Using words with the same first letter repeatedly close together in a phrase or sentence.

Placing two very different things together for effect.

The combination of reasons, evidence, etc, that an author uses to convince an audience of their position.

Appealing to someone's sense of concrete facts, logic, and reason

A conclusion we are seeking to establish- an assertion of belief (our thesis)

Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object or idea.

Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple.

figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')

Using a single feature to represent the thing itself

The use of language in a non-literal way; i.e. metaphor, simile, etc.

A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally indicate in order to suggest a similarity (NOT USING 'like' or 'as')

The use of stylistic devices to reveal an author's attitude toward a subject.

Repeated structural elements in a sentence.

A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result

Interrogative sentence

Asks a direct question and always ends in a question mark.

A sentence that requests or commands.

Overstating a situation for humorous or dramatic effect.

The implied meaning of a word; words can broadly have positive, negative, or neutral connotations.

Clarifies or qualifies an idea stated in a preceding base clause.

Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel contstruction.

Self contradicion; A phrase or assertion that appears to contradict itself (but the contradiction itself may have its own meaning).

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AP COMP VOCAB

Term	Definition
Alliteration	Using words with the same first letter repeatedly close together in a phrase or sentence.
Juxtaposition	Placing two very different things together for effect.
Argument	The combination of reasons, evidence, etc, that an author uses to convince an audience of their position.
Logos	Appealing to someone's sense of concrete facts, logic, and reason
Claim	A conclusion we are seeking to establish- an assertion of belief (our thesis)
Personification	Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object or idea.
Analogy	Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple.
Simile	figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
Metonymy	Using a single feature to represent the thing itself
Figurative language	The use of language in a non-literal way; i.e. metaphor, simile, etc.
Metaphor	A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally indicate in order to suggest a similarity (NOT USING 'like' or 'as')
Tone	The use of stylistic devices to reveal an author's attitude toward a subject.
Parallelism	Repeated structural elements in a sentence.
Irony	A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result
Interrogative sentence	Asks a direct question and always ends in a question mark.
Imperative sentence	A sentence that requests or commands.
Fragment sentence	incomplete sentences
Hyperbole	Overstating a situation for humorous or dramatic effect.
Connotation	The implied meaning of a word; words can broadly have positive, negative, or neutral connotations.
Cumulative sentence	Clarifies or qualifies an idea stated in a preceding base clause.
Antithesis	Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel contstruction.
Paradox-	Self contradicion; A phrase or assertion that appears to contradict itself (but the contradiction itself may have its own meaning).

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