AP vocab list 1-50 Flashcards
The strategy of attacking the character of the person you disagree with rather than the substance of their argument
Ad Hominem argument
Having hidden meaning and references to other texts or events
Allegorical
An implied or indirect reference, especially in literature
Allusion
To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of something
Analyze
Effective use of repetition, bringin ght epoint of the argument home; repetition of a word/expression at the beginning of successive phrases
Anaphora
A short narration
Anecdote
The use of parallel structures to call attention to contrasts or opposites
Antithesis
The addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically
Apostrophe
A word or word group that renames the noun it follows
Appositive
Deductive reasoning; relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions
A priori reasoning
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in adjacent words
Assonance
The readers you are adapting your writing for to capture or influence your…
Audience
The way sounds chime off one another; how sounds sound together; rhythm and flow of a sentence
Cadence
Repeating ideas of grammatical structures not in parallels but in inverted order (a-b would become b-a)
Chiasmus
Informal language including abbreviated forms of words, ungrammatical usages, informal phrases, and slang; not usually accepted in formal writing
Colloquial language
Mock seriousness, sarcasm, incongruity (out of place), exaggeration, absurdity
Comic devices
A written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things (venn diagram)
Compare and contrast
An extended metaphor; typically takes a subject and explores many metaphoric possibilities associated with the subject and explores many metaphoric possibilities associted with the subject; can form an extreeme or fanciful parallel between two dissimilar subjects
Conceit
The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; implied, suggested meaning
Connotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Same consonate sound is repeated two or more times in short succession; keeps the flow/ shows greater connection
Consonance
A regional variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocab, especially a variety or speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture it exists in
Dialect
Word choice
Diction
Literally meaning ‘to teach’, intended to instruct, morally instructive
Didactic
Straying or turning aside from the main subject in writing or speaking (extra information, dialogue, or descriptions unrelated to main point)
Digression
Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context; (…)
Ellipsis
Identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives
Empathy
The deprivation of strength or vitality
Enervation
The continuation of syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause
Enjambment
Dividing a subject into its adjusts, a cause into its effects, or an antecedent into its consequents; to be counted off or named one by one
Enumeration
A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization
Epiphany
The use of equivocal language; open to 2+ interpretations and often intented to mislead
Equivocation
Well-educated; cultured
Erudite
A laudatory speech or piece of writing especially for someone who has died
Eulogy
The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one
Euphemism
Agreeable sound, especiall yin the phonetic quality of words; pleasing flow, opposite of cacophony
Euphony
A discourse that conveys information about or explains a subject (book report)
Expository
Suggesting that two things, both analogous to a third thing, are therefore analogous to each other (A=B, B=C, A=C)
Extended analogy
A word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness (similes, metaphors, hyperboles, etc.)
Figurative language
When the narrator speaks directly for him or herself
First person perspective
The building blocks of petry (stanzas, rhyme scheme, rhythm, figurative language) or other written works (dialogue, division into chapters, chronology)
Form
A sermon, especially on a scriptural text, church; a tedious moralizing lecture or admonition
Homily
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for effect (language)
Hyperbolic language
A short poem or prose piece depicting a rural or pastoral scene, usually in idealized terms; a narrative poem treating an epic or romantic theme
Idyll
The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
Imagery
Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Inductive reasoning
The use of words to express something different from and often opposed to their literal meaning
Irony
The technical language of a particular profession (DO NOT USE)
Jargon
The creative nonfiction form or that comes closest to newspaper and magazine writing; collecting evidence, editing, writing, presentation
Journalistic
