AP Language Exam Review

A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.

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

With beautiful views and a mild climate, this city is a great place to live. THIS IS A ......

An argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered.

A word or phrase that links different ideas.

Character and/or story elements symbolically represent an abstraction and the literal meaning.

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

Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. 

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.

The sentence  that directly expresses the author's purpose, opinion, meaning, or position.

The appeal of a text to the credibility or character of the speaker, writer, or narrator.

The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.

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

When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjunctive experiences of another

A sentence where a verb or adjective is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated.

The literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.

Any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving spiritual or moral advice.

A metaphor developed at great length, occuring frequently in or throughout a work.

Words that aim to teach or instruct are: 

The repetition of a phrase at the end of successive sentences.

This term describes the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing.

A figure of speech in which the name of an object is substituted for another elated to it. 

The opposite or contrast of ideas. The direct opposite. 

Reasoning in which general statements are drawn from specific principles. 

The many meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, passage.