AP LANG: Summer Vocabulary (25 Terms)

Writing or speech that appeals to the senses

• polysyndeton

• imagery

• trope

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

• anaphora

• metonymy

• rhetoric

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Brief story

• narrative

• anecdote

• hypophora

• wit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Figure of speech/theme/image/character/plot element used many times (e.g. archetypes)

• imagery

• denotation

• trope

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When a writer presents a situation or thing as if it is less important or serious than it is in reality

• counterargument

• didactic

• ethos

• understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Statement that contradicts itself but is ultimately true

• paradox

• oxymoron

• asyndeton

• synecdoche

Work that's created by imitating an existing or original work to make fun of or comment on the original

• parody

• simile

• analogy

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Appeal to emotion

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The art of effective writing/speaking

• argumentation

• rhetoric

• antithesis

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence

• asyndeton

• antithesis

• diacope

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5