AP vocab list 1-50

Question 1

The strategy of attacking the character of the person you disagree with rather than the substance of their argument

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Ad Hominem argument

Question 2

Having hidden meaning and references to other texts or events

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Allegorical

Question 3

An implied or indirect reference, especially in literature

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Allusion

Question 4

To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of something

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Analyze

Question 5

Effective use of repetition, bringin ght epoint of the argument home; repetition of a word/expression at the beginning of successive phrases

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Anaphora

Question 6

A short narration

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Anecdote

Question 7

The use of parallel structures to call attention to contrasts or opposites

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Antithesis

Question 8

The addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically

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Apostrophe

Question 9

A word or word group that renames the noun it follows

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Appositive

Question 10

Deductive reasoning; relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions

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A priori reasoning

Question 11

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in adjacent words

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Assonance

Question 12

The readers you are adapting your writing for to capture or influence your…

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Audience

Question 13

The way sounds chime off one another; how sounds sound together; rhythm and flow of a sentence

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Cadence

Question 14

Repeating ideas of grammatical structures not in parallels but in inverted order (a-b would become b-a)

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Chiasmus

Question 15

Informal language including abbreviated forms of words, ungrammatical usages, informal phrases, and slang; not usually accepted in formal writing

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Colloquial language

Question 16

Mock seriousness, sarcasm, incongruity (out of place), exaggeration, absurdity

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Comic devices

Question 17

A written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things (venn diagram)

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Compare and contrast

Question 18

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

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Conceit

Question 19

The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; implied, suggested meaning

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Connotation

Question 20

The dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

Question 21

Same consonate sound is repeated two or more times in short succession; keeps the flow/ shows greater connection

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Consonance

Question 22

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

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Dialect

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Word choice

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Diction

Question 24

Literally meaning ‘to teach’, intended to instruct, morally instructive

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Didactic

Question 25

Straying or turning aside from the main subject in writing or speaking (extra information, dialogue, or descriptions unrelated to main point)

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Digression

Question 26

Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context; (...)

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Ellipsis

Question 27

Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives

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Empathy

Question 28

The deprivation of strength or vitality

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Enervation

Question 29

The continuation of syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause

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Enjambment

Question 30

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

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Enumeration

Question 31

A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization

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Epiphany

Question 32

The use of equivocal language; open to 2+ interpretations and often intented to mislead

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Equivocation

Question 33

Well-educated; cultured

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Erudite

Question 34

A laudatory speech or piece of writing especially for someone who has died

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Eulogy

Question 35

The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one

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Euphemism

Question 36

Agreeable sound, especiall yin the phonetic quality of words; pleasing flow, opposite of cacophony

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Euphony

Question 37

A discourse that conveys information about or explains a subject (book report)

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Expository

Question 38

Suggesting that two things, both analogous to a third thing, are therefore analogous to each other (A=B, B=C, A=C)

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Extended analogy

Question 39

A word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness (similes, metaphors, hyperboles, etc.)

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Figurative language

Question 40

When the narrator speaks directly for him or herself

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First person perspective

Question 41

The building blocks of petry (stanzas, rhyme scheme, rhythm, figurative language) or other written works (dialogue, division into chapters, chronology)

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Form

Question 42

A sermon, especially on a scriptural text, church; a tedious moralizing lecture or admonition

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Homily

Question 43

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect

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Hyperbole

Question 44

Exaggeration for effect (language)

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Hyperbolic language

Question 45

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

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Idyll

Question 46

The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas

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Imagery

Question 47

Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

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Inductive reasoning

Question 48

The use of words to express something different from and often opposed to their literal meaning

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Irony

Question 49

The technical language of a particular profession (DO NOT USE)

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Jargon

Question 50

The creative nonfiction form or that comes closest to newspaper and magazine writing; collecting evidence, editing, writing, presentation

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Journalistic