject | |
313029575 | expository | mode of writing which is used to explain something | |
313029576 | genre | a particular type or category of writing; tragedy, comedy, etc. | |
313029577 | metonomy | figure of speech, the substitution of the name of an object with a word closely associated with it | |
313029578 | allusion | an indirect reference, often to another text or a historical event | |
313029579 | canon | an accepted list | |
313029580 | connotation | that which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning | |
313029581 | didactic | a teaching type of tone, usually lesson-like or boring | |
313029582 | euphemism | a device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid unpleasantness | |
313029583 | omniscient narrator | an all knowing, usually third person narrator | |
313029584 | inversion | a sentence in which the verb precedes the subject |