AP Lang. vocab. 3

This term constitutes any words or phrases that stand out because they are constructed using tropes or schemes that sharpen, clarify, and make writing more expressive.

• Genre

• Exordium

• Ellipsis

• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This includes the sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and tactile feelings that words or phrases in a text evoke.

• Figurative language

• Epistrophe

• Imagery

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The placing of one item next to another one in order to understand both items better.

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

• Inductive Argument

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

This is a figure, specifically a trope, in which the writer deliberately overstates or exaggerates.

• Epistrophe

• Juxtaposition

• Litotes

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The introduction or beginning of any text that draws the reader into its subject matter and central argument.

• Exordium

• Imagery

• Inductive Argument

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The diction and syntax used by a specific professional or academic group.

• Epistrophe

• Genre

• Juxtaposition

• Jargon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A figure, specifically a trope, in which the writer deliberately understates the point.

• Jargon

• Litotes

• Imagery

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The type, form, or shape of a text; for example journals, editorials, letters, essays, and poems.

• Connotation

• Arrangement

• Genre

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

___________________ is an argument that begins with specific points or details and then develops a general thesis based on them.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

__________________ is a figure, specifically a trope, in which words are meant to contradict their literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A