AP Lang Terms (1st 9 Weeks)

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What is the unique way an author presents his ideas, influenced by diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content?

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Style

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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What is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in contemporary politics?

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Satire

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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What is the idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning?

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Connotation

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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What is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person?

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Anecdote

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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What is the dictionary definition of a word, offering its literal and explicit meaning?

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Denotation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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What term describes the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?

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Anaphora

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What is the term for an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

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Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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What is the term for a contrasting relationship between two ideas or concepts?

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Antithesis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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What is the term for a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth?

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Paradox