AP terms you need to know to make a 5 on the AP English Language test.
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| 162093735 | allegory | the expression through symbolism of truths or generalizations about human experience | |
| 162093736 | alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in adjacent words or syllables | |
| 162093737 | allusion | an implied or indirect reference especially in literature | |
| 162093738 | ambiguity | the quality or state of being ambiguous | |
| 162093739 | analogy | similarity in some respects between things otherwise unlike | |
| 162093740 | antecedent | the word, phrase or clause to which a pronoun refers | |
| 162093741 | aphorism | a short, pointed sentence expressing a wise or clever observation or a general idea | |
| 162093742 | apostrophe | words addressed to a person or thing, whether absent or present, generally in an exclamatory digression in a speech or literary writing | |
| 162093743 | atmosphere | the general tone of a work of art | |
| 162093744 | clause | a group of words containing a subject and finite verb, usually forming part of a compound or complex sentence | |
| 162093745 | colloquial | designating or of the words, phrases and idioms characteristic of informal speech and writing | |
| 162093746 | conceit | affection in style or in expression of ideas; fanciful or witty expression or notion | |
| 162093747 | connotation | idea or notion suggested by or associated with a word, phrase, etc. | |
| 162093748 | denotation | the direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or term | |
| 162093749 | diction | manner of expression of words | |
| 162093750 | didactic | morally instructive or intended to be so | |
| 162093751 | euphemism | the use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful, less offensive, etc. | |
| 162093752 | extended metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to likeness or analogy between them -likeness or analogy between them suggest a | |
| 162093753 | figurative language | literary element in which meanings are used figuratively | |
| 162093754 | figure of speech | a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifyinganother that has a meaning or one thing with connotation familiar to the reader or listener | |
| 162093755 | genre | a type of literature | |
| 162093756 | pedantic | a person who makes a show of knowledge | |
| 162093757 | periodic sentence | of or relating to a sentence that has no trailing elements following full grammatical statement of the essential idea. | |
| 162093758 | personification | a visible representation of something abstract | |
| 162093759 | point of view | a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated | |
| 162093760 | predicate adjective | the part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said of the subject | |
| 162093761 | predicate nominative | a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case | |
| 162093762 | prose | the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing | |
| 162093763 | repetition | the act or instance of repeating a word or phrase | |
| 162093764 | rhetoric | the undue use of exaggeration or display | |
| 162093765 | rhetorical modes | the act of capturing people, places, events, objects, and feelings in words so that a reader can visualize and respond to them (the process of explaining a word, object, or idea in such a way that the reader knows precisely what the writer means) | |
| 162093766 | sarcasm | ironic criticism or reproach | |
| 162093767 | satire | biting wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose vice or folly | |
| 162093768 | semantics | the study of meanings of language | |
| 162093769 | style | a way of speaking or writing | |
| 162093770 | subject compliment | a word or group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject act of the sentence | |
| 162093771 | subordinate clause | a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or serves as a noun function in the principal clause | |
| 162093772 | syllogism | a logical scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion which must logically be true if the premises are true | |
| 162093773 | symbolism | representations of abstract or intangible things by means of symbols | |
| 162093774 | syntax | the way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses or sentences | |
| 162093775 | theme | a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic | |
| 162093776 | thesis | a proposition stated ar put forward for consideration | |
| 162093777 | tone | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author | |
| 162093778 | transition | movement, passage, or change from one position to another | |
| 162093779 | understatement | to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out | |
| 162093780 | wit | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | |
| 162093781 | attitude | manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc, with regard to a person or thing | |
| 162093782 | concrete detail | a highly specific, particular, often real, actual or tangible detail; opposite of abstract | |
| 162093783 | descriptive detail | allows sensory recreations of experiences, objects, or imaginings | |
| 162093784 | devices | a particular word pattern, figure of speech, combination of words, sounds etc, used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or aroused a desired reaction in the reader | |
| 162093785 | language | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | |
| 162093786 | narrative devices | describes the tools of a story teller, such as ordering events so that they build to a climatic moment | |
| 162093787 | narrative technique | the style of telling the "story" | |
| 162093788 | persuasive devices | words in the passage that have strong connotations | |
| 162093789 | persuasive essay | a piece of writing aimed to persuade the readers in something | |
| 162093790 | resources of language | essential components of language engineering. They are one of the main ways of representing the knowledge which is used for the analytical work leading to recognition and understanding | |
| 162093791 | rhetorical features | a passage's structure, organization and how the writer combines images, details, or arguments to serve his or her purpose | |
| 162093792 | rhetorical structure | a use of language that creates a literary effect | |
