Vocabulary for AP English Language
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| 10711555519 | Allegory | Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts | 0 | |
| 10711555520 | Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words | 1 | |
| 10711555521 | Allusion | A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person | 2 | |
| 10711555522 | Ambiguity | Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation | 3 | |
| 10711555523 | Analogy | The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different | 4 | |
| 10711555524 | Anecdote | A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making | 5 | |
| 10711555525 | Antecedent | Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun | 6 | |
| 10711555527 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker | 7 | |
| 10711555530 | 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 | 8 | |
| 10711555534 | Colloquial Language | Slang or common language that is informal | 9 | |
| 10711555537 | Diction | An author's choice of words | 10 | |
| 10711555542 | Euphemism | A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea | 11 | |
| 10711555544 | Figurative Language | All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison | 12 | |
| 10711555546 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis | 13 | |
| 10711555547 | Imagery | A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations | 14 | |
| 10711555549 | Irony | the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant | 15 | |
| 10711555550 | Juxtaposition | When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison | 16 | |
| 10711555551 | Logos | The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument | 17 | |
| 10711555552 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly | 18 | |
| 10711555553 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 19 | |
| 10711555554 | Mood | The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event | 20 | |
| 10711555555 | Onomatopoeia | An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning | 21 | |
| 10711555556 | Oxymoron | Two contradictory words in one expression | 22 | |
| 10711555557 | Paradox | A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth | 23 | |
| 10711555558 | Parallelism | A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures | 24 | |
| 10711555559 | Parody | An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work | 25 | |
| 10711555560 | Pathos | A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work | 26 | |
| 10711555561 | Periodic Sentence | Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis | 27 | |
| 10711555562 | Persona | The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text | 28 | |
| 10711555563 | Personification | A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities | 29 | |
| 10711555564 | Point of View | The particular perspective from which a story is told | 30 | |
| 10711555565 | Pun | A play on words | 31 | |
| 10711555566 | Repetition | The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis | 32 | |
| 10711555567 | Rhetoric | The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose | 33 | |
| 10711555570 | Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for the sake of argument | 34 | |
| 10711555571 | Satire | To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines | 35 | |
| 10711555573 | Simile | A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as" | 36 | |
| 10711555575 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion | 37 | |
| 10711555576 | Symbol | Something that stands for something else | 38 | |
| 10711555578 | Syntax | The way words are arranged in a sentence | 39 | |
| 10711555580 | Theme | The central idea | 40 | |
| 10711555581 | Tone | Attitude | 41 | |
| 13503918120 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 42 | |
| 13503919007 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 43 | |
| 13503923403 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 44 | |
| 13503924193 | Connotation | the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning | 45 | |
| 13503928817 | Epistrophe | A rhetorical term applied to the repetition of the closing word or phrase at the end of several clauses | 46 | |
| 13503932720 | extended metaphor | A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work. | 47 | |
| 13503935363 | verbal irony | the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning | 48 | |
| 13503936723 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 49 | |
| 13503938144 | dramatic irony | facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work | 50 | |
| 13503939077 | Litotes | A form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite | 51 | |
| 13503944188 | loose sentence | A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses | 52 | |
| 13503947381 | Narrative | The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. | 53 | |
| 13503949681 | first person narrator | a narrator within the story who tells the story from the "I" perspective | 54 | |
| 13503949682 | second person narrator | uses "you" pronouns - rare in narratives | 55 | |
| 13503953654 | third person narrator | relates the events with the third person pronouns, "he," "she," and "it." | 56 | |
| 13503954894 | Polysendeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions | 57 | |
| 13503956344 | Prose | one of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line. | 58 | |
| 13503959224 | Sarcasm | From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," sarcasm involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are sarcastic (that is, intended to ridicule). When well done, sarcasm can be witty and insightful; when poorly done, it is simply cruel. | 59 | |
| 13503960503 | Style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. | 60 | |
| 13503962417 | Synecdoche | a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases in which a part is used to signify the whole "all hands on deck" | 61 | |
| 13503968562 | didactic | From the Greek, didactic literally means "teaching." Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing,especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles. | 62 | |
| 13503971081 | objective | a description of a matter-of-fact, impersonal, or unbiased piece of writing | 63 | |
| 13503971082 | pedantic | An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish. | 64 |
