WorksheetsAP ENGLISH LANG & COMP_5 Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the definition of the word
"Wit"
the act of being selfish
A way to use your words to create humor
the way of thinking in battle
What is the definition of the word
"Zugma"
when you want something to happen but it doesn't
The humor that is put into words
The use of one word that can be applied to 2 other words
the way you use words
when 2 things are together but have a contrasting effect.
zeugma
juxtaposition
wit
style
using negative words to affirm a positive
sarcasm
juxtaposition
Litotes
connotation
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant is what
metonymy
juxtaposition
bias
Trope
controversy, debate or dispute about strongly believed
concession
polemic
inversion
parallelism
using conjunctions in rapid succession
pedantic
satire
juxtapositioning
polysyndeton
A person often annoying that corrects minor grammatical errors
logos
Didactic
Pedantic
chiasmus
literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form
Chiasmus
Anaphora
Allegory
Euphemism
expressions substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
Synecdoche
Euphemism
Diocope
Aphorism
Absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
"I came. I saw. I conquered"
Paradox
Liotets
Asyndeton
Refute
Definition for "Logos"
Credibility
Emotions
Logic
Expericance
Definition for "Ethos"
Credibility
Emotions
Logic
Expericance
Definition for "Pathos"
Credibility
Emotions
Logic
Expericance
A literary or rhetorical device that emphasizes an aspect of the writer’s or speaker’s main idea through the repetition of words or phrases, which are separated by other words or phrases, as in “You’re a good dog, Gracie. Such a good dog. What a good dog.”
Repetition
Diction
Diocope
Didact
