AP Language Glossary Quiz

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used foremphasis or effect: 

An instance of indirect reference 

Overly scholarly, academic, or bookish (connotationusually negative)

The art of effective or persuasive communication  

The omission of words or phrases, sometimes indicatedby the use of “ . . . ”   

A brief recounting of a relevant episode; usuallyinject humor or develop a point   

A figure of speech involving the substitution of a part for a whole

This is the strategy of understatement often employed to provide subtleemphasis, 

Logic, reasoning; rhetorical appeal pertaining to thecontent of the message

Teaching a specific lesson or moral; providing a modelof correct behavior or thinking   

The framing of words, phrases, or clauses to providestructural similarity and symmetry

The mood of a piece or the author’s attitude towardher subject

A deductivesystem of logic that presents two premises, the first major and thesecond minor  

Overdone attempts at evoking pity or compassion, usually creating acomedic effect

sentence in which critical meaning comes only at theend (at the period

The repetitionof sounds in neighboring words:  “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.” 

direct address of a non-person or an absent orimaginary person

An expression that has two meanings, one of which is usually risqué 

a critcial attitude toward some element of human behavior using humor,  to affect a change 

A story in whichcharacters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts  

To draw a reasonable conclusion from information provided.

A figure of speech in which one word, usually a verb,appliesto other words, usually nouns

Absence of conjunctions: “We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, wecannot hallow this ground

the rhetorical appeal concerned with how to reach an audienceemotionally

The expression of a nonsensical underlying truth throughthe use of seemingly contrary ideas

A work that mourns the dead or expresses a sorrowful or reflective mood

The close imitation of style, usually exaggerating thefeatures of the model for comedic effect

A tersestatement which expresses a general truth or moral principle often in a cleverway

A violent, emotional verbal denunciation

 A statementthat is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said  

nonliteral or implied meaning of a word (may involveemotion or attitude)

The direct or exact opposite; may also be a contrast withinparallel phrases

Choice and useof words in speech or writing  

the substitution of thename of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant:

Insertion of conjunctions before each word in a list

a sentence type in which the most important idea isexpressed first

the reversal of grammaticalorder from one phrase to the next :Judge not, lest ye be judged”

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning oftwo or more successive clauses

Divergent use of a word in twophrases: We must all hang together or we will all hang separately

The use of language that surprises and delights

short quotation, often used at the beginning of a work, section,or chapter to introduce a theme

error in reasoning that may render an argument invalid 

The state of having multiple meanings; an intentionalor unintentional equivocation

The literal definition of a word (devoid of emotion or attitude)

The reversal of the normal order of words forrhetorical effect

The contrast between what is stated and what is meant. 

figurative use of one sensory description in the depiction of another

 the author/speaker establishes trustworthiness of the audience

 A mode ofexpression, its intention being to explain

(Literally a sermon) A serious expression of moral or spiritual advice.