AP Lang Vocab 6-10

43171949	motif	the repitition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters
43171950	narrator	the speaker of a literary work
43171951	onomatopoeia	words that sound like the sound they represent
43171952	oxymoron	an image of contradictory terms
43171953	pacing	the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another
43171954	parable	a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson
43171955	parody	a comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original
43171956	pathos	the aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience
43171957	pedantic	a term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing
43171958	periodic sentence	presents its main clause at the end for emphasis and variety
43171959	personification	the assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts
43171960	persuasion	a type of argument that has as its goal an action on the part of the audience
43171961	plot	a sequence of events in a literary work
43171962	point of view	the method of narration in a literary work
43171963	pun	a play on words that often has a comic effect
43171964	reduction ad absurdum	the Latin for "to reduce to the absurd"
43171965	rhetorical question	one that does not expect an explicit answer
43171966	sarcasm	a comic technique that ridicules through caustic language
43171967	satire	a mode of writing based on ridicule, that criticizes the foibles of society without necessarily offering a solution
43171968	setting	the time and place of a literary work
43171969	simile	an indirect comparison that uses the words like or as to link the differing items in the comparison
43171970	stage directions	the specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc.
43171971	stanza	a unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter, and length to other units in the poem
43171972	structure	the organization and form of a work
43171973	style	the unique way an author presents his ideas. Diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to this
43171974	syllogism	the format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
43171975	symbol	something in a literary work that stands for something else
43171976	synecdoche	a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole
43171977	syntax	the grammatical structure of prose and poetry
43171978	theme	the underlying ideas the author illustrates through the characterization, motifs, language, plot, etc.
43171979	thesis	the main idea of a piece of writing. It presents the author's assertion or claim.
43171980	tone	the authors attitude toward his subject
43171981	transition	a word or phrase that links on idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph.
43171982	understatement	the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended
43171983	voice	refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb, as well as to the total "sound" of a writer's style
43171984	apostrophe	type of soliloquy where nature is addressed as though human
43171985	anadiplosis	the repitition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
43171986	anthimeria	the substitution of one part of speech for another
43171987	antimetabole	the repitition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order
43171988	assonance	the repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more adjacent words
43171989	appositive	a noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately or defines or amplifies its meaning
43171990	antagonist	one who contends against another; an adversary
43171991	asyndeton	the omission of conjunctions between related clauses
43171992	apologist	a person or character who makes a case for some controversial, even contentious position
43171993	anaphora	the repitition of a group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
43171994	enthymeme	logical reasoning with one premise by the overall context of a passage
43171995	jargon	the specialized vocabulary of a particular group
43171996	litotes	understatement
43171997	double entendre	the double (or multiple) meanings of a group of words that the speaker or writer has purposely left ambiguous
43171998	logos	the appeal of a text based on the logical structure of its argument or central ideas
43171999	heuristic	a systematic strategy or method for solving problems
43172000	epistrophe	the repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses
43172001	genre	a piece of writing classified by type
43172002	ethos	the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writers, or narrator
43172003	epithet	a word or phrase adding a characteristics to a persons name