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AP Lang vocab2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| synesthesia | A rhetorical device that describes or associates one sense in terms of another |
| invective | Literary device in which one attacks or insults a person or a thing through abusive language and tone |
| paradox | a rhetorical device that is made up of two opposite things and seems impossible or untrue but is actually possible or true, or a person who does two things that seem to be opposite each other, or who has opposite qualities |
| perspicacious | an adjective describing someone having keen mental perception and understanding Synonyms: Astute, observant, sharp, perceptive |
| infinitive | The basic form of a verb, not yet connected to a tense or subject. Does not function as a verb. Used as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. |
| facetious | Deliberately treating something serious as humorous |
| bombastic | High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated |
| morose | Sullen and ill-tempered; feeling sad |
| non sequitur | A reply or statement that does not logically follow a previous statement |
| gerund | a verb form (ending in -ing) used as a noun |
| semantics | the study of words/phrases/sentences and their literal meanings in language |
| denunciate | to condone publicly or to criticize; accuse, blame |
| self-effacing | To avoid drawing attention to oneself; soft-spoken, timid, inconspicuous |
| concession | A point yielded to an opposing perspective during an argument. It allows a writer to acknowledge that information presented by an opponent has some amount of validity and should be considered |
| fallacy | A false or mistaken belief |
| syllepsis | a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses (I run to Chicago or for president) |
| assonance | Assonance is a literary device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of poetry or prose |
| caustic | Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way |
| polysyndeton | Repetition of conjunctions in close succession |
| caricature | a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect |
| adage | a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth |
| banal | Lacking in originality as to be obvious or boring |
| blithe | Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper |
| asyndeton | A literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses |
| aposiopesis | The device of suddenly breaking off in speech |
| trite | overused; lacking originality/freshness |
| affectation | behavior, speech, or writing that is unnatural/pretend |
| ad hominem | An argument or reaction directed towards a person rather than the position that they are maintaining |
| morass | A complicated or confusing situation |
| appositive | a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side so one element identifies the other in a different way |
| erudite | Having or showing great knowledge or learning |
| antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other |
| jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand |
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