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AP Lang Terms Set 1

Authored by Nicole Miller

English

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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AP Lang Terms Set 1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly know, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.

allusion

diction

jargon

rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Word choice, particularly as an element of style.

diction

allusion

tone

logos

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ordinary of familiar type of conversation.

connotation

colloquial

denotation

vernacular

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations suggested by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning.

colloquial

connotation

denotation

jargon

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.

diction

vernacular

syntax

denotation

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity.

jargon

vernacular

colloquial

diction

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Language or dialect of a particular country, region, clan, or group. Plain everyday speech.

colloquial

connotation

denotation

vernacular

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

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