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AP Lang Vocab
AP Language and Composition Essential Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Exigence | A catalyst; in rhetoric, it's an issue, probelem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak |
| warrant | the commentary section of a body paragraph in an essay where the writer explains how their evidence supports their thesis/line of reasoning |
| rhetoric | language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on it's audience |
| rhetorical appeals | the qualities of an argument that make it truly persuasive |
| ethos | appeal to authority, credibility |
| logos | appeal to logic, reason |
| pathos | appeal to emotion |
| demagoguery | activity or practices that seek support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument; emotional manipulation |
| juxtaposition | a rhetorical choice where two things are placed together to have a contrasting effect |
| satire | a rhetorical choice to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using: irony, exaggeration, or ridicule |
| irony | a literary device in a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality (what appears versus reality) |
| syntax | sentence structure, sentence length, word order |
| parallel structure | using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance (she likes hiking, swimming, and ridden a bike) |
| passive voice | the verb acts on the subject (summer break is beloved by students) |
| active voice | the sentence's subject performs the action (she likes birdwatching) |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase in successive lines, clauses, or sentences (we have done this, we have done that, we have done it) |
| chiasmus | the orders of the terms in the first two parallel clauses is reversed in the second, A-B-B-A (to be or not to be |
| periodic sentence | a long sentence in which the completion of the syntax and sense is delayed until the end, usually after a sequence of balanced subordinate clauses. |
| tautology | repetition without purpose; useless repetition |
| asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence ( "... of the people, by the people, for the people ...") |
| polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted ("If there be cords, or knives, poison, or fire, or suffocating streams...") |
| figurative language | language that's intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the reader that goes beyond the literal meaning |
| apostrophe | where the speaker dresses a dead or absent person or an abstraction or inanimate objects |
| allusion | a reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar |
| allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one |
| hyperbole | an overstatement or exaggeration for effect |
| aphorism | statement of general principle condensing much wisdom into few words |
| euphemism | a substitution of a mild, indirect or vague term for one considered more harsh, blunt, or offensive (passed away instead of died) |
| paradox | a statement that seems to be contradictory or ridiculous bus is actually quite true |
| oxymoron | a kind of paradox that has two successive (side by side) words which apparently contradict each other |
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