AP Comp Vocabulary
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- allegory
- the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represeent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
- alliteration
- the repetition of sounds, especially initially consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
- allusion
- a direct or indirect reference to soething which is presumable commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place or work of art.
- ambiguity
- the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.
- analogy
- a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationsihp between them.
- antecedent
- the word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
- aphorism
- a terse statement of known authorship that espresses a general truth or a moral principle.
- apostrophe
- a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
- atmosphere
- the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary wrok, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.
- clause
- a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb
- colloquial/colloquialism
- the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing
- conceit
- a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between semminly dissimilar objects
- connotation
- a nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning
- denotation
- the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, deboid of any emotion, attitude or color
- diction
- related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness or effectiveness.
- didactic
- works that have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of a moral or ethical principles.
- euphemism
- Greek for "good speech" Typically a substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
- extended metaphor
- a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in nor throughout a work
- figurative language
- writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid
- figure of speech
- a device used to produce figurative language
- generic conventions
- describes traditions for each genre
- homily
- "sermon" or any serious talk, speech or lecture involving a moral or spiritual voice
- hyperbole
- a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
- imagery
- the sensory details or figurative lnguage used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions
- interence/infer
- to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented
- invective
- an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language
- irony
- the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant
- loose sentence
- a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical nits such as hrases and cluases.
- metaphor
- a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity
- mood
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1- grammatical and deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude
2-literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work - genre
- the major category into which a literary work fits