AP Language Vocabulary I-P

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

• inference
• invective
• irony
• litotes

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.3

CCSS.RI.K.8

an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language

• metonymy
• invective
• litotes
• juxtaposition

To contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

• metaphor
• mood
• irony
• paradox

When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast

• oxymoron
• parallelism
• metonymy
• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.3

CCSS.RI.K.9

a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite

• litotes
• narrative
• onomatopoeia
• loose sentence

He's no fool.

• metaphor
• litotes
• oxymoron
• juxtaposition

the main idea comes first, followed by an independent grammatical unit such as a phrase or clause

• mood
• narrative
• loose sentence
• inference

a figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting similarity

• oxymoron
• invective
• irony
• metaphor

a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it

• metonymy
• metaphor
• irony
• oxymoron

The White House declared today a national holiday.

• metaphor
• metonymy
• irony
• loose sentence