English AP Voabulary

vocabulary

204070165	Allegory	The device of using character/and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literary meaning.
204070166	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.
204070167	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
204070168	Anadiplosis	("double back") the rhetorical repetition of on or several words; specifically; repetition of words that ends one clause and is the beginning of the next.
204070169	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successice phrases, clauses, or lines.
204070170	Antistrophe	repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
204070171	Antithesis	Opposition, or contrast of ideas words in a balanced, or parallel construction.
204070172	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral
204070173	Aporia	Expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say, or do.
204070174	Aposiopesis	a form of ellipse by which a speaker comes to an abrupt halt, seemingly overcome by passion (fear, excitement, etc.) or modesty.
204070175	Apostrophe	a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group, person, or personified abstraction
204070176	Archaism	use of an older or obsolete form.
212735270	Asyndenton	lack of conjunctions between phrases
212735271	Colloquial/Colloquialism	the use slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing. Colloquialisms give a word a conversational, familiar tone.
212735272	Conceit	a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor.
212735273	Cacophony	harsh joining of sounds
212735274	Chaismus	2 corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a)
212735275	Didactic	from the Greek, didactic (literally meaning "teaching")
212735276	Euphemism	more agreeable or less offensive substitutes for a generally unpleasant word or concept
212735277	Loose Sentence	puts the main idea before all supplementary information, lets you know what its mainly about in the first few words
212735278	Periodic Sentence	main idea is expressed at the end of the sentence, the independent clause is at the end
241844805	Enthymeme	an informally stated syllogism which omits either one of the premises or the conclusion. The omitted part must be clearly understood by the reader. The usual form of this logical shorthand omits the major premise.
241844806	Syllogism	an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.
241844807	Epanalepsis	repeats the beginning word of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and the end are the two positions of strongest emphasis in a sentence, so by having the same word in both places, you call special attention to it.
241844808	Epistrophe	(aka antistrophe) forms the counterpart of anaphora (repetition at the end)
241844809	Epithet	an adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject, as in "sneering contempt" "untroubled sleep" "peaceful dawn" and "life-giving water"
241844810	Litotes	a particular form of understatement, is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used. Depending on the tone and context of the usage, litotes either retains the effect of understatement, or becomes an intensifying expression. (Heat waves are common in the summer.)
241844811	Metonomy	a form of metaphor, very similar to synechdoche, in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with the subject with which it is likely to be compared. (The orders came directly from the White House.)
241844812	Oxymoron	a paradox reduced to two words, usually in an adjective-noun or adverb-adjective relationship, and is used for effect, complexity, emphasis, or wit.
241844813	Parallelism	recurrent syntactical similarity. Several parts of a sentence are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence.
241844814	Polysyndeton	the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton, however, often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration and building up.