AP Lang Terms

Figure of speech where author/speaker addresses an object, person or idea that is not present.

• Allegory

• Apostrophe

• Aphorism

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.

• Apostrophe

• Anaphora

• Aphorism

• Ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Antithesis

• Colloqualism

• Euphemism

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

More agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

• Aphorism

• Euphemism

• Litotes

• Chiasmus

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Pick the term that matches the definition: an urgent need or demand, a spark

• Chiasmus

• Allusion

• Line of reasoning

• Exigence

What does "Antecedent" mean?

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

• The literal, explicit meaning of a word

• Language or dialect of a particular country

• Language or dialect of a regional clan or group

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

• aphorism

• oxymoron

• fallacy

• metonomy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Two items, ideas, characters, etc placed side by side for comparison. Sometimes intentional, Sometimes Not.

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Allegory

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence is uncertain. There could be more than one meaning

• Fallacy

• Ambiguity

• Didactic

• Chiasmus

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

• Hypophora

• Metonomy

• Allegory

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3