AP English Final Vocab

163157033	ad hominem	an argument attacking an individuals character rather than his/her position
163157034	allegory	literary work in which characters objects or actions represent abstractions
163157035	alliteration	repetition of initial constant sounds
163157036	allusion	a reference to something literacy, mythological or historical
163157037	analogy	a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
163157038	anaphora	the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines
163157039	anecdote	a brief account of some interesting or entertaining and of ten humorous incident
163157040	antithesis	statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced
163157041	aphorism	short concise statement of a principle, short sentence with a clever part
163157042	apostrophe	the act of directly speaking to an absent or imaginary person or to some abstraction
163157043	chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
163157044	colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing
163157045	conceit	a fanciful particularly clever extended metaphor
163157046	connotation	associations and implication beyond a words literal meaning
163157047	denotation	the literal meaning of a word
163157048	ellipsis	omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from content
163157049	epiphany	a moment of sudden revelation or insight
163157050	didactic	intended to teach
163157051	pathos	the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity
163157052	pedantic	describing an excessive display of learning or knowledge
163157053	hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect
163157054	imagery	verbal pictures through which meaning emotions and moods are conveyed
163157055	invective	an intensely vehement highly emotional verbal attack
163157056	irony	the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what usually occurs
163157057	litotes	a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite
163157058	metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things
163157059	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
163157060	motif	a standard theme element or dramatic situation that recurrs
163157061	non sequitur	an inference that does not logically follow the premise
163157062	onomatopoeia	a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds
163157063	euphemism	an indirect less offensive way of saying something
163157064	oxymoron	an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined
163157065	paradox	an apparently contradictory statement which contains some truth
163157066	parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work
163157067	diction	having to do with the word choices made by a writer
163157068	personification	endowing non human objects with human qualities or characteristics
163157069	sarcasm	harsh cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
163157070	satire	the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfection in social institutions
163157071	style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
163157072	syllepsis	a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses
163157073	symbol	an object that is used to represent something else
163157074	synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object
163157075	syntax	the manner in which words are arranged into sentences
163157076	tautology	needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding
163157077	tone	the attitude of a writer, usually implied toward the subject or audience
163157078	understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is
163157079	syllogism	an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn
163157080	genre	a category of artistic composition