| 162093793 | sentence structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentence | |
| 162093794 | stylistic devices | the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea or feeling to the literature in writing | |
| 162093795 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly | |
| 162093796 | ad hominem | arising from or appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic; attacking an opponent's motives or character rather than the policy or position they maintain | |
| 162093797 | red herring | something, especially a clue, that is intended to be misleading or distracting | |
| 162093798 | rhetorical question | asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information | |
| 162093799 | syllogism | an instance or a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions, each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion | |
| 162093800 | pathos | appeals to the reader's emotions | |
| 162093801 | euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered unpleasant or embarrassing | |
| 162093802 | tone | a manner of expression in writing | |
| 162093803 | ambiguity | uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language | |
| 162093804 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a parties made to represent the whole or vice versa | |
| 162093805 | allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | |
| 162093806 | logos | appeal to reason | |
| 162093807 | ethos | an appeal to the character of the individual and to values | |
| 162093808 | oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunctions | |
| 162093809 | asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | |
| 162093810 | polysyndeton | the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted | |
| 162093811 | antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposite of, with, each other or strongly contrasted | |
| 162093812 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | |
| 162093813 | gradation | a scale or a series of successive changes, stages, or degrees | |
| 162093814 | consonance | the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity | |
| 162093815 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | |
| 162093816 | deduction | the inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle | |
| 162093817 | colloquial | pertaining to local speech or jargon | |
| 162093818 | pedantic | a person who makes a show of knowledge (a formal, uninspired teacher) | |
| 162093819 | paradox | a statement or proposition that seems semi-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth | |
| 162093820 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers to | |
| 162093821 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of a preceding clause | |
| 162093822 | homily | an admonitory or moralizing discourse; a sermon | |
| 162093823 | connotation | idea or notion suggested by or associated with a word, phrase etc. | |
| 162093824 | ellipsis | the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues | |
| 162093825 | alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in adjacent words or syllables | |
| 162093826 | denotation | the direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or term | |
| 162093827 | epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | |
| 162093828 | foil | anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities | |
| 162093829 | hyperbole | an extravagant statement or figure of speech, not intended to be taken literally | |
| 162093830 | litote | ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary | |
| 162093831 | nostalgia | a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associates | |
| 162093832 | wit | a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor | |
| 162093833 | predicate | the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject | |
| 162093834 | imperitive | something that demands attention or action | |
| 162093835 | clause | a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate | |
| 162093836 | subordinate | lower in rank or position | |
| 162093837 | fallacy | a failure in reasoning that renders and argument invalid | |
| 162093838 | verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or real | |
| 162093839 | scheme | a secret or underhanded plan; a plot | |
| 162093840 | pun | a joke exploring the different possible meaning of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings | |
| 162093841 | inference | a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | |
| 162093842 | heuristic | enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves | |
| 162093843 | canon | a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine | |
| 162093844 | appeal | make a serious or urgent request; typically to the public | |
| 162093845 | antimetabole | the repetition of words in successive clauses, but transposed grammatical order | |
| 162093846 | loose sentence | a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers | |
| 162093847 | generic conventions | the features shown by texts that allow them to be put into a specific genre | |
| 162093848 | homily | an admonitory or moralizing discourse; sermon | |
| 162093849 | hyperbole | an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally | |
| 162093850 | imagery | the formation of mental images, figures, or likeness of things, or of such images collectively | |
| 162093851 | infer | reason by deduction | |
| 162093852 | invective | vehement or violent denunciation, censure or reproach; harsh language | |
| 162093853 | loose sentence | a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, nut continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers | |
| 162093854 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance | |
| 162093855 | metonymy | a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part | |
| 162093856 | mood | a prevailing atmosphere or feeling | |
| 162093857 | narrative | a story or account of events, experiences, or the like whether true or fictitious | |
| 162093858 | onomatopoeia | the formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent | |
| 162093859 | paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth | |
| 162093860 | parallelism | the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect | |
| 162093861 | parody | a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing |
