AP Language Vocab

228165557	Denotation	The literal meaning of a word.
228165558	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word.
228165559	Euphemism	an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that it considered unpleasant.
228165560	Allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical.
228165561	Syntax	The manner in which words are arranged by a writer into a sentence.
228165562	Apostrophe	the act of speaking directly to an absent or imaginary person, or to some abstraction.
228165563	Invective	an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack
228165564	Aphorism	a concise statement, which expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance.
228165565	Didactic	something which has as its primary purpose to teach or instruct.
228165566	Liotote	a type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
228165567	Tone	the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience.
228165568	Allegory	a sustained metaphor contained throughout a piece or dialogue.
228165569	Antithesis	juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas (often, although not always, in parallel structure).
228165570	Dilemma	offering to an opponent a choice between 2 unfavorable activities