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AP Language terms

QuestionAnswer
informal, nonstandard vocabulary slang
association, emotional or otherwise, that a word provokes connotation
details added immediately at the end of a sentence loose sentence
words balance words, phrases balance phrases, etc. parallelism
sentence that includes a dependent clause complex sentence
specific language of a particular field jargon
two simple sentences and a dependent clause as one sentence compound-complex sentence
details placed before or in middle of a simple sentence periodic sentence
literal meaning of a word denotation
two simple sentences connected with a conjunction compound sentence
questions where the answer is understood rhetorical question
purposeful understatement litotes
a word that when spoken makes the sound of what it is onomatopeia
giving human qualities to non human things personification
play on words pun
comparing two unlike things without using like or as metaphor
entity is referred to by one of its attributes metonymy
descriptive word or phrase used to refer to a proper name periphrasis
using a part to refer to a whole synecdoche
using contradictions in a manner that oddly makes sense oxymoron
using the word as a different part of speech anthimeria
a great exaggeration hyperbole
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