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#1-30 AP Lang Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Doppelganger | -A biological/unrelated look alike of a living person. -Example- Someone´s twin or double. Sometimes used for celebrity lookalikes. |
| Dystopia | -An imaginary society where the people are suffering greatly and unjustified. -Example: The hunger games series/movies are dystopian. |
| Epigraph | -Phrase/poem/quotation at the start of a document that will suggest the theme of it. -Example: At the beginning of ‘The Sun Also Rises´ it says, ¨You are all a lost generation.¨ |
| Hamartia | -A flaw that leads to the downfall of a hero. -Example: A hero is loyal to a friend and the friend works to betray him. |
| Isocolon | -Rhetorical scheme that possesses the same number of words/syllables. Achieve symmetry. -Examples: ¨Veni, Vidi, Vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.¨ |
| Anaphora | -A rhetorical device in which you repeat a word or phrase of clauses. To achieve emphasis. -Example: ¨I have a dream¨ speech by Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Aphorism | -an observation that contains a general truth. -Example: ¨If it ain't broke, don't fix it¨ |
| Bildungsroman | -Criticism that focuses on the characters physiological & moral growth throughout. Character change is important. -Example: The Harry Potter series & Jane Eyre. |
| Catharsis | -the process of releasing and getting relief from strong emotions. -example: music is a means of catharsis for them. |
| Nostalgia | -A sentimental longing for the past. You miss it. Most likely a period of time that was happy. -Example: A person looking at photographs and remembering good times/memories. |
| Synecdoche | -a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa. -Example: ¨showed off her new wheels¨ & ¨threads to refer clothing¨ |
| Zeugma | -in which a single phrase or word joins different parts of a sentence. -Example: ¨She broke his car and his heart” & ¨He fished for trouts and compliments” |
| Asyndeton | -the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. (no ands, buts, ors taking it out of the sentence). -Example: After seeing all the evidence, I agree. They disagree. |
| Epistolary | -contained in or carried on by letters. -Example: an exchange of letters between two lovers. |
| Elegy | -a poem of serious reflection, usually a lament for the dead/poem for mourning. -Example: Song for Adam poem, basically says that Adam was a friend, didn´t know him well, alone in the distance, deep in a well. |
| Understatement | -Something being smaller/less important than it actually is. -Example: describing a huge storm and saying that it only rained a little bit. (not exaggerating). |
| Litote | -An ironic statement that is said by saying something negative to affirm a positive. -Example: Saying that it is not the best weather today while there is a hurricane. |
| Metonymy | -A thing or idea that is referred to something similar/associated to that thing or idea. -Example: Broadway refers to NY drama and theater, and Hollywood refers to the movie industry. |
| colloquial/colloquialism | -casual communication/informal way of talking. -wicked, pop-soda-coke, gonna |
| Allegory | -A story/pic/poem that has a deeper meaning. -Example: The tortoise and the hare (can be more successful when you don't lack and take your time) |
| Allusion | - an expression that makes you think of something indirectly/hint at something. -Example: ¨chocolate is his kryptonite) means that chocolate is this person's weakness. |
| Anachronism | -A newer product in an old fashioned period/inconsistent. -Example: If a painter paints aristotle with a gucci watch. |
| Chiasmus | -reversal grammatical constructions but with no repetition. (appear in the second phrase but different). -Example: ¨She has all my love. My heart belongs to her.¨ |
| Anadiplosis | -When the ending word of a sentence is used at the beginning of the next sentence. -Example: ¨Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task.¨ |
| Aesthetic | -appearance of beauty/natural and artificial. -Example: The appearance/vibe of someone, or saying a specific car is beautiful. |
| Syllogism | -Deductive reasoning in a logical argument to arrive at a conclusion. -Example: ¨All mammals are animals. All elephants are mammals. Therefore, all elephants are mammals.¨ |
| Retrospection | -When you look back and review past events. -Example: When you look back on an event that happened to you, which you know the outcome to and realize you should´ve made a different/better decision. |
| Satire | -When you use irony/exaggeration, try to be funny to criticize people. -Example: Shrek movie. Political cartoons. |
| Motif | -Repeating ideas that inflicts mood. -Example: Heart is a symbol for love. Bad weather means nature's power over humans in literature or movies. |
| Syntax | -Arrangement of words in a sentence, how they form. -Example: Everyday use ¨I cannot go out¨ in Beyond Direction ¨Go out I cannot¨ implies with stronger meaning on ´cannot´. |
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