AP Language and Composition Terms

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory actually has some degree of truth or validity

What is something with multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional?

vocab: the state of being broken

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning

 Identify the style: examine the factors a group should consider in creating a monument.

The essay section is worth how much of your AP exam score?

A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite

The writer's word choice related to purpose

To explain something (one of the four chief types of composition)

A figure of speech in which the name of one object substituted for another closely associated

Question 1 is what type of essay?

IDType: examine how Mencken’s observation applies to society, supporting your position

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation using abusive language

Identify the style: develop a position on whether or not the penny coin should be eliminated

How many sources do you need to pass a Q1 essay? 

A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept

A work that closely imitates the style with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule

Question 2 is what kind of essay?

The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing

Works that have the primary aim of teaching or instructing

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

What is a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known?

ID type: Then synthesizeinfo into an essay that evaluateswhether college is worth its cost.

When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together for comparison or contrast

Principle demanding the parts of any composition be arranged the meaning is immediately clear

An adjective that describes words or general tone that is overly scholarly or academic

What consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses?

ID type:analyze the rhetoric Chavez makes to develop his argument about nonviolent resistance.

The grammatical framing of words, phrases, or sentences to give structural similarity

What's the highest score you can get on each free-response question?

The major category into which a literary work fits

Should you use personal pronouns anywhere in a Q1 essay?

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end

PICK "Less" or "Fewer":If you use poor grammar, you’ll impress___________ people.

This term describes traditions for each genre

How long do you have to take the exam?

vocab: full of sorrow, melancholy

ID type:Then synthesizeinfo on whether school should establish or eliminate an honor code.

Identify the style: ...on whether your school should establish or eliminate an honor code

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

A work that targets human vices or social institutions and conventions for reform/ridicule

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

Figure of amplification in which a subject is divided into constituent parts or detail

Identify the style:...clear position on whether the USPS should be restructured and if so, how.

What is symbolically representing an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. 

How many questions in how much time will be on the multiple-choice?

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or abstraction

ID type: develop your position on the value or function of polite speech in a culture

Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb

A terse statement which expresses a general truth or a moral principle

What's the highest you can get on the entire AP exam?

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

PICK "Less" or "Fewer":These days, ___________ people are buying newspapers.

Identify the style: well-developed essay that evaluates whether college is worth its cost.

The multiple-choice section is worth how much of your overall score?

A figure of speech where the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

What's repetition where a word/s repeated at the beginning of two or more lines?

Describes the author’s attitude toward his material, the audience, or both

The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word

Bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something

What's a similarity/comparison between two different things or the relationship between them?

Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed

Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase,usually interrupting normal speech

IDType:In a well-developed essay analyze the rhetorical strategies Adams uses to advise her son

Where is the BEST place to cite your sources in a Q1 essay? 

A metaphor developed at great length

The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work

How long do you get to read the Q1 sources?

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word

The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.

Question 3 is what kind of essay?

What is the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two+ neighboring words?

IDtype:Write toyour school board about creativity and arguing for or against a creativity class