English ap vocab 1

allegory

• The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage

• A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.

• The device of using character and /or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning

• One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, causes, or sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Allusion

• A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.

• The device of using character and /or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. 

• The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage

• A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words

• Alliteration

• Ambiguity

• Analogy

• Amphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

Ambiguity

• The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

• The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words

• One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, causes, or sentences

• The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Analogy

• A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

• Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure

• A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty and love

• A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

Amphora

• The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, establish party by the setting and party by the author’s choice of objects that are described

• A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle

• One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, causes, or sentences 

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.

• Anecdote

• Aphorism

• Ambiguity

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Antecedent

• A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle

• The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

• The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage

• A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty and love

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Antithesis

• One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, causes, or sentences

• A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty and love

• A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.

• Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Aphorism

• A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle

• The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing

• A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible

• The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D