Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 6810400 | Ad Hominem Argument | Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | |
| 6810401 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | |
| 6810402 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | |
| 6810403 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | |
| 6810404 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | |
| 6810405 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | |
| 6810406 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | |
| 6810407 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | |
| 6810408 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | |
| 6810409 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | |
| 6810410 | Appositive | A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | |
| 6810411 | Assonance | A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated | |
| 6810412 | Asyndeton | When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence | |
| 6810413 | Atmosphere | The emotional feeling -or mood- of a place, scene, or event | |
| 6810414 | Attitude | The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea | |
| 6810415 | Contrast | Oppositions | |
| 6810416 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | |
| 6810417 | Connotative | The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | |
| 6810418 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | |
| 6810419 | Diction | An author's choice of words | |
| 6810420 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | |
| 6810421 | Elegy | A work that expresses sorrow | |
| 6810422 | Ellipses | Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | |
| 6810423 | Ethos | Refers to generally ethics, or values | |
| 6810424 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | |
| 6827358 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | |
| 6827359 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | |
| 6827360 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | |
| 6827361 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | |
| 6827362 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | |
| 6827363 | Inductive Argument | Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | |
| 6827364 | Irony | When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected | |
| 6827365 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | |
| 6827366 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument | |
| 6827367 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | |
| 6827368 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | |
| 6827369 | Mood | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | |
| 6827370 | Onomatopoeia | An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning | |
| 6827371 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | |
| 6827372 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | |
| 6827373 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | |
| 6827374 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | |
| 6827375 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work | |
| 6827376 | Periodic Sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis | |
| 6827377 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | |
| 6827378 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | |
| 6827379 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told | |
| 6827380 | Pun | A play on words | |
| 6827381 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis | |
| 6827382 | Rhetoric | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | |
| 6827383 | Rhetorical Strategy | The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | |
| 6827384 | Rhetorical Devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) | |
| 6827385 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument | |
| 6827386 | Satire | To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines | |
| 6827387 | Selection of Detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative | |
| 6827388 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | |
| 6827389 | Speaker | The narrator of a story, poem, or drama | |
| 6827390 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | |
| 6827391 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else | |
| 6827392 | Synonym | A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word | |
| 6827393 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | |
| 6827394 | Tension | A feeling excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work | |
| 6827395 | Theme | The central idea | |
| 6827396 | Tone | Attitude | |
| 6827397 | Understatement | When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | |
| 6827398 | Zeugma | When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them |
