Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 9731748367 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 0 | |
| 9731748326 | Attitude | The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea | 1 | |
| 9731748319 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 2 | |
| 9731748327 | Contrast | Oppositions | 3 | |
| 9731748332 | Didactic | Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing | 4 | |
| 9731748339 | Foreshadowing | A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative | 5 | |
| 9731748343 | Irony | When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected | 6 | |
| 9731748344 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 7 | |
| 9731748347 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 8 | |
| 9731748350 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | 9 | |
| 9731748352 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | 10 | |
| 9731748353 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 11 | |
| 9731748358 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told | 12 | |
| 9731748360 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis | 13 | |
| 9731748362 | Rhetorical Strategy | The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose | 14 | |
| 9731748363 | Rhetorical Devices | The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax) | 15 | |
| 9731748369 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 16 | |
| 9731748372 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | 17 | |
| 9823773183 | Logos | An appeal based on logic or reason. | 18 | |
| 9823773184 | Pathos | An appeal based on emotion. | 19 | |
| 9823773185 | Ethos | An appeal based on the character or qualifications of the speaker | 20 | |
| 9823773186 | Satire | A work that uses ridicule, humor, and wit to criticize and provoke change in human nature and institutions | 21 | |
| 9823773187 | Rhetoric | The art of ethical persuasion | 22 | |
| 9823773188 | Tone | The author's implicit attitude toward the reader of the people, places, and events in a work revealed by elements of style | 23 | |
| 9823773189 | Irony of Situation | Where there is an incongruity between expectations and the actual events | 24 | |
| 9823773190 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech incongruous to its meaning | 25 | |
| 9823773191 | Connotation | Associations and implications that go beyond the literal meaning of a word | 26 | |
| 9823773192 | Euphemism | The substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one | 27 | |
| 9823773193 | Understatement | The opposite of hyperbole | 28 | |
| 9823773194 | Pun | A play on words | 29 | |
| 9823773195 | Hyperbole | Boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true | 30 | |
| 9823773196 | Colloquialism | A word, phrase, or form of pronunciation that is acceptable in casual conversation but not in formal, written communication | 31 | |
| 9823773197 | Imagery | A concrete representation of an object or sensory experience | 32 | |
| 9823773198 | Paradox | A statement that appears illogical or contradictory at first, but may actually point to an underlying truth | 33 | |
| 9823773199 | Non Sequitur | A support for an argument that doesn't connect logically to the actual claim (car commercial with girl and waterfall) | 34 | |
| 9823773200 | Anecdote | A brief narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident; in rhetoric used to illustrate a point | 35 | |
| 9823773201 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words | 36 | |
| 9823773202 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object; doesn't use "like" or "as" | 37 | |
| 9823773203 | Personification | A figure of speech that gives human qualities to abstract ideas, animals, and inanimate objects | 38 | |
| 9823773204 | Synechdoche | A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole (wheels for car or threads for clothes) | 39 | |
| 9823773206 | Apostrophe | A comment, question, or request addressed to an inanimate object or concept to a nonexistent or absent person | 40 | |
| 9823773207 | Allegory | A narrative technique where characters represent abstract ideas or things, and are used to teach a lesson or convey a message (Animal Farm) | 41 | |
| 9823773208 | Allusion | An indirect reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event | 42 | |
| 9823773209 | Loose Sentence | Sentence in which the main idea comes first ("Old habits persist, even where people want better relations") | 43 | |
| 9823773210 | Periodic Sentence | Sentence where the main idea appears last ("Even where people want better relations, old habits persist") | 44 | |
| 9823773211 | Inversion | Yoda-style ("Long is the way back to my car") | 45 | |
| 9823773212 | Rhetorical Question | Question meant to inspire thought rather than an answer ("Why do old habits and reflexes persist?") | 46 | |
| 9823773213 | Anaphora | Repetition of beginning words or phrases | 47 | |
| 9823773214 | Epistrophe | Repetition of concluding words or phrases | 48 | |
| 9823773215 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions where they would customarily appear ("We use words like honor, code, loyalty") | 49 | |
| 9823773216 | Polysyndeton | Inclusion of conunctions where they would not customarily appear ("the vitality and the force and the hope and the determination of the city of West Berlin") | 50 | |
| 9823773217 | Parallel Structure | Similarity of syntactic structure in successive words or phrases | 51 | |
| 9823773218 | Antithesis | Deliberate juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas | 52 | |
| 9823773219 | Straw Man | Refuting a caricatured argument or extreme version of somebody's argument, rather than the actual argument they've made | 53 | |
| 9823773220 | Post Hoc | Assuming that A caused B just because A occurred before B | 54 | |
| 9823773221 | Either-Or | Assuming there are only two alternatives when there are in fact more | 55 | |
| 9823773222 | Circular Reasoning | I'm hot 'cause I'm fly, you ain't 'cause you're not | 56 | |
| 9823773223 | Overgeneralization | Drawing a broad conclusion from a small number of perhaps unrepresentative cases | 57 | |
| 9823773224 | False Analogy | A fallacy comparing things that resemble each other but are not alike in the most important respects ("Putting native americans on reservations is like sentencing them to death row") | 58 | |
| 9823824819 | Antanagoge | Making negative things seem not as bad so the reader doesn't feel as strongly about them. | 59 |
