AP Lang. vocab. 3

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Words/phrases that enhance writing using tropes or schemes.

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Figurative language

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Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and tactile feelings evoked by text.

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Imagery

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Placing one item next to another to better understand both.

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Juxtaposition

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Figure of speech where the writer exaggerates.

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Hyperbole

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Intro of a text that engages the reader's subject and argument.

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Exordium

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Diction and syntax used by a specific professional or academic group.

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Jargon

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A figure where the writer understates a point.

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Litotes

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Type, form, or shape of a text; e.g., journals, editorials, letters, essays, poems.

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Genre

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___________________ is an argument that starts with specific details and develops a general thesis.

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Inductive Argument

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__________________ is a figure, specifically a trope, where words contradict their literal meaning.

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Irony