AP English Language and Composition Terms

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more neighboring words; Ex: Peter Piper Pizza

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

An indirect reference to something that is thought to be commonly known, can be a person, place, myth, event, historical, religious, literary, and more.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun. Ex: "But it is the grandeur of all truth..." The _______ of "it" is "all truth" (Think "after")

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Antecedent

• Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the feeling of a word.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Word choice used by the author for a specific purpose.

• Denotation

• Clause

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Writing or speech not intended to carry literal meaning; usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

• Figurative Language

• Figure of Speech

• Generic Conventions

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech that uses deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

• Figurative Language

• Figure of Speech

• Generic Conventions

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Sensory details or figurative language used to describe or arouse emotion and appeals to the reader or audience's senses.

• Imagery

• Inference

• Irony

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D