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AP Lang Vocab 1
AP Lang Semester 1 Vocabulary Terms List 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mood (in literature) | Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |
| exigence | an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak |
| rhetorical situation | a situation in which people's understanding can be changed through messages |
| rhetorical strategies | methods and techniques that speakers use to achieve their speaking goals |
| sarcastic | marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt |
| sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical |
| effusive | emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative |
| apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion |
| flippant | (adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful; saucy |
| ambivalent | having mixed feeling or contradictory ideas about something or someone |
| euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive |
| colloquial | characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation |
| allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one |
| allegorical | containing hidden symbolism but still containing the original plot and characters |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds with different vowel sounds |
| allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a truth or principle |
| ambiguity | an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way |
| analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way |
| conceit (as a literary device) | comparing two very dissimilar things |
| pronoun antecedent | the noun or nouns that the pronoun replaces |
| participle | verb form used as an adjective |
| chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases |
| litotes | a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite |
| synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole |
| metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it |
| apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person |
| disparaging | expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory |
| idiomatic | saying something that means something different than the literal meaning |
| didactic | intended to teach |
| anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |
| derisive | ridiculing, mocking |
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