Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 4209016215 | Ad Hominem Argument | Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand | 0 | |
| 4209016216 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 1 | |
| 4209016217 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 4209016218 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | 3 | |
| 4209016219 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 4 | |
| 4209016220 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 5 | |
| 4209016221 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 6 | |
| 4209016222 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 7 | |
| 4209016223 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses | 8 | |
| 4209016224 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 9 | |
| 4209016225 | Appositive | A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity | 10 | |
| 4209016226 | Assonance | A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated | 11 | |
| 4209016227 | 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 | 12 | |
| 4209016228 | Atmosphere | The emotional feeling -or mood- of a place, scene, or event | 13 | |
| 4209016229 | Attitude | The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea | 14 | |
| 4209016230 | Contrast | Oppositions | 15 | |
| 4209016231 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 16 | |
| 4209016232 | Connotative | The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning | 17 | |
| 4209016233 | Deductive Argument | The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example | 18 | |
| 4209016234 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 19 | |
| 4209016235 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | 20 | |
| 4209016236 | Elegy | A work that expresses sorrow | 21 | |
| 4209016237 | Ellipses | Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted | 22 | |
| 4209016238 | Ethos | Refers to generally ethics, or values | 23 | |
| 4209016239 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 24 | |
| 4209016240 | Exposition | Writing or speech that is organized to explain | 25 | |
| 4209016241 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 26 | |
| 4209016242 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | 27 | |
| 4209016243 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 28 | |
| 4209016244 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 29 | |
| 4209016245 | Inductive Argument | Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide | 30 | |
| 4209016246 | Irony | When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected | 31 | |
| 4209016247 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 32 | |
| 4209016248 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument | 33 | |
| 4209016249 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | 34 | |
| 4209016250 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 35 | |
| 4209016251 | Mood | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | 36 | |
| 4209016252 | Onomatopoeia | An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning | 37 | |
| 4209016253 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | 38 | |
| 4209016254 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 39 | |
| 4209016255 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | 40 | |
| 4209016256 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 41 | |
| 4209016257 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work | 42 | |
| 4209016258 | Periodic Sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis | 43 | |
| 4209016259 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 44 | |
| 4209016260 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 45 | |
| 4209016261 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told | 46 | |
| 4209016262 | Pun | A play on words | 47 | |
| 4209016263 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis | 48 | |
| 4209016264 | Rhetoric | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 49 | |
| 4209016265 | Rhetorical Strategy | The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 50 | |
| 4209016266 | Rhetorical Devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) | 51 | |
| 4209016267 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument | 52 | |
| 4209016268 | Satire | To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines | 53 | |
| 4209016269 | Selection of Detail | The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative | 54 | |
| 4209016270 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 55 | |
| 4209016271 | Speaker | The narrator of a story, poem, or drama | 56 | |
| 4209016272 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 57 | |
| 4209016273 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else | 58 | |
| 4209016274 | Synonym | A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word | 59 | |
| 4209016275 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | 60 | |
| 4209016276 | Tension | A feeling excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work | 61 | |
| 4209016277 | Theme | The central idea | 62 | |
| 4209016278 | Tone | Attitude | 63 | |
| 4209016279 | Understatement | When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves | 64 | |
| 4209016280 | Zeugma | When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them | 65 |
