AP Lang Terms Review

To omit or leave something out so the idea looks better.

The professional language of a professional, occupational, or other group.

Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, clauses, or even ideas.

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

To prove the validity of an idea, or a point of view, by presenting good sound reasoning.

When a writer or speaker alters their tone in a piece.

The presentation of material in a way that readers are prepared for what is to come later.

When a writer personally attacks his or her opponents instead of the subject.

To allude to and argue against opponent's likely perspective.

The background information that aids in understanding a text.

Word choice, particularly as an element of style.

The major category into which a work fits.

An expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off.

The cultural, social, emotional meaning of a word- not just the dictionary definition.

Exaggerating certain characteristics of a person for effect or humor.

Logic in an argument.

A generally bitter comment that is ironically worded.

An emotional appeal

A fallacy where the speaker presents him or herself as an average Joe- a common person

The choices in diction, tone, and syntax that a writer makes.

A fallacious conclusion or statement that does not logically follow previous arguments

Placing two unlike things side by side for comparison to make a point.

A tone that is overly scholarly and academic.

A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts.

A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings.

The original model or perfect example. The prototype

The quality of being open to one or more interpretation.

The subject of the sentence receives the action.

A story in which characters, things, and events represent larger qualities or concepts.

Repeating a sequence of words at the ending of clauses.

The literal, dictionary meaning of a word.

Anything that stands or represents something else.

The sun is yellow. A banana is yellow. The sun is huge, therefore a banana must also be huge.

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.

Who is the world's greatest AP Lang teacher?

The art of effective communication.

Who is the world's greatest AP Lang teacher?

Use of virtue words; the opposite of name calling. Links a person to a positive symbol.

A sentence that employs many coordinating conjunctions.

Making huge predictions for future based on a few, small facts.

Repetition of words in reverse order.

Everyone is doing it, so you should too.... technique

Language that is intended to deceive or confuse people.

A sentence where the main idea is introduced at the beginning and then modified.

An argument in logic where one asserts that a small first step will lead to disaster.

A term used to describe writing that teaches a lesson or moral.

Ordinary or familiar type of conversation; a common or familiar type of saying.

Exaggeration- often to create comedy or irony.

Playing on deep seated fears, making the reader do something because of a possible result.

Sentence structure which places equal grammatical constructions near each other.

Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason. Adjective.

A writer's attitude toward a subject matter revealed through diction.

The speed at which the story is told, determined by length of scenes, sentence variety, etc.

A brief recounting of a relevant episode

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

Three periods that may be used to show missing quoted content or purposefully excluded material

A short saying of wisdom

A work that reveals a critical attitude towards something through humor.

Directly addressing an absent or imaginary person or something that cannot answer.

Having a famous person speak for a product, idea, policy, etc.

When the subject of the sentence performs the action.

Reinforcing a point by repeating it.

A figure of speech where one word is substituted for related ideas

The minimizing of fact; stating something as less than it is.

The central idea or message of a work.

Giving non-human or inanimate objects or animals human characteristics.

The variety of communication techniques that create an emotional appeal to accept a particular belief or position